Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Alan Ladd

Film

— Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —

Alan Ladd Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2024

1. Alan Ladd Marker

Inscription.
One of world’s foremost movie stars in 1940’s-50’s • Won worldwide acclaim with his portrayal of title character in Shane in 1953 • More than 90 films including film classics The Glass Key, The Blue Dahlia and Saigon, also The Carpetbaggers, This Gun For Hire, The Green Hornet, and Whispering Smith

Hot Springs, Arkansas • Inducted 1997

Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1953.

Location. 34° 30.638′ N, 93° 3.231′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is at the intersection of Central Avenue (State Highway 7) and Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk in front of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Sam Walton (here, next to this marker); Jack Fleck (here, next to this marker); Johnny Cash (here, next to this marker); Pat Day (here, next

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to this marker); Linda Bloodworth & Harry Thomason (here, next to this marker); Sonny Burgess and The Pacers (here, next to this marker); President William Jefferson Clinton (here, next to this marker); Henry Bernard Glover (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . Alan Walbridge Ladd (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: American actor and film producer. Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on September 3, 1913. In the early 1920s an economic downturn led to Ladd's family moving to California. They lived in a migrant camp in Pasadena, California, at first and then moved to the San Fernando Valley. Ladd enrolled in North Hollywood High School on February 18, 1930. He became a high-school swimming and diving champion and participated in high school dramatics in his senior year.
Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns. He was often paired with Veronica Lake. Ladd also appeared in ten films with William Bendix. His other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast (1946) and The Great Gatsby
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

2. Alan Ladd Marker
Looking east from Central Avenue; it is the 2nd from the left of four markers in this photo. The Hot Springs City Visitor Center is in the background.
(1949). His popularity diminished in the mid-1950s, though he continued to appear in numerous films.

(Submitted on January 14, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 14, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.