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The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999)
TV Movie | 58 min | Documentary, Biography

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The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999)

TV Movie | 58 min | Documentary, Biography

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...See moreIn 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. 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. 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. Written by Zara Janson See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Sue Carol Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In Line of Duty (1931)
Anthony Caruso Self Self See fewer	The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Jeff Corey Self Self See fewer	Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Edward Dmytryk Self Self See fewer	The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Edith Fellows Self Self See fewer	And So They Were Married (1936)
Mona Freeman Self Self See fewer	Dear Ruth (1947)
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Self (as Sam Goldwyn Jr.) Self (as Sam Goldwyn Jr.) See fewer	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Peter Hansen Self Self See fewer	General Hospital (1963)
Marilyn Henry Self Self See fewer	E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998)
Michael Jackson Self Self See fewer	The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999)
Alan Ladd Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shane (1953)
David Ladd Self Self See fewer	The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
A.C. Lyles Self Self See fewer	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Patricia Medina Self Self See fewer	Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
Don Murray Self Self See fewer	Bus Stop (1956)
Lizabeth Scott Self Self See fewer	Too Late for Tears (1949)
John Veitch Self Self See fewer	Fly Away Home (1996)