The Great Gatsby (1949 film)
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The Great Gatsby is a 1949 American historical romance drama film directed by Elliott Nugent and produced by Richard Maibaum, from a screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume. The film stars Alan L
Original film poster
Producer Richard Maibaum believed that actor Alan Ladd's origins as an "Okie", a poor Oklahoma migrant, made him ideal for the nouveau riche role of millionaire Jay Gatsby.
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Alan Ladd
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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
The Great Gatsby (1949 film)
…romance drama film directed by Elliott Nugent and produced by Richard Maibaum, from a screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume. The film stars Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, and Barry Sullivan and features Shelley Winters and Howard Da Silva, the latter of whom returned in the…
Ladd with Brian Donlevy and Esther Fernández in Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Promotional photo for The Glass Key (1942); Brian Donlevy, Ladd, and Veronica Lake
Studio publicity photograph of Tony Caruso and Ladd in The Iron Mistress