Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews

This is the masculine ideal of steely impassivity. No comprehensive discussion of film noir can neglect this actor. Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as john Ford, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Jean Renoir, and Elia Kazan. He played romantic leads alongsi [...]
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This is the masculine ideal of steely impassivity. No comprehensive discussion of film noir can neglect this actor. Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as john Ford, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Jean Renoir, and Elia Kazan. He played romantic leads alongside the great beauties of the screen: Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Greer Garson, Merle Oberon, Maureen O'Hara, and most notably, Gene Tierney, with whom he shared five films. Retrospectives of his work elicit high praise for an underrated actor, a master of minimalist style. His image personified the male mask of the 1940s in such classic films as Laura, Fallen Angel, and Where the Sidewalk Ends. He was an actor's actor. Here, at last, is the complete story of a great actor, based on diaries, letters, home movies and the family and friends who surrounded him.