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Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., an Oscar-winning producer and former studio boss who, as a top executive at 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, was best known for greenlighting George Lucas’ landmark blockbuster ...
Mar 3, 2022 · Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. did not come to live on his father’s Holmby Hills estate, where the likes of Bing Crosby and Gary Cooper would stop by, until he was in his teens, having spent most of ...
Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr. was born in Los Angeles in 1937, the son of popular Western and film noir actor Alan Ladd, who starred in George Stevens’ 1953 western Shane in the lead role, among many other notable films. Ladd Jr. first began his Hollywood career as an agent for the likes of Warren Beatty and Robert Redford in the 1960s.
Mar 3, 2022 · RIP Alan Ladd Jr. Laddie was a remarkable studio boss, producer & friend to movie makers. He supported & green lit #StarWars, and on a personal note he gave the go-ahead to both #NightShift and # ...
Alan Ladd, Jr. was an American film industry executive and producer. He was famous for giving George Lucas the go-ahead to make Star Wars while working for 20th Century Fox. Throughout the troubled production of the film, Ladd resisted corporate pressure to cancel the project and maintained his confidence in Lucas. After that struggle, Ladd finally found himself in joyful tears at a preview ...
Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr, who commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars, won a Best Picture Oscar for producing Braveheart and was an influential executive for Fox and MGM/United Artists, died March 2, his ...
Mar 3, 2022 · NEW YORK — Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit "Star Wars," has died.He was 84. Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd ...
