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Born December 29, 1891 • Chicago • Illinois
Died February 17, 1975 (aged 83) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Destry Rides Again” • “Fancy Pants” • “Hazard” • “Hold That Co-ed” • ”Houdini” • “Monsieur Beaucaire” • “Music is Magic” • “My Friend Irma” • “Show Them No Mercy!” • “Star-Spangled Rhythm” • “The Blue Dahlia” • “The Forest Rangers” • “Variety Girl”

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Mischa Auer, Gary Cooper, and Marlene Dietrich in costume stand together in a crowded saloon scene from the film Destry Rides Again (1939).
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake stand close together in dramatic lighting, with Ladd holding a pistol, in a scene from the film The Blue Dahlia.
Lucille Ball, wearing an elaborate dress and ornate hat, sits while Bob Hope, dressed as a servant in an apron, stands behind her with a thoughtful expression in a scene from Fancy Pants.
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in a scene from The Blue Dahlia, with Ladd seated at a table set for tea and Lake sitting on a low wall, with the ocean in the background.
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