Alan Ladd

Born: September 3, 1913, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Died: January 29, 1964, (age 50), Palm Springs, California

Alan Ladd (Alan Walbridge Ladd) was a film actor.

What do you know about Alan Ladd?  Try this simple quiz.

1. Burdened with a hated nickname ("Tiny"), the then-5'4" student fell under the spell of high school dramatics and set his mind toward becoming an actor.

• True or False?

2. What was the 1942 movie that made Alan Ladd a star?

3. What was the 1948 western film that had play a railroad detective assigned to stop a gang of train robbers?

4. Branded is a 1950 western film starring Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, and Robert Keith. It was adapted from the novel Montana Rides Again. Who wrote the novel?

• Zane Grey
• Max Brand
• Milburn Stone

5. Shane is a 1953 western film made by Paramount Pictures. It was produced and directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A.B. Guthrie Jr., based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer. Who played the character Joey Starrett?

• Jean Arthur
• Van Heflin
• Brandon De Wilde

6. In 1978, he made The Proud Rebel. Who played his son in the movie?

• Harry Dean Stanton
• David Ladd
• John Carradine

7. In 1960, he played in Guns of the Timberland. Singer Frankie Avalon plays Bert Harvey. Who plays Frankie’s love interest, Jane Peterson?

• Jeanne Crain
• Verna Felton
• Alana Ladd

8. Thanks to wise business investments, Ladd became a wealthy man, with properties in Beverly Hills and, in Palm Springs, Alan Ladd Hardware.

• True or False?

9. He was married twice. Who was his wife from 1942 and until his death in 1964.

• Marjorie Jane Harrold
• Jean Arthur
• Sue Carol

10. Where is Alan Ladd buried?

• Holy Cross Memorial Gardens, Palm Springs, California
• Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California
• Pasadena Memorial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, California

Answers

1. True
2. This Gun for Hire
3. Whispering Smith
4. Max Brand
5. Brandon De Wilde
6. David Ladd
7. Alana Ladd
8. True
9. Sue Carol
10. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California
    Plot: Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Heritage