'Glass Key' clearly a memorable '40s film - ReporterHerald.com
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'Glass Key' clearly a memorable '40s film ReporterHerald.com We saw the 1942 version -- a prior film was done in 1935 -- which starred Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Brian Donlevy with William Bendix as a nasty "heavy." The title comes from a line exchanged by Donlevy and Ladd in which Donlevy tells Ladd he'll be ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:34:30 AM
'Gatsby' opera comes to The City - San Francisco Examiner
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 San Francisco Examiner | 'Gatsby' opera comes to The City San Francisco Examiner Reflecting its popularity are plentiful movie versions, made in 1926, 1949 (with Alan Ladd and Betty Field), 1974 (Robert Redford and Mia Farrow) and this year's upcoming release directed by Baz Luhrmann and featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:34:30 AM
Singalong 'Grease,' Alan Ladd and motorcycles at Times, 'Dames' at Allis - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Singalong 'Grease,' Alan Ladd and motorcycles at Times, 'Dames' at Allis Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Alan Ladd plays a cold, cold killer in "This Gun for Hire," the 1942 crime thriller that paired him with blond starlet Veronica Lake for the first time and made him a star. It gets a rare big-screen showing at noon Saturday and Sunday at the Times ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:34:30 AM
Folk legend Judy Collins releases new album - Chicago Sun-Times
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Folk legend Judy Collins releases new album Chicago Sun-Times The two people that I heard sing songs that really enchanted me were Jo Stafford singing “Barbara Allen,” and a man named Elton Hayes who sang on a movie score, from an Alan Ladd movie called “The Black Knight,” and it was a version of “The Gypsy ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:34:30 AM
The Rich Are Different: They're in 3-D - New York Times
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 New York Times | The Rich Are Different: They're in 3-D New York Times In 1949 Alan Ladd played Gatsby, the socialite-ruffian, in a version directed by Elliott Nugent. Reviewing it in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther said its problems were a “weak script,” direction that seemed “completely artificial and stiff,” and ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:34:30 AM
Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco & San Francisco's Dashiell Hammett - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
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 San Francisco Chronicle (blog) | Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco & San Francisco's Dashiell Hammett San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Directed by Alan Crosland. Archival print courtesy of Universal Pictures. Not on DVD. At 7:00 pm: Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake add lots of sex appeal to this second adaption of The Glass Key, Hammett's gritty behind-the-scenes novel of the dirty work ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:34:30 AM
George Lucas's toy story - TG Daily
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 TG Daily | George Lucas's toy story TG Daily Obviously they lost out on a big bonanza, but as former head of Fox Alan Ladd Jr. told me, "When you're making that much in film rentals, you're not unhappy about George filling his coffers with a little more with the merchandising. |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:34:30 AM
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