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Alan Ladd

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Alan Walbridge Ladd (1913 – 1964) was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns and film noirs where he was often paired with Veronica Lake. After a string of bit parts in "B" pictures--and an unbilled part in Orson Welles' classic Citizen Kane (1941) Ladd tested for This Gun for Hire (1942) his fourth-billed role as psychotic killer Raven made him a star. Throughout the 1940s tough-guy roles in films like The Glass Key and The Blue Dahlia packed audiences into theaters and Ladd was one of the very few males whose cover photos sold movie magazines. In the 1950s he was performing in lucrative but unrewarding films an exception being what many regard as his greatest role, Shane (1953) the western was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It was listed at No. 45 on the American Film Institute's 2007 ranking of 100 Greatest American Films. By the end of the 1950s...

Edward G. Robinson

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Edward Goldenberg Robinson (1893-1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. A popular star during Hollywood's Golden Age, he is best remembered for his roles as gangsters, such as Rico in his star-making film Little Caesar (1931) and as Rocco in Key Largo (1948). Other memorable roles include insurance investigator Barton Keyes in the film noir Double Indemnity (1944), Dathan in The Ten Commandments (1956), and his final performance as Sol Roth in the science-fiction classic Soylent Green (1973). Robinson was selected for an Honorary Academy Award for his work in the film industry, which was posthumously awarded two months after the actor's death in 1973. He was included at #24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars in American cinema. [Wikipedia] East is West (1930) The Night Ride (1930) Little Caesar (1931) Little Caesar (1931) Five Star Final (1931) Silver Dollar (1932) Tiger Shark (1932) The Little Giant (1933) Barbary Coast (1935) Bullets o...