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Alan Ladd: True Quiet Man (1998)
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5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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Format: VHS Tape
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  • Actors: Hollywood Collection
  • Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
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  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Mpi Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: June 20, 2000
  • Run Time: 58 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: 0788601962
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,563 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Troubled star of Shane and other classic films, Alan Ladd struck a chord with his three-dimensional characters and nonthreatening demeanor. Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man explores his career and motivations through interviews with colleagues, footage from his films, and archival photos. Growing up poor and fatherless, he struggled to overcome the many obstacles to stardom but never fully believed himself worthy of his fame. His mother's suicide, a string of unrewarding roles, and internal pressures drove him to self-destructive behavior, documented poignantly herein. The man who single-handedly redefined Hollywood bad guys (who at his peak of fame rivaled Marilyn Monroe) died alone in his early 50s, leaving behind just his work and his fans crying, "Shane! Come back!" --Rob Lightner

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5.0 out of 5 stars a revealing documentary of a whole family and a whole system, July 23, 2007
By bookloversfriend (United States) - See all my reviews
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Alan Ladd, the quiet man who exuded integrity and inspired a whole generation of young men and boys to try to live up his standards, is here portrayed, reported on, lionized, detracted from and otherwise dissected.

There are plenty of surprising revelations: unlike many Hollywood stars, Alan Ladd's family were all tremendously successful. Alan Ladd, Jr. was head of several studios, chairman of the board of MGM, and started his own company, the Ladd Company. David Ladd had a brief career as a child star and later became a film producer. Alan Ladd's daughter, Alana, and stepdaughter both married successful film producers. This extended family still lives within a half-mile radius of each other and still gets together as a happy extende