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.
Theatrical release poster
Shane (Alan Ladd) and Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur)
Behind the scenes of the filming of Shane.
Alan Ladd as Shane
Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in films noir, such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942), and The Blue Dahlia (1946). Whispering Smith (1948) was his first Western and color film, and Shane (1953) was noted for its contributions to the genre. Ladd also appeared in ten films with William Bendix.
Publicity photo of Ladd in late 1950s
Ladd with Brian Donlevy and Esther Fernández in Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Promotional photo for The Glass Key (1942); fltr: Brian Donlevy, Ladd, and Veronica Lake
Studio Publicity Photograph of Tony Caruso and Ladd in The Iron Mistress
