University Press of Mississippi | ISBN:1604735678 | File Type: PDF, 314 pages | File size: 15.Mb | Sep. 1st, 2012
General Entertainment Biography Autobiography: Dana Andrews Dana Andrews 1909 1992 worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford Lewis Milestone Otto reminger Fritz Lang William Wyler William A Wellman Mervyn Le Roy Jean Renoir and Elia Kazan He played romantic leads alongside the great beauties of the modern screen including Joan Crawford Elizabeth Taylor Greer Garson Merle Oberon Linda Darnell Susan Hayward Maureen O Hara and most important of all Gene Tierney with whom he did five films Retrospectives of his work often elicit high praise for an underrated actor a master of the minimalist style His image personified the male mask of the 1940s in ic films such as Laura Fallen Angel and Where the Sidewalk Ends in which he played the mascine ideal of steely impassivity No comprehensive discussion of film noir can neglect his performances He was an actor s actor Here at last is the complete story of a great actor his diffict struggle to overcome alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries a successf term as president of the Screen Actors Guild and the love of family and friends that never deserted him Based on diaries letters home movies and other documents this biography explores the mystery of a poor boy from Texas who made his Hollywood dream come true even as he sought a life apart from the limelight and the backbiting of contemporaries jockeying for prizes and prestige Called one of nature s noblemen by his fellow actor Norman Lloyd Dana Andrews emerges from Hollywood Enigma as an admirable American success story fighting his inner demons and timately winning
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