Did Alan Ladd do an earlier version of this story------------

I came across this column, and couldn't believe what I was reading: I know that Tyrone Power did The Long Gray Line, not Alan Ladd, though there seems to have been an earlier version of said story.

Chicago Daily Times, Monday, September 22, 1947, p. 31, c. 5:

DORIS ARDEN SAYS:

Alan Ladds stop here

The Alan Ladds--Mr. and Mrs.--who stopped in Chicago last week, talked agreeably about West Point, New York, 21 club, the Stork club and Hampshire House, but they were, you suspected, thinking of California all the time.

They've been in the East for three weeks while Alan was busy filming "The Long Gray Line" at West Point--and "three weeks," said Alan firmly, "is long enough to be away from our youngsters. We want to get back."

The background scenes for his new one, "The Long Gray Line," were just finished at West Point, and the picture will be completed after his return to Hollywood. "We couldn't interrupt any of the Academy routine," said Ladd, "so we just stuck around and waited for the things we wanted to film to happen. We made the scenes on the parade ground, for instance, when the cadets were marching. I just fell into line with them, and the crew started the cameras turning."

He still groans, however, whenever he remembers the temperature (too high) and the dress uniform (too uncomfortable) that he had to wear for those scenes. "He looked wonderful," reported Sue proudly, "and I don't think he was out of step once!"
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Does anyone out there know anything about this? Did he do an earlier version of the Tyrone Power film, The Long Gray Line?

I also posted this on the Alan Ladd board in the hopes of finding more into!