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Fred Ladd is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Creative Consultant American born on 19 february 1927 at Toledo (USA)
Fred Ladd (born Fred Laderman in 1927), is an American television and film writer and producer. He is notable as one of the first to introduce Japanese animated cartoons to North America.
Ladd, a Toledo, Ohio native, graduated from Scott High School in 1945 and from Ohio State University in 1949 with degrees in radio and speech. Upon moving to the New York City area, Ladd got a year-long job at an FM radio station and then was employed at Cayton, Inc., an advertising agency that dabbled in film production. The agency acquired several nature documentaries, and Ladd was given the job of repackaging them into a feature film. Rather than an outright sale, the film was offered in trade to European distributors (cash exports being limited in post-war Europe), in exchange for marketable local film product. The deal resulted in the acquisition of animated cartoons, and Ladd was given the job of repackaging and dubbing the films for the American market.
Ladd became the house specialist in the "Westernizing" of overseas animated programming. A 1937 German short film on the future of space travel Weltraumschiff 1 startet was acquired, and the special effects sequences were excised by Ladd. His re-edited footage was augmented by new animated sequences and became part of a series entitled The Space Explorers which was syndicated to local TV stations from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.
Producer Norm Prescott employed Ladd to help reformat a 1965 Belgian animated feature Pinocchio dans le space, which was released theatrically by Universal in late 1965 as Pinocchio in Outer Space. Prescott later brought Ladd in as co-writer and co-producer on his home-grown 1974 Filmation feature, Journey Back to Oz.
But it was an earlier involvement with NBC-TV that helped open a new and enduring market to North America. In 1963, the network's distribution division, NBC Enterprises, had acquired the rights to a Japanese animated series entitled Tetsuwan Atomu, and consulted with Ladd on how to market it. Ladd took the footage and created a pilot episode, eventually leading to the long-running series Astro Boy-- the inaugural appearance of anime on Western shores.
Ladd continued his involvement in early anime imports with Gigantor for Trans-Lux and Kimba the White Lion for NBC Enterprises. Later, Ladd was creative consultant on the popular 1995-2000 series Sailor Moon for DiC Entertainment.
Ladd currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Birth name Fred Laderman
Nationality USA
Birth 19 february 1927 at Toledo (USA)
Death 3 august 2021 (at 94 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 february 1927 at Toledo (USA)
Death 3 august 2021 (at 94 years)
Ladd, a Toledo, Ohio native, graduated from Scott High School in 1945 and from Ohio State University in 1949 with degrees in radio and speech. Upon moving to the New York City area, Ladd got a year-long job at an FM radio station and then was employed at Cayton, Inc., an advertising agency that dabbled in film production. The agency acquired several nature documentaries, and Ladd was given the job of repackaging them into a feature film. Rather than an outright sale, the film was offered in trade to European distributors (cash exports being limited in post-war Europe), in exchange for marketable local film product. The deal resulted in the acquisition of animated cartoons, and Ladd was given the job of repackaging and dubbing the films for the American market.
Ladd became the house specialist in the "Westernizing" of overseas animated programming. A 1937 German short film on the future of space travel Weltraumschiff 1 startet was acquired, and the special effects sequences were excised by Ladd. His re-edited footage was augmented by new animated sequences and became part of a series entitled The Space Explorers which was syndicated to local TV stations from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.
Producer Norm Prescott employed Ladd to help reformat a 1965 Belgian animated feature Pinocchio dans le space, which was released theatrically by Universal in late 1965 as Pinocchio in Outer Space. Prescott later brought Ladd in as co-writer and co-producer on his home-grown 1974 Filmation feature, Journey Back to Oz.
But it was an earlier involvement with NBC-TV that helped open a new and enduring market to North America. In 1963, the network's distribution division, NBC Enterprises, had acquired the rights to a Japanese animated series entitled Tetsuwan Atomu, and consulted with Ladd on how to market it. Ladd took the footage and created a pilot episode, eventually leading to the long-running series Astro Boy-- the inaugural appearance of anime on Western shores.
Ladd continued his involvement in early anime imports with Gigantor for Trans-Lux and Kimba the White Lion for NBC Enterprises. Later, Ladd was creative consultant on the popular 1995-2000 series Sailor Moon for DiC Entertainment.
Ladd currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Filmography of Fred Ladd (6 films)
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, 1h33Directed by Karel Zeman, Fred Ladd
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Time travel films, Animaux préhistoriques
Rating70%
The story involves four teenage comrades who take a rowboat along a "river of time" that flows into a mysterious cave and emerges on the other side onto a strange, primeval landscape. The boy actors were Josef Lukáš (Petr, the main narrator), Petr Herrmann (Toník, who also narrates in part), Zdeněk Husták (Jenda), and Vladimír Bejval (Jirka). As they make their way upstream, they realise that they are travelling progressively farther back in time, and facing various perils as they do so (but learning much about prehistoric life in the process). The animals depicted in Cesta do pravěku were never shown interacting with animals of other periods and it is assumed that different parts of the river represented distinct time periods. The plot is somewhat similar to that of the novel Plutonia (1915) by the Russian palaeontologist Vladimir Obruchev, in which a team of Russian explorers enter the Earth's crust via an Arctic portal (a huge depression in the Earth surface created many millions of years previously by the impact of a giant asteroid, into which prehistoric animals had entered), and follow a river that leads them through a sequence of past geological eras and associated animal life. Some scenes in Cesta do pravěku recall Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel The Lost World, with four male protagonists exploring a prehistoric world where they find evidence of native human habitation, are attacked by a group of enraged pterodactyls, witness a twilight fight between a carnivorous dinosaur and a herbivorous one, encounter a Stegosaurus up-close, and see one of their members (Petr) pursued by a Phorusrhacos.
Scriptwriter
Journey Back to Oz (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Don Bluth, Hal Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Children's films
Actors Milton Berle, Herschel Bernardi, Paul Ford, Don Messick, Margaret Hamilton, Paul Lynde
Roles Writer
Rating57%
After a tornado in Kansas causes a loose gate to knock Dorothy unconscious, she re-appears in the Land of Oz with Toto, and encounters a talking Signpost (voiced by Jack E. Leonard), whose three signs point in different directions, all marked "Emerald City". They later meet Pumpkinhead (voiced by Paul Lynde), the unwilling servant of antagonist Mombi. Toto chases a cat to a small cottage where Dorothy is captured by Mombi's pet crow (voiced by Mel Blanc) and Mombi (voiced by Ethel Merman) herself. Pumpkinhead sneaks into the house in Mombi's absence, and discovers her creation of green elephants, to use as her army to conquer the Emerald City. Pumpkinhead frees Dorothy, and they flee. After finding Dorothy gone, Mombi threatens that their warning the Scarecrow will not help when her green elephants "come crashing through the gate".
Pippi on the Run (1970)
, 1h39Directed by Olle Hellbom
Origin Suede
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg, Hans Alfredson, Fredrik Ohlsson
Rating67%
Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.
Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965)
, 1h11Directed by Ray Goossens
Origin Belgique
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera, Children's films
Actors Arnold Stang
Roles Writer
Rating57%
Le film s'inspire de l'histoire de Pinocchio de Carlo Collodi. À la suite de son mauvais comportement, Pinocchio est redevenu une marionnette. Il souhaite de nouveau devenir un petit garçon. Afin de se racheter, il part dans l'espace combattre la baleine volante Astro qui menace la Terre.
Producer
Journey Back to Oz (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Don Bluth, Hal Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Children's films
Actors Milton Berle, Herschel Bernardi, Paul Ford, Don Messick, Margaret Hamilton, Paul Lynde
Roles Associate Producer
Rating57%
After a tornado in Kansas causes a loose gate to knock Dorothy unconscious, she re-appears in the Land of Oz with Toto, and encounters a talking Signpost (voiced by Jack E. Leonard), whose three signs point in different directions, all marked "Emerald City". They later meet Pumpkinhead (voiced by Paul Lynde), the unwilling servant of antagonist Mombi. Toto chases a cat to a small cottage where Dorothy is captured by Mombi's pet crow (voiced by Mel Blanc) and Mombi (voiced by Ethel Merman) herself. Pumpkinhead sneaks into the house in Mombi's absence, and discovers her creation of green elephants, to use as her army to conquer the Emerald City. Pumpkinhead frees Dorothy, and they flee. After finding Dorothy gone, Mombi threatens that their warning the Scarecrow will not help when her green elephants "come crashing through the gate".
Pippi in the South Seas (1970)
, 1h34Directed by Olle Hellbom
Origin Suede
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Fredrik Ohlsson, Pär Sundberg, Martin Vilhelm Ljung, Wolfgang Völz
Roles Producer
Rating68%
Pippi, with friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to hunt for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates.
Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965)
, 1h11Directed by Ray Goossens
Origin Belgique
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera, Children's films
Actors Arnold Stang
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Le film s'inspire de l'histoire de Pinocchio de Carlo Collodi. À la suite de son mauvais comportement, Pinocchio est redevenu une marionnette. Il souhaite de nouveau devenir un petit garçon. Afin de se racheter, il part dans l'espace combattre la baleine volante Astro qui menace la Terre.
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The Wizard of Oz (1982)
, 1h18Directed by Fumihiko Takayama
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Political films, Children's films
Actors Mari Okamoto, Ichirō Nagai, Masashi Amenomori, Jōji Yanami, Naoki Tatsuta, Taeko Nakanishi
Roles Creative Consultant
Rating65%
Alors que son oncle et sa tante sont partis pour la ville, la jeune Dorothée est emportée avec sa maison par un puissant cyclone. A son réveil, elle découvre qu'elle est arrivée dans un étrange pays du nom d'Oz...