Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd starred in four iconic movies together, ... In Shanghai at the end of World War II, Major Larry Briggs (Ladd) learns that his comrade and friend, ...

Alan Ladd Jr. looks back on greenlighting 'Star Wars', ... When I grew up watching movies, all the men were off at war and all the pictures were about women. I thought, ...

For a short stretch in the 1940s, Alan Ladd was Hollywood’s newest golden boy. ... His All-American looks allowed him to easily fit into westerns, war films and heroic leads.

Alan Ladd Jr., ‘Star Wars’ Savior and Oscar Winner for ‘Braveheart,’ Dies at 84. A longtime studio exec and son of a movie icon, he also had a hand in such films as 'Blade Runner,' 'The ...

News of Ladd’s death was confirmed by the social media page for Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies, a documentary about Ladd’s work behind the scenes of Hollywood: . With the heaviest of hearts ...

When Alan Ladd Jr. was president of 20th Century Fox Pictures in the 1970s, he greenlit “Star Wars” and “Alien.” ... When audiences have seen the Ruddy or Ladd films, ...

In later years, Alan Ladd Jr. became an independent producer, and his most notable accomplishment was 1995 Oscar best picture winner “Braveheart,” starring and directed by Mel Gibson.

Virgil Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian digital rights to Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies, a feature-length look at Alan Ladd Jr. directed by his daughter, Amanda Ladd Jones.. The studio ...

Amanda Ladd Jones tells her father, the long-time film executive and producer Alan Ladd Jr., early in her documentary tribute, Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies. I know how she feels. Ladd, now 80 ...