FrameThrower · Actors · Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
5 films · 320 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1942–1965
Born 1 January 1909 · Covington County, Mississippi, USA · died 17 December 1992
Carver Dana Andrews was an American actor. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts into the 1980s. He is best known for his portrayal of obsessed police detective Mark McPherson in the noir Laura (1944) and his critically acclaimed performance as World War II veteran Fred Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
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How their films are shot
Measured across 320 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dana takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 44% natural — the look of the work Dana takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 320 frames from Dana Andrews's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.