Family Photographs and Andrews Family On The Set Of "A Walk In The Sun" and "Boomerang" Photo Album
Scope and Contents
The Dana Andrews Collection is composed of 29 boxes. The collection focuses on the life, family, and acting career of Dana Andrews, as well as featuring the theater career and family of Mary Todd, Dana Andrews' wife.
Materials within the collection are mainly composed of photographs. Other materials include scrapbooks, correspondence, audiovisuals, magazines, programs, tickets, household documents, a ledger and diary, and materials about the Screen Actors Guild Inc.
Dates
- Creation: 1874 - 2007
Biographical / Historical
"A Walk In The Sun" was filmed in Fox Ranch (owned by 20th Century Fox), now known as Malibu Creek State Park. The State of California bought the property from Fox in 1974 and opened the park to the public in 1976.
Extent
1 Volumes (In a grey archival box.) : Black scrapbook bounded by green string; papers are of a heavy brown construction paper. The front cover is missing and the back cover is present but completely loose from the scrapbook. ; Photographs vary in size.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
This scrapbook provides family photographs as well as photographs of the family when Dana Andrews was filming "A Walk In The Sun" and "Boomerang."
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository