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Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man | The Hollywood Collection

Apart from the legacy of his movies, Alan Ladd left behind a close- knit family which counts among its members some of filmdom’s greatest successes.
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In the 1942 This Gun For Hire, he was only a supporting actor. But his portrayal of a cold, ruthless killer with a core of gentle sadness had an impact on audiences everywhere. Teamed with diminutive Veronica Lake, he became an immediately saleable commodity, and in the process helped launch the age of film noir. By 1954, Photoplay Magazine voted him the world’s most popular male film star; his fellow award-winner was Marilyn Monroe. But Alan Ladd’s fabulous success already contained within it the mechanism to self-destruct. A deprived childhood and a family tragedy that marked his young manhood, these would exact their toll. Dogged by a sense of inadequacy over his only average stature, Ladd suffered keenly from cruel jests about co-stars being compelled to stand in ditches. Despite the ardent support of his ever present agent/wife and the genuine affection of film crews and co-actors alike, these inner wounds remained. And though in the end his inner demons would destroy him, Alan Ladd’s story is also a positive one.
Included in the program are excerpts from some of Ladd’s most notable pictures: This Gun For Hire, The Glass Key, The Blue Dahlia, Whispering Smith, The Great Gatsby, Shane and The Proud Rebel. Interviewees include co-actors Don Murray, Lizabeth Scott, Patricia Medina, Mona Freeman, Anthony Caruso, Peter Hensen, Edith Fellows, Director Edward Dmytryk, Producer Sam Goldwyn Jr., sons-in-law Producer John Veitch and Radio Commentator Michael Jackson and Alan Ladd’s son, Producer David Ladd.

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  • @paulaswad4841
    @paulaswad48414 жыл бұрын

    ALAN LADD SHOULD HAVE WON BEST ACTOR OSCAR FOR SHANE IT WAS A CLASSIC PERFORMANCE

  • @mariothepookster
    @mariothepookster3 жыл бұрын

    “Shane” the true American Western Masterpiece. I always enjoyed Alan Ladd movies as a kid growing up, and then as an adult … Shane!

  • @TheTonialadd
    @TheTonialadd2 жыл бұрын

    David Ladd is my fourth cousin. He contacted me several years ago on ancestry after we had a dna match. He was researching his family. We’re fourth cousins. He sent me a newspaper article with a photo of my grandfather which I never knew existed. My family settled in Sheridan Arkansas, about an hour away from Hot Springs Arkansas. To this day people still ask me if we’re related because my last name is Ladd.

  • @debraemile7205

    @debraemile7205

    2 жыл бұрын

    He had children with his first wife no mention of what happened to them

  • @patriciapatterson1092

    @patriciapatterson1092

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lp

  • @jimmymalone9139

    @jimmymalone9139

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amazinnnnmhghhh

  • @robbieray1961

    @robbieray1961

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@debraemile7205 David Ladd Guest Starred On A Season 1 Episode Called Feet Of Clay

  • @fran23324

    @fran23324

    Жыл бұрын

    @@debraemile7205 You must not have watched the whole video, as all the children are mentioned at the end, and how well they have done. 🤔

  • @theresachiorazzi4571
    @theresachiorazzi45713 жыл бұрын

    There was something about Alan’s voice very manly and a good looker too we lost him too early he had that smile that made you melt Rest In Peace

  • @rythymb1

    @rythymb1

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes I agree with that comment. Nobody has never come close to that beautiful voice and looks. Wonderful actor always been my favorite. Rest in peace.

  • @rosarioreside2993
    @rosarioreside29933 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd one of my favorite actor . Its too sad he passed away so soon R.I.P.🙏♥️

  • @scottriley1913
    @scottriley19134 жыл бұрын

    Yes, even introverts can become great stars. I hope Allan Ladd is remembered always.

  • @adrianotero7963

    @adrianotero7963

    3 жыл бұрын

    He may no longer be with us.....but his movies will live on forever....and have the same reactions on new audiences.....

  • @nemo227
    @nemo2273 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd's main attraction was his whole persona, not just his eyes.

  • @grammyd8361
    @grammyd83615 жыл бұрын

    You could just see the intelligence and yet emptiness, a type of sadness behind his eyes. Those wide shoulders looked nice when he sat upon a horse. Strength and kindness eminated from him but I felt he had walls around his soul. I enjoyed his movies very much.

  • @marjoriegarner5369

    @marjoriegarner5369

    2 жыл бұрын

    Grammy, beautiful comment about beautiful, tragic Allan Ladd.

  • @KeithDec25
    @KeithDec254 жыл бұрын

    Ladd had a vulnerability and very underrated. On the screen a TRUE star

  • @rmkiels
    @rmkiels3 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Thousand Oaks California for 30yrs and always loved the Hidden Valley area especially. Riding thru it on my motorcycle often. I once met a man who told me he worked for Alan Ladd on his ranch for many years and that he loved the man very much and missed him and working for him. He told me that Alan had confided to him his alcohol problem. This was many many years after his death. I retired to Arizona 17 years ago but have always taken satisfaction knowing he owned his ranch in that beautiful secret Valley we both loved so much. I've seen that valley in a thousand movies, tv shows, ads over the years. It's unique beautifully special. In later years heard James Garner had a ranch there also. This documentary confirmed the man's story from more than 30yrs ago.

  • @90069socal1

    @90069socal1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Ray i am curious did you know the address of that ranch A. Ladd had ? i grew up in newbury park in the 1960s and 70s. All these years i wondered where was that ranch in Hidden Valley was.

  • @rmkiels

    @rmkiels

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@90069socal1 Hi Mike, No i don't. It is beautifully hidden. When I moved to the Sunset Hills area in 1985 from the Newbury Park area i missed driving thru Hidden Valley. Great safe place to drag race too. Straight and clear after the 90 degree turn for 3/4 mi.

  • @entropylackthereforeofmmm6119
    @entropylackthereforeofmmm61196 жыл бұрын

    The letter his son wrote to him is just so telling of what a great family he and his wife started

  • @danielduran7829
    @danielduran78292 жыл бұрын

    Shane is by far one of the best films ever made and my favorite western. I was lucky enough to see it in 1965 when it was re-shown on the big screen in downtown L.A. at the reopening of the Tower theater. It was quite an experience, especially the sounds of the gunshots during the shootout. Alan Ladd was at his best. Touching in so many ways. He truly was "The Quiet Man." - "Are you speaking to me!"

  • @Dejan-gz6vz

    @Dejan-gz6vz

    10 ай бұрын

    Shane forever. Absolutly one of the best movies ever.

  • @kristinburrup7299
    @kristinburrup72994 жыл бұрын

    The scene in the movie Shane where he and Van Heflin took out the tree stump was one of the best ! I remember it like it was yesterday. What an impact!

  • @spockboy

    @spockboy

    Жыл бұрын

    Great movie

  • @johnnorris1615
    @johnnorris16155 жыл бұрын

    alan ladd ...what a man.... a credit to our gender, and our species. i always liked him... now i love him.

  • @spockboy
    @spockboy Жыл бұрын

    Such a unique actor. I've watched hundreds of westerns and Shane is definitely in my top 5 westerns of all time. Thanks for uploading this doc.

  • @deckiedeckie
    @deckiedeckie5 жыл бұрын

    When I was a little kid, Alan Ladd was my favorite actor

  • @MIKIEEYEZ1975
    @MIKIEEYEZ19754 жыл бұрын

    He was a small man with a BIG Presence!!

  • @williamdmason9375
    @williamdmason93754 жыл бұрын

    Shane built a Aura around Alan Ladd that today still brings an audience if you're a enthusiastic western and watch them all and for the best has to be Shane and immortalised Alan Ladd as a Movie Icon!

  • @tiffsaver

    @tiffsaver

    2 жыл бұрын

    I never liked Ladd until I saw him in this movie. He'll always be Shane to me.

  • @janiesherwood2482
    @janiesherwood24823 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes life just wears you down, no matter who you are💔

  • @karenpinner5913
    @karenpinner59134 жыл бұрын

    Lovely story of a talented man...."Come back, Shane!"

  • @mbrower3304
    @mbrower33043 жыл бұрын

    What a heart wrenching story about his mother and how she died in his arms. He carried that around in his heart all of his life. For him to have had the great relationship with his family is almost miraculous. Some people wouldn't have been able to function, much less have a great career and happy family life.

  • @andreabollinger9932

    @andreabollinger9932

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure it was a traumatic incident that left a permanent mark - fellow actors and friends mentioned a certain sadness and insecurity about him.

  • @t4texastom587
    @t4texastom587 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Alan Ladd for playing and starring in several good westerns, including "SHANE".......the greatest western movie in the history of movie-making. R. I. P. ALAN LADD

  • @sandykelsay8344
    @sandykelsay83445 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd was awesome! He was handsome and talented.

  • @juanitapatterson2094
    @juanitapatterson20945 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed watching Alan Ladd he was a great actor and it's a shame he never got an Oscar or an Emmy while he was alive. He deserve s an honor ary Oscar.

  • @enriquenino3352

    @enriquenino3352

    5 жыл бұрын

    Por favor en español, el inglés no es idioma universal.

  • @anthonyborgia2231

    @anthonyborgia2231

    4 жыл бұрын

    will never understand the role of shane never got him an oscar. maybe if he was 6 foot 2 inches ???

  • @andreabollinger9932

    @andreabollinger9932

    3 жыл бұрын

    Studio politics. When "Shane" was finally released after much post production, Alan Ladd had left Paramount, so their PR department wouldn't back him Oscar-wise. They backed their other "golden boy" Bill Holden instead, who was nominated and won the 1953 Oscar for "Stalag 17". Pity Ladd did turn down the role of Jett Rink in Stevens' "Giants". THAT role would have brought him at least an Oscar nomination, I'm sure.

  • @Saucyakld
    @Saucyakld6 жыл бұрын

    His son is such a nice man, a credit to his parents!

  • @janettawallace3722
    @janettawallace37222 жыл бұрын

    He was a dynamic actor. Had a fantastic face and his expressions were breath taking with that voice. The movie Shane was very touching I enjoy it very much. A lot of love shown

  • @garrywood5345
    @garrywood53453 жыл бұрын

    A Great documentary. Another LEGEND of the Hollywood Era. When Stars were Stars.Seemed a Genuine guy as well.

  • @jerryblair2339
    @jerryblair23394 жыл бұрын

    Alana Ladd one of the greatest actors of his time The Proud Rebel,The Iron Mistress,and one of the greatest Western of all times Shane.What a great actor

  • @tiffsaver

    @tiffsaver

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was also wonderful with Veronica Lake.

  • @afellowamericanafellowamer5317
    @afellowamericanafellowamer53174 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd filmed a movie in part in Gary Indiana. While he was there he stayed at my Uncles house, who was the Chief of Police at that time. He was the finest sort of gentleman you will ever meet. Very down to earth, polite, a genuine nice guy.

  • @jelaboothe2363
    @jelaboothe23634 жыл бұрын

    "Rachel and the Stranger.. One of my favourite FILMS.MITCHUM, halarious. Handsome man, kind, genuine. Humble, loyal. A gem amongst drug filled Hollywood.

  • @kimlee1416
    @kimlee14163 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful post, what a lovely legacy he has left with his family. He certainly was a great actor.

  • @crazyman8472
    @crazyman84722 жыл бұрын

    A man of few words, but heartfelt ones. 😍

  • @nicholassteel5529
    @nicholassteel55295 жыл бұрын

    Makes a lot of people cry.....that music....that scene

  • @timmy07155
    @timmy071555 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd was my absolutely favourite ever since I was a kid

  • @nevinthephilippines
    @nevinthephilippines3 жыл бұрын

    Shane is my best picture I ever saw. Alan ladd brilliant actor of all time.

  • @timmy07155
    @timmy071555 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid I watched him in shane and have always since then felt in him the protection and kindness of a father

  • @joselynedger1680
    @joselynedger16805 жыл бұрын

    When i discovered Alan Ladd I was in my early teens and he was already dead for a few yrs. I was devastated. Seems funny now, but they dont make actors like that anymore.

  • @marilynbaylis524
    @marilynbaylis5243 жыл бұрын

    Another great, handsome actor! He was a star! ❤️. 🌟

  • @lyndamccormick3783
    @lyndamccormick37835 жыл бұрын

    One of the best! I have always told people that Alan Ladd was one of my favourite Actors ever, some people don't understand me until I make them watch one of my Alan Ladd movies I have on DVD, then they know why...:)

  • @jeaniedelgado687
    @jeaniedelgado6874 жыл бұрын

    Alan was a great actor! "Shane" was superb! He came across as a kind ethical man? His best movie! "The Proud Rebel" was also a great move!

  • @kirsteni.russell5903
    @kirsteni.russell59036 жыл бұрын

    I love THE PROUD REBEL. Alan Ladd, David Ladd, and Olivia de Havilland are all wonderful in their roles. And Jerome Moross composed a beautiful score for this picture.

  • @janeiwasduncan8463

    @janeiwasduncan8463

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hear! Hear! I could watch that movie over and over. I also liked "McConnell Story," with June Allison!

  • @jakartaman3365

    @jakartaman3365

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@janeiwasduncan8463 Ditto that. Two of his best from the mid/late 50's that were both here on You Tube for a while, although I think they might have been taken down by now.

  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver5 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd will always be "Shane" to me. Although he may have been small in stature, his overwhelming presence in this classic Western still effects me to this day. To me he was a true GIANT, his powerful voice conveying both strength and vulnerability in equal measure. Every time I watch this movie, which is often, his performance never fails to move me with his towering screen presence. RIP.

  • @jacquesdeghorain3162

    @jacquesdeghorain3162

    4 жыл бұрын

    non , non !........."Shane" n'a pas du tout été un western CLASSIQUE , il a été le premier western où l'aspect psychologique du héros est devenu beaucoup plus important que les batailles et autres aventures habituelles dans ce genre de film . C'est pourquoi il a tellement marqué l'esprit des spectateurs . Le choix d'Alan Ladd , acteur discret , sobre , sensible et intimiste a été un coup de génie . Dans ce film d'anthologie , Alan Ladd , au fil du temps , se fond totalement dans son personnage , nous entraîne avec lui et nous en fait apprécier toute la gentillesse , la rigueur et la profondeur d'esprit . Un grand acteur qu'Alan Ladd qui n'avait pas du tout besoin d'avoir le physique de John Wayne pour être un artiste de grande envergure . Tous ceux qui l'ont connu sur écran ont été sidérés en apprenant son décès . Quant à moi , je n'ai jamais pu l'oublier......Merci pour tout , Monsieur Ladd !!

  • @mbrower3304

    @mbrower3304

    3 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE that movie. I have it recorded and never get tired of watching it. It's understandably a classic. He was great in it.

  • @tiffsaver

    @tiffsaver

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mbrower3304 It was his great voice and soft heart that won me over in 'Shane.' It's actually available on Amazon Prime Video now, for free. Remember the scene where the farmer's dog began scratching and whining at his coffin when they were laying him in his grave?? My friend who worked on the movie told me that they couldn't get the dog to paw at the box, so they actually had the trainer climb in the coffin and begin calling the dog to get his to do that! Interesting story:)

  • @andreabollinger9932

    @andreabollinger9932

    3 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd was born to play "Shane". And to think that he wasn't George Stevens' first choice - he wanted Monty Clift, who looked more like the protagonist as described in Jack Schaefer's novel. When Clift turned down the part, Stevens chose Ladd in a matter of minutes. And a perfect choice it was.

  • @tiffsaver

    @tiffsaver

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andreabollinger9932 I love to hear stories like this! Do you know who they originally wanted to play 'Rick' in "Casablanca"?? RONALD REAGAN. Thank God he was not available.

  • @Bear-Ur2ez
    @Bear-Ur2ez5 жыл бұрын

    As a child I loved and his movies. As a man I have always tried to use the men he portrayed as a blue print of the type of man I wanted to be . I am thrilled I came across this video . Where the man and child in me can watch , listen and learn about the real man I idealized. Thank you and everyone involved in sharing this short movie.

  • @veenapaulson5864

    @veenapaulson5864

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very telling that all these years later, when Co stars or friends spoke of him.... It was always with a catch in their voices... That Alan was gone.

  • @katherinetherese2736

    @katherinetherese2736

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, he was great actor! He had presence and dignity.

  • @neilgelerter3464
    @neilgelerter34646 жыл бұрын

    I remember “Shane” and as Allen’s son said it still brings tears to my eyes.

  • @alanhindmarch657

    @alanhindmarch657

    3 жыл бұрын

    His name is spelt ALAN LADD, not Allen

  • @catman8670

    @catman8670

    3 жыл бұрын

    Alan not allen

  • @Eurafrican
    @Eurafrican6 жыл бұрын

    This documentary was made with a lot of love and empathy for a very complex but clearly golden hearted man, who started with communicating his feelings and standing up to his wife. Yet, he managed to become one of the biggest stars of his era and left behind a loving family, I'm sure he was proud of. God rest his soul, and thank you for sharing.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right on !! Enjoyed your perceptive comment very much !!

  • @shawnmalone9711
    @shawnmalone97114 жыл бұрын

    Shane is my favorite movie of all time. Alan Ladd also gave a great performance in the 1946 movie , OSS.

  • @toddpenney246

    @toddpenney246

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep best movie ever....

  • @19553129
    @195531295 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd , a Great Actor. Loved Shane and all of his Pictures

  • @missrita1826
    @missrita18264 жыл бұрын

    Loved this handsome man.

  • @lorenzomagazzeni5425
    @lorenzomagazzeni54255 жыл бұрын

    when I was 12 - Alan Ladd was our hero.

  • @eddiemurphy5781
    @eddiemurphy57815 жыл бұрын

    One of the Greats, A True Superstar.

  • @jerrymiller5353
    @jerrymiller53535 жыл бұрын

    It is now 2019, I am 83 yrs old, and loved this one hour docu on Alan Ladd. Gerrific bio and loved the clip from 1953 (?} The Great Gatsby. I've wanted to see it again and it doesn't get shone. Best Gatsby ever. Also: I missed Bontany Bay but saw Two Years Before the Mast. Thanks for this hour in my life.

  • @andreabollinger9932

    @andreabollinger9932

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Great Gatsby with Ladd was the 1949 version. When Paramount was about to release the big budget 1974 version with Robert Redford, they suppressed the distribution of the 1949 prints, which got lost and were rediscovered 2012. Still not easy to get it on DVD. Unacceptable behavior by Paramount.

  • @andreabollinger9932

    @andreabollinger9932

    9 ай бұрын

    I got my Gatsby DVD online from Italy (but mind the region codes...) and I agree - Ladd is the best Gatsby (it's HIS story somehow - from rags to riches but unhappy!). Botany Bay was adapted from a Nordhoff/Hall novel (Mutiny on the Bounty...) and if you don't mind the protagonists speaking Italian and just want to watch Alan Ladd, it's free on KZread. "Two Years before the Mast" used to be free on KZread, too (in English), but it was removed.

  • @margaretkerr4591
    @margaretkerr45912 жыл бұрын

    My wee mammy adored him! I have always known who he was because of her. She would say "oh look, it's ma fella! ❤️" in her broad Glaswegian accent. Brings back lovely memories of her, so thank you for this great video Love mags

  • @MiracleBaby1987
    @MiracleBaby198712 күн бұрын

    Alan Ladd, always put his heart and soul into every character he ever portrayed onto the Hollywood movie screen. He was really shy and really sweet guy. He did not let anything stop him from acting in movies.

  • @speedracer1945
    @speedracer19456 жыл бұрын

    This was a nice portrait of Alan Ladd . He was a family man and for a guy who away at times making a film he still made time to spend with his kids and the horses . Shane is his most outstanding film and may had got another generation to watch it since it was used in Logan and one of his quotes from Shane . Yeah , I say this was nicely painted portrait of the man .

  • @tooter1able
    @tooter1able Жыл бұрын

    One of the most touching sensitive biographies of a gifted sensitive person who happened to be a great actor. I love how he put family above all. His character in Shane is one of the best in film . It's Hollywood "perfection" at its best ..appearances vs. reality The person was real. .I had read Jack Schaefer's book and when as a young person, I saw the movie., it was eerie how much Ladd's acting just personified the book's character. "You're not gonna drink that in here" ",,.....You got that right".......WHAM!!

  • @lauratibbles6598
    @lauratibbles65983 жыл бұрын

    This is such a great piece and it all started with Alan Ladd thank you for sharing this is really great

  • @highwaysdriveways9242
    @highwaysdriveways9242 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliantly actor, the film Shane is my all time favourite, who taught that dog how to act, incredible how he got up and moved slowly out of the way in the film Shane . So sad that he struggled with drinking, but doesn’t take away what a great actor he was.

  • @LVSinger
    @LVSinger5 жыл бұрын

    When 14 yrs old I used to poach fish in Hempstead Lake State Park, L.I. Early one morning, while hiding in the bushes, (to avoid the Ranger) I was about to cross the horse path when a horseman appeared. Waiting for him to pass, I was astonished to see it was Alan Ladd! After he had passed me ,(50 ft. or so). and doubting what I just saw, I impulsively called his name. He stopped, very casually turned around to face me and calmly replied; "yes, it's me'. Asking for his autograph, [naturally,no pencil/paper] , he chuckled, and said he passed this way every Saturday, around this time. He was a big idol of mine, and that was an enormously thrilling experience for a 14 yr. old kid! I'm 82 now, and the entire memory is as sharp & vivid as if it happened yesterday. No, I never got his autograph...and never saw him again after that thrilling chance encounter..sigh!

  • @wally1452

    @wally1452

    5 жыл бұрын

    Man, I loved Alan Ladd...one of the greatest stars ever, How this actress ever had a complex, etc, was beyoung me. From a young kid until he died in 1964 (from the Carpetbaggers( I never tired of his films). My mother said he was the best actor and most handsome guy ever in film history!

  • @juliusmoore4187

    @juliusmoore4187

    5 жыл бұрын

    wally l..

  • @juliusmoore4187

    @juliusmoore4187

    5 жыл бұрын

    .,???

  • @thirdgeronimo8409

    @thirdgeronimo8409

    5 жыл бұрын

    TEBULA RASAIS THIS YOUR REAL NAME.?

  • @gabrielfrost9134

    @gabrielfrost9134

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tabula rasa what a wonderful story, so you get the autograph?

  • @garymcaleer6112
    @garymcaleer61126 жыл бұрын

    "Shane" did more to build virtue in men than any other film in modern times. Alan had the compassion no one else had. You saw it in his face...his countenance.

  • @vickiridgwell5358

    @vickiridgwell5358

    4 жыл бұрын

    Elv

  • @fayecarter21

    @fayecarter21

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mookie Spindlehurst I'm

  • @jillhanley5468

    @jillhanley5468

    4 жыл бұрын

    J Calho

  • @everettalexander2269
    @everettalexander22694 жыл бұрын

    In Shane , he was never ran out of that valley, he just left after helping those homesteaders. He could not live with that killing. He was great in getting the ball rolling when dealing with those troublemakers and he ended the right way and above the call of duty.

  • @andreabollinger9932

    @andreabollinger9932

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can't help trying to imagine Joe's and especially (!) Marian's reaction when little Joey gets home and tells them "Shane shot Wilson and the Rykers, then told me 'there's no living with a killing' and rode off towards the Grand Tetons..."

  • @stinray358
    @stinray3586 жыл бұрын

    when i saw alan ladd, in shane , i was always a great fan of his,his voice i always thouight made him, it was sharp and commanding,, never will be forgotten, great man and actor.

  • @rommilazzo7823
    @rommilazzo78234 жыл бұрын

    To me the best theatrical biography ever.

  • @cynthiafeick
    @cynthiafeick6 жыл бұрын

    For most girls, their first love (if they're lucky} is their father. My first love was Alan Ladd. I fell in love with him at the age of five or six when I saw him in Shane. It's so sad that he didn't know how extraordinary he was. Enjoyed watching this post! Thank you.

  • @dianneknox3510

    @dianneknox3510

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sharon Newman I was in love with Desi Arnes when I was 4 or 5. I thought he was so good looking I never missed an episode of l love ❤️ Lucy.

  • @rogerkomula8057

    @rogerkomula8057

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's a little boy in Shane, but you fall for the old man. Typical woman wanting what's not for her.

  • @d.e.w.8676

    @d.e.w.8676

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sharon Newman how many innocent crushes we young girls have in our youth all leading us toward Mr. Right in our adulthood. Whoever thinks your honesty was sick is an unfortunate individual that doesn't get youthful crushes. My first crush was at 6 years old...i saw him again at 46 and boy am i glad he wasn't interested back!!!

  • @cynthiahughes1081

    @cynthiahughes1081

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@d.e.w.8676 love your comment. Very nice perspective. It's refreshing to see a reflective positive comment.

  • @d.e.w.8676

    @d.e.w.8676

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cynthiahughes1081 thank you!!

  • @bettyharvey8445
    @bettyharvey84454 жыл бұрын

    This man was so amazing actor and love all his movies just saw Shane about six weeks ago love this man

  • @JLMISR
    @JLMISR5 жыл бұрын

    The best star documentary ever, now I want to see all his movies and remember Alan Ladd

  • @sabrinan4792

    @sabrinan4792

    4 жыл бұрын

    Listen to the radio show he did...called Box 13. So fun to listen to.

  • @victorsamon9672
    @victorsamon96723 жыл бұрын

    Always wished he had made more movies with Veronica Lake,!!

  • @roberttownsend7397
    @roberttownsend73973 жыл бұрын

    In my mind, Alan Ladd will always be Shane and I'll always remember the young boy Joey calling after his wounded hero as he rides away for ever.

  • @she38ll
    @she38ll3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this biography of Alan Ladd. I Love classic movies. Thank you again.

  • @marjoriecoey3418

    @marjoriecoey3418

    2 жыл бұрын

    Shane was incredible movie.

  • @typower9
    @typower9 Жыл бұрын

    He had a great voice and also a beautiful singing voice. He could have had a singing career.

  • @gracieg7601
    @gracieg76013 жыл бұрын

    As a young girl my daddy took me to a western with alan Ladd. I was hooked. I thought he was gorgeous. Even as a young child.

  • @dottielundgren8824
    @dottielundgren88245 жыл бұрын

    not only a true professional but a decent individual

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well said and well put !!

  • @avanesi12311967
    @avanesi123119674 жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest actor. Probably top 10.

  • @jandelisle5357
    @jandelisle53575 жыл бұрын

    Excellent actor- wonderful family

  • @MyTimeOutt
    @MyTimeOutt6 жыл бұрын

    He worked so well with Veronica Lake. They were splendid!

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    @donnacaldwell3400

    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @Sirgromulus

    @Sirgromulus

    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @WilliamHorsley1962

    @WilliamHorsley1962

    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @waynej2608

    @waynej2608

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, they were a great team. A bit like Bogie and Bacall.

  • @jimlaguardia8185

    @jimlaguardia8185

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Outt Two short actors who made one another look taller.

  • @adrianotero7963
    @adrianotero79633 жыл бұрын

    Ladd was a very kind human being...... I am a big fan of Audie Murphy... and once read that he thought very highly of Alan.....in one of his first pictures, he stared with Alan and Murphy said that Alan gave him the best advice when he arrived in Hollywood.......and that helped Murphy...(who by the way, had his own demons) deal with the Hollywood lifestyle......May they both RIP.

  • @harrietmartin2014
    @harrietmartin20145 жыл бұрын

    I will always love Alan Ladd!

  • @anncolvin8043
    @anncolvin80433 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd had such gentle eyes and beautiful. face.He was my mothers favorite actor. I first saw him In Shane and developed my first crush on a movie star. Was about nine. I wish Turner classic movies would show his movies.

  • @andreabollinger9932

    @andreabollinger9932

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many of his movies are available on DVD or blu ray. The black and white "film noir-ish" ones are full of atmosphere, in the Technicolor ones he looks so totally gorgeous, especially in "Shane".

  • @richardgarcea4135
    @richardgarcea41356 жыл бұрын

    Great man and great star. He will be missed.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    5 жыл бұрын

    You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !! :-)

  • @patsym2402

    @patsym2402

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jubalcalif9100 ]0

  • @scottknode898

    @scottknode898

    4 жыл бұрын

    RICHARD GARCEA Alan Ladd has been gone since 1964 and people today have probably never even heard of him.

  • @keshavabhat8695
    @keshavabhat86957 жыл бұрын

    his films were watched many times and he was a cool guy in those films.

  • @surreygirl2075
    @surreygirl20752 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching Alan ladder films will my brothers and my lovely nan had a black and white photo of Alan ladd I think she fancied Alan ladd a nice man kind and tough a quiet man the type you could trust

  • @scottielover5415
    @scottielover54152 жыл бұрын

    He had great charisma on scene. My mom loved him.

  • @dimply1000
    @dimply10004 жыл бұрын

    My mother loved him. She saw nearly all his films

  • @gracieg7601

    @gracieg7601

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thst mom too who loved his movies.

  • @hughcapetien
    @hughcapetien5 жыл бұрын

    Most folks don't know that Alan Ladd had a small part in that great Orson Welles classic "Citizen Kane. At the end of the film he was with a group of reporters sifting through the castle's crated treasures of the world looking for the elusive "Rosebud." He was the "shadowy" guy wearing the hat asking questions.

  • @zencat1864

    @zencat1864

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's the one who said, "Rosebud."

  • @freedmm3122
    @freedmm31225 жыл бұрын

    I loved this story about Alan !

  • @jeannotnowrhankyoumckenzie4268

    @jeannotnowrhankyoumckenzie4268

    4 жыл бұрын

    I loved them S wonderful man I was brokenhearted when he passed I am now eighty eight! But seeing him again on his films, still gives. S Me A thrill , just like the old times ,,. God bless Alan, xxxxxxx

  • @patrickyoung3503
    @patrickyoung35033 жыл бұрын

    What a lovely post I missed his career growing up I really only remember him in Shane . What a pity he was really a great actor & father .

  • @letitiadungavel2083

    @letitiadungavel2083

    3 жыл бұрын

    Q

  • @SM-gl8yo
    @SM-gl8yo4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a big fan of Virginia Mayo and she has said Alan Ladd was one of her favorite leading men.

  • @theresadoll5374

    @theresadoll5374

    2 жыл бұрын

    I also reckon Virginia Mayo was underrated.

  • @colmoconnor1357
    @colmoconnor13573 жыл бұрын

    The love of my life when I was 12 years 🥰🥰🥰

  • @1171
    @11714 жыл бұрын

    Excellent actor , and wonderful western actor.

  • @guytemam1151
    @guytemam11515 жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd... Errol Flynn... Tyrone Power ... The good old days are gone, and they won’t come back !!!

  • @christophepena2212

    @christophepena2212

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes the good old days!!!...i wonder why they are all dead of too much pills...alcoholism and depression...the good old days...

  • @guytemam1151

    @guytemam1151

    5 жыл бұрын

    Christophe Pena I’m talking about the movies they made, not about their private lives...

  • @waynej2608

    @waynej2608

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@christophepena2212 I wouldn't include Power's demise here, he died from a hereditary heart ailment. All three were tremendous actors though.

  • @suzycreamcheesez4371

    @suzycreamcheesez4371

    5 жыл бұрын

    you don't get out much do you? @@guytemam1151

  • @guytemam1151

    @guytemam1151

    5 жыл бұрын

    suzycreamcheesez I get out too much ! That’s why I can COMPARE !!!

  • @renwickdavid6461
    @renwickdavid64614 жыл бұрын

    As I stated sometime during one of my comments,I am not a fan of d academy awards.However this has nothing to do with those who won d awards,because they deserve to,it's just that several who were also deserving of one were overlooked.One of those actors was Alan Ladd who definitely was a Hollywood icon and should have won an academy award for his legendary performance in Shane.RIP Allan Ladd!

  • @pamsullivan8627
    @pamsullivan86275 жыл бұрын

    Still my favorite actor.

  • @amerifax
    @amerifax2 жыл бұрын

    As a boy, I saw a movie with Alan Ladd where he was shot dead in a swimming pool. It was the last scene of the movie. Someone was calling him to warn him of the potential danger. He would not answer the phone. In your above Collection, there was a scene where Alan said, "Don't answer the phone. I was thinking this might be the movie, but it gave no name. I loved the above collection. I also loved your interview with David Ladd. David brings to the screen a real feeling of life. Thanks, David, for sharing a real part of a great man's life. About Alan's high. When he walked into any room, he was the tallest man in the room. Bob Amerifax

  • @fredpickett6219
    @fredpickett62193 жыл бұрын

    What a good good Actor. R.I.P. John.

  • @pamelahartman9074
    @pamelahartman9074 Жыл бұрын

    As a child in England remember one of his first movies 2 years before the mast fell in love with him and that wonderful voice he had . I am now looking at 90 yrs old next year and still remember him !

  • @timmy07155
    @timmy071555 жыл бұрын

    Strength empathy and kindness that's Alan ladd

  • @cakredi4132
    @cakredi41324 жыл бұрын

    You should do a feature on Alan's iconic on-screen pairing Veronica Lake.

  • @theresachiorazzi4571
    @theresachiorazzi4571 Жыл бұрын

    Alan Ladd was a good looking guy he acted like a real man no wonder the ladies liked him he wasn’t phony he had Carisma. Too bad he died young.

  • @moriahjacobs6131
    @moriahjacobs61314 жыл бұрын

    Captain Carey, USA.! Handsome talented man and that voice!

  • @elmagodelmaryahoo
    @elmagodelmaryahoo3 жыл бұрын

    THANKS The Hollywood Collection.... *THAT* was a nice hour-long bio!!! 👌

  • @MySpace662
    @MySpace6625 жыл бұрын

    Every face has a story to it; only the person who owns that face knows the true story.