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HERE’S NEWS! PREXIES BECOME GUEST EDITORS OF YOUR FAN CLUB
Pretty Geraldine Kee gives the lowdown on what goes on with the husy Ladd Legionnaires
Drop in at Alsulana Acres and you’re sure to find handy-man Alan building something.
Ladd’s pride, of course, is his stable of fine horses. Here’s the newest addition.
BY GERALDINE KEE President, Alan Ladd Fan Club
Thrill of a lifetime was my recent visit with Alan at Alsulana. Excuse my beaming smile of pride as I clutch the silver cup our club won for”the best fan club journal.
★ The newspapers claim “He’s cold, calm . . . and a killer,” but as soon as he steps down from the eyes of a movie camera, believe me, he assumes the role of one of the nicest fan club stars any group could be organized for. I think my interest began when Alan Ladd was starred in “This Gun for Hire.” Im¬ mediately I joined his fan club. As the years passed on, while LADDie’s career steadily moved up the steps of stardom, I, too, was achieving some stepping my¬ self. In 1948 I was appointed president of the official Alan Ladd Legionnaires Fan Club. If anyone ever busted but¬ tons from pride I certainly did; for I realized what an important job I was undertaking; that of being the bond be¬ tween fan and star. Above all, I realized
that my favorite star believed enough in my abilities to put this important job in my hands. That, dear readers, would be enough to thrill any fan’s heart, don’t you think???
The first months of reorganizing a club are the hardest, I agree; receiving the immense response from Ladd fans ALL over the world made the work a joy. Soon thereafter, our issue of “A. LADDin’s Lamp,” the club magazine, made its debut. To be truthful, we all felt like proud parents of a new-born baby; for not only did the Ladds like our journal, but the members did too. Naturally, that made us very happy.
Still in dreamy clouds with this suc¬ cess, I flew down to meet the Ladds at their invitation, and once again I expe¬
rienced the thrill of being a fan club¬ ber. Seeing your star on the screen a million or more times is wonderful and ; receiving personal letters from him is even more thrilling, but meeting him in ' person is the biggest and most exciting event there is! My heart was jitterbugging in double beat time while I was on my way to Alsulana Acres (which, as if you didn’t know, is the Ladds’ won¬ derful ranch). As soon as I saw the smile on that “cold killer’s face” and felt both his and Sue Ladd’s warm friendly handshakes, I knew there was no nicer reward than this for a club president. I must admit I was mighty nervous at visiting my favorite star, but in his own friendly way, Alan put me right at ease and immediately we