Carl Rollyson, Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews (University Press of Mississippi, $35). A solidly researched biography of the introverted, hard-drinking star of Laura and The Best Years of Our Lives that draws extensively on Andrews’ private papers. Hollywood Enigma is no literary masterpiece, but it tells you everything you want to know, not only about Andrews himself but about the studio-system machinery that made him a top-tier celebrity (TT).
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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