Page, Scrapbook - Alan Ladd
Object number2012.230.01.16
Date1940's
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions11 11/16 x 8 3/4 in. (29.7 x 22.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionNewspaper clipping from a scrapbook kept by the president of the Alan Ladd fan club. Ladd was an actor 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.
Page from a scrapbook kept by the president of the Alan Ladd fan club. On one side of the page is a 1948 newspaper article from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The title of the article is "World's Largest Alan Ladd Fan Club is a Home-Town Product". On the opposite side is an advertisement for the Alan Ladd movie, "Beyond Glory". Part of a scrapbook kept by the president of Ladd's fan club.
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