Poster, Movie - Alan Ladd, "The Iron Mistress"
Object number2013.052.02
Date1952
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions41 1/4 x 27 in. (104.8 x 68.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionOne-sheet movie poster from the movie "The Iron Mistress," starring Alan Ladd. A Hot Springs native, 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.
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