Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the "Star Wars" era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. "With the heaviest of hearts ...

Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. “With the heaviest of hearts ...

When Alan Ladd Jr. was president of 20th Century Fox Pictures in the 1970s, he greenlit “Star Wars” and “Alien.” That alone ensures him a place in Hollywood history.

Hollywood icons and classic cinema legends Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd rose to prominence during the 1940s and were one of Paramount Pictures' most popular on-screen couples. Together, they ...

Alan Ladd Jr., an Oscar-winning producer and former ... smuggled print of “American Graffiti,” the 1973 Universal Pictures release directed by Lucas, that he leaped at Fox’s opportunity ...

It all started with Alan Ladd Sr., an actor whose performances in pics such as “This Gun for Hire” (1942) and “Shane” (1953) are models of steely sangfroid and calm grit. He died in 1964 ...