Case #32 : Alan Ladd and Box 13

Noir Factory Case Alan Ladd and Box 13 " I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever be bad, but when you've had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last." -Alan Ladd Alan Walbridge Ladd was born on September 3 rd , 1913 in Hot Springs, Arkansas and was the only child of Ina Raleigh and Alan Ladd. Like most of the characters Ladd went onto play, his upbringing was rough and growing up was a constant struggle. The family lost Alan's father, a freelance accountant, to a heart attack when Alan was only four. Shortly afterwards the family apartment was lost when Alan accidentally burned it down playing with matches. After they lost their home Alan and his mother moved to Oklahoma City where she remarried. Afterwards they went to Pasadena, in a Grapes of Wrath -like journey,where his step-father found short-time work painting movie sets. Later in life, Ladd said they existed for long periods of time on nothing but potato soup.

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Case #32 : Alan Ladd and Box 13 is an episode from Noir Factory Podcast by Steven Gomez.

This episode is 20:28 long.

This episode was published on Jun 30, 2017.

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