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Dan Duryea (1907–1968) made a vivid impression on moviegoers with his first major screen appearance as the conniving Leo Hubbard in 1941's classic melodrama <i>The Little Foxes</i>. His subsequent film and television career would span from 1941 until his death. Duryea remains best known for the nasty, scheming villains he portrayed in such noir masterpieces as <i>Scarlet Street</i>, <i>Criss Cross</i>, and <i>The Woman in the Window</i>. In each of these, he wielded a blend of menace, sleaze, confidence, and surface charm. This winning combination led him to stardom and garnered him the adoration of female fans, even though Duryea's onscreen brutality so often targeted female characters. Yet this biography's close examination of Duryea's oeuvre finds him excelling in various roles in many genres—war films, westerns, crime dramas, and even the occasional comedy.<br><br> <i>Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart</i> is a full-scale, comprehensive biography that examines the tension between Duryea's villainous screen image and his Samaritan personal life. At home, he proved to be one of Hollywood's most honorable and decent men. Duryea remained married to the former Helen Bryan from 1931 until

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Author

Mike Peros

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781496809933

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir