Photograph, Press - Alan Ladd, "The Iron Mistress"
Object number2012.247.01
Date1952
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.7 x 20.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum
DescriptionPress photograph from the movie "The Iron Mistressm" starring Hot Springs native Alan Ladd. 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.
The movie was filmed at Warner Brothers Studios in 1952. Ladd is wearing the suit from our collection 2012.221.01a-b.
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