Western Trails remembers Alan Ladd , Born Sept 3 rd 1913 American Actor Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns such as Shane and films noir in which he was often paired with Veronica Lake, such as This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key and The Blue Dahlia. Other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast, Whispering Smith and The Great Gatsby. His popularity diminished in the l

Shane is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin. Released by Paramount Pictures,the film is noted for its landscape cinematography, editing, performances, and contributions to the genre. The picture 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. Its Oscar-winning cinematography was by Loyal Griggs. Shane was the last feature film and the only color fil