BIOGRAPHY OF STARS

Chronicle (Levin), 4 May 1946, Page 6

BIOGRAPHY OF STARS

DANA ANDREWS HAD MANJY JOBS ■■ ■ V '■ For Dana. Andpws/his rate Its tiie broke and driftibgv^ubliciihy writjpr jiir "Fallen. -Angel" *Ms.fiiore. truih th&n poetiry. Andrew^' %oi;kfd ifts. way th'rough colleg'e as""publicity man for the local movie house, j nearly landed injail for some of his exploitation stunts, and incurred che wrath of the S.P.C.A. when he hung a live goose in a cage over fcjae $iain intersection to advertise the •eollege play, "The Goose Hangs High." He also lived his reel-lEfe role in real life when he first wept broke in California as advertising ! man for a newspaper which requirj ed him to pay for his advertise5 ments, and collect from clients after 1 their publicity appeared. Finding j himself on the losing end every : time, Andrews took a job at a pet$ol istation, where his bosses intrigued ! with his looks and serious study of j dramatics, paid him 50 dollars a j week for three years to concentrate on acting, and earned a 20,000 dollars profit over their investment ' when he landed his first film coni tract. Ex-weed-fig-cotton-orange picker, j ex-plumber's assistant, delivery bpy, i apiary attendant, tinsmith, gutter i layer, accountant, school bus-driver, | ditch-digger, oil salesman, AndreWs > started out in life on New Yeat's ! Day, 1912, as the son of a minister. ■ At high school Dana went in for ! dramatics, debating and football. ! At college he starred in psychology, ; law and English. | His stage career began at the : Pasadena Playhouse, where he ' graduated from a spear carrier ;in 1936 up to speaking parts and later to feature parts. In October, 1938, i oue of Samuel Goldwyn's talent ; scouts saw and liked him. Goldwyn | signed him to a contract in- DecemI ber, 1938. Having no parts for Pana i at the time he allowed him to con- | tinue at the Playhouse for almost a j year, during which time he played j many important roles. Beginning with a minor role in ; "The Westerner," a Goldwyn pic- ; ture starring Gary Cooper, Dana's ' contract was then shared by 20th Century-Fox, and after appearipg ; in "Sailor's Lady," "A Wing and5 a Prayer" and other pictures, he got ; his big chance in "Laura," which 'lcd to a part in "State Fair," t|ie Oscar Hammerstein musical, ajad l then to "Fallen ' Angel." -Z ! Dana Andrews is married to Mary j Todd, wLomhe.rnet aPthe Pasadena Playhouse. . '