Poster, Movie - Alan Ladd, "This Gun for Hire"
Object number2013.183.02
Date1945
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensions22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionPoster from the film "This Gun for Hire" starring Arkansas native Alan Ladd.Half sheet backed on linen.
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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