Costume, Movie - Alan Ladd, "The Iron Mistress"
Object number2012.221.01a-b
DateMarch 31, 1952
MediumSilk
DimensionsJacket: 32" x 20"
Pants: 43" x 15"
On mannequin: 59 1/2"
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionCostume worn by Hot Springs native Alan Ladd in the movie "The Iron Mistress." Ladd plays the lead role of Jim Bowie. The film was Ladd's first with Warner Bros after a decade at Paramount Pictures.Alan Ladd was born September 3, 1913, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and lived in Arkansas until around the age of five. He was an actor who appeared in over 80 films and was one of the most recognizable celebrities of the 1940s and '50s. He starred in such films as "Two Years before the Mast," "The Blue Dahlia," and "The Great Gatsby." However, Ladd is perhaps best known for his role in the 1953 western movie "Shane." Ladd died on January 29, 1964.
Tan suit worn as a movie costume by Arkansas native Alan Ladd in the movie "The Iron Mistress". Suit jacket and a pair of pants. The suit jacket has one button. Warner Bros. tag in the pants.
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