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Dana Andrews (1909-1992) caused recognized 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 charming leads alongside the fantastic beauties of the present day display screen, including Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Greer Garson, Merle Oberon, Linda Darnell, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, & most important of most, Gene Tierney, with whom he did five videos. Retrospectives of his work often elicit high compliment for an underrated acting professional, a expert of the minimalist style. His image personified the "male cover up" of the 1940s in common videos such as Laura, Fallen Angel, and Where the Sidewalk Ends, where he played the "masculine ideal of steely impassivity." No thorough talk of film noir can overlook his shows. He was an "actor's acting professional." Here at last is the complete story of an great acting professional, his difficult struggle to defeat alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries, an effective term as chief executive of the Display Celebrities Guild, and the love of relatives and buddies that never deserted him. Based on diaries, words, home videos, and other documents, this biography explores the mystery of an unhealthy boy from Texas who made his Hollywood aspiration come true even while he desired a life apart from the limelight and the backbiting of contemporaries jockeying for awards and prestige. Called "one of nature's noblemen" by his fellow acting professional Norman Lloyd, Dana Andrews emerges from Hollywood Enigma as an admirable American success report, fighting his internal demons and in the end winning.
