Andrew L. Stone

Andrew L. Stone
Stone (left) on the set of Song of Norway with Florence Henderson and Edward G. Robinson in April 1969.
Born	(1902-07-16)July 16, 1902 Oakland, California, U.S.
Died	June 9, 1999(1999-06-09) (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter Film director Film producer
Spouse(s)	Virginia L. Stone (m. 1946–19??; divorced) Audrey Stone (m. 19??–1999; his death)

Andrew L. Stone (July 16, 1902 – June 9, 1999) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Julie in 1957 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

Career

Born in Oakland, California, Andrew L. Stone attended the University of California. He worked for a film exchange in San Francisco before moving to Hollywood. He went to work for Universal Pictures in 1918, and made a series of serials for Paramount Pictures. He made his first feature film in 1928, and earned acclaim for directing the 1943 film Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne.

Known for his hard-hitting, realistic films, Stone frequently collaborated with his first wife, editor and producer Virginia Lively Stone. Though few of his films achieved mainstream success, Stone was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his 1956 thriller Julie.

Stone's stories frequently featured characters called Cole, Pringle and Pope, usually in law enforcement and interchangeably played by the same actors—Jack Kruschen, Barney Phillips and John Gallaudet. Roles with those names were included in A Blueprint for Murder, The Night Holds Terror, Julie, Cry Terror! and The Decks Ran Red.

Selected filmography

• The Elegy (1927) (short) - writer, director
• Fantasy (1927) (short) - director
• Adoration (1927) (short) - writer, director
• Liebensraum (1928) -director
• Dreary House (1928) - writer, director
• Shadows of Glory aka Sombras de gloria (1930) - director
• Hell's Headquarters (1932) - director
• The Girl Said No (1937) - director, writer, producer
• With Words and Music (1937) director
• Stolen Heaven (1938) - director, writer
• Say It in French (1938) - director, producer
• The Great Victor Herbert (1939) - director, writer, producer
• The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941) - director, producer, writer
• Stormy Weather (1943) - director
• Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) - director, producer, original story
• Sensations of 1945 (1944) - director, writer, producer
• Bedside Manner (1945) - director, producer
• The Bachelor's Daughters (1946) - director, writer, producer
• Fun on a Weekend (1947) - director, writer, producer
• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948) - director, uncredited
• Highway 301 (1950) - director, writer
• Confidence Girl (1952) - director, writer, producer
• The Steel Trap (1952) - director, writer
• A Blueprint for Murder (1953) - director, writer
• The Night Holds Terror (1955) - director, writer, producer
• Screen Directors Playhouse episode "The Final Tribute" (1955) - writer, director
• Julie (1956) - director, writer
• Cry Terror! (1958) - director, writer, producer
• The Decks Ran Red (1958) - director, writer, producer
• The Last Voyage (1960) - director, writer, producer
• Ring of Fire (1961) - director, writer, producer
• The Password Is Courage (1962) - director, writer, producer
• Never Put It in Writing (1964) - director, writer, producer
• The Secret of My Success (1965) - director, producer
• Song of Norway (1970) - director, writer, producer
• The Great Waltz (1972) - director, writer, producer

External links

• Andrew L. Stone at IMDb