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  • Hollywood Enigma – Dana Andrews: Dana Andrews

    Hollywood Enigma – Dana Andrews by Rollyson, Carl;

    Dana Andrews

    Series: Hollywood Legends Series;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher MP–MPP University Press of Mississippi
    • Date of Publication 30 July 2012
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781604735673
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages352 pages
    • Size 236x160x33 mm
    • Weight 680 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 661 black & white
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    Short description:

    Here at last is the complete story of a great actor, his difficult struggle to overcome alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries, a successful 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.

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    Long description:

    "Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Otto Preminger, 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 classic films such as Laura, Fallen Angel, and Where the Sidewalk Ends, in which he played the """"masculine 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 difficult struggle to overcome alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries, a successful 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 ultimately winning.

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