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Post by topbilled on Aug 13, 2024 16:36:25 GMT
Alan Ladd is someone who shot to stardom in the early 1940s, and he stayed on top for the next twenty years. His period at Paramount in the forties and early fifties was quite prolific. During this time, he played the lead in 27 Paramount pictures, from his breakthrough in THIS GUN FOR HIRE up to this most iconic role in SHANE a decade later.
Check out:
LUCKY JORDAN (1942)
THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
BRANDED (1950) |
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Post by kims on Aug 13, 2024 23:17:22 GMT
I have a soft spot for THE CARPETBAGGERS. It's the only Ladd film I saw in a theater.
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Post by topbilled on Aug 14, 2024 0:26:07 GMT
I have a soft spot for THE CARPETBAGGERS. It's the only Ladd film I saw in a theater.
The one I have a soft spot for is THE BLUE DAHLIA. |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Aug 14, 2024 1:30:20 GMT
Of course, I really enjoy all of Ladd's Paramount noir films, but one soft-noir film I really enjoy is Salty O'Rourke (1945). Ladd is his usual tough guy but what I really like about the film is the other actors, especially Gale Russell, and a young Stanley Clements.
I have yet to see the other Paramount film Ladd made with Russell, Calcutta (1947), which also has a frequency co-star of Ladd, and fellow Paramount contract player, William Bendix.
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Post by christine on Aug 14, 2024 2:26:29 GMT
I really like THE BLUE DAHLIA 1946 too topbilled, but one of my favorite Alan Ladd movies is THE GLASS KEY 1942 - although I like him in almost anything he played in.   |
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Post by topbilled on Aug 14, 2024 7:20:50 GMT
Ladd at Paramount:
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942) fourth billed after Veronica Lake, Robert Preston & Laird Cregar
THE GLASS KEY (1942) third billed after Brian Donlevy & Veronica Lake
LUCKY JORDAN (1942) first billed
STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM (1942) cameo
CHINA (1943) second billed after Loretta Young
AND NOW TOMORROW (1944) first over Loretta Young
SALTY O'ROURKE (1945) first
DUFFY'S TAVERN (1945) cameo
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST (1946) first
THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) first over Veronica Lake
O.S.S. (1946) first
CALCUTTA (1947) first
VARIETY GIRL (1947) cameo
WILD HARVEST (1947) first over Robert Preston
MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (1947) cameo
SAIGON (1948) first over Veronica Lake
BEYOND GLORY (1948) first
WHISPERING SMITH (1948) first over Robert Preston
THE GREAT GATSBY (1949) first
CHICAGO DEADLINE (1949) first
BRANDED (1950) first
CAPTAIN CAREY U.S.A. (1950) first
APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (1951) first
RED MOUNTAIN (1951) first
THUNDER IN THE EAST (1952) first
BOTANY BAY (1953) first
SHANE (1953) first
THE CARPETBAGGERS (1964) second after George Peppard
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Post by christine on Aug 14, 2024 18:30:58 GMT
Really like this list topbilled - just eyeballing it, there are at least 7 Alan Ladd films I don't think I've ever seen. Maybe I've seen some, because I usually watch any movie with Ladd in it, but just didn't remember the name.
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