Photographs from "Swamp Water", 1941
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: 1941
Biographical / Historical
The movie "Swamp Water" is adapted from Vereen Bell's novel of the same title about Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp.
Jean Renoir was the director of this film. He was a famous french director and a French checker champion.
Alongside Dana Andrews, the cast included Anne Baxter, Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, and Virginia Gilmore.
Extent
33 Photographic Prints (Each photograph is in a clear archival sleeve.) : Black and white photographs. On the back of 2 photographs, there are handwritten notes in green ink. On the back of 1 photograph, there is a typed note.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
Black and white photographs of headshots, publicity shots, scenes, and a photograph on-set from the movie "Swamp Water."
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository