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, we ...
Alan Ladd Jr. — “Laddie” to everyone — is a scion of Old Hollywood who’s managed to teach New Hollywood a thing or two about making pictures. Says Michael Gruskoff, producer of “Young Frankenstein” ...