Lid, Ice Cream - Alan Ladd
Object number2012.230.01.8
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions7 cm
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionIce cream lid featuring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake from the movie "The Blue Dahlia." Ladd was born in Hot Springs.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.
Small round ice cream lid with a movie image of Arkansas native, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in "Blue Dahlia". The image is tinted blue. Around the image in blue print: "Blue Dahlia/A Paramount Picture/Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd/Playing in". Two blue stars in between each set of words.
Status
Not on view