Word: ladd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nobody's surprise, most of the favorites were oldtimers, and eight of the top ten spots were held by men. The only newcomer-much-publicized Marilyn Monroe-placed sixth. The big ten: 1) Gary Cooper. 2) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, 3) John Wayne. 4) Alan Ladd-up from 16th place. 5) Bing Crosby, 6) Marilyn Monroe, 7) James Stewart, 8) Bob Hope. 9) Susan Hayward. 10) Randolph Scott...
Paratrooper (Columbia) gains some freshness as a war picture by having Alan Ladd go through his deadpan heroics as a member of the British army. Ex-U.S. Captain Ladd pretends to be a Canadian and volunteers as a private in the paratroops. He soon learns that, no matter what uniform they wear, noncoms are noncoms, and spends a fortnight in the stockade for slugging his corporal in a barroom brawl. But the picture soon demonstrates that it intends to be different: one of the tough top kicks, showing his squad how easy it is to bail...
Shane (Paramount). A horse opera put in finest fettle by Director George Stevens; with Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur (TIME, April...
...film tells the life story of Wisconsin's All-America Elroy ("Crazylegs") Hirsch and is chiefly remarkable for the fact that Footballer Hirsch plays himself on the screen. Since he looks like a dark-haired Kirk Douglas and meets every cinema crisis with the wooden impassivity of Alan Ladd, Hirsch easily passes most of Hollywood's requirements for a leading...
...Shane," with Alan Ladd as the mysterious hero from out of the night, is several cuts above most other westerns. The brightest spot is a violently refight scene which has punch even in 3-D. Jean Arthur and Van Hefliu play man-and-wife. Their son, Brandon do Wilde, has the distinction of being one of the few non-objectional movie juvonilee. At the Greenwich...