Andrew L. Stone

Andrew L. Stone
Andrew L. Stone (left) on the set of Song of Norway with Florence Henderson and Edward G. Robinson (April 1969)
Born	(1902-07-16)July 16, 1902 Oakland, California, US
Died	June 9, 1999(1999-06-09) (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, US
Occupations	Film director screenwriter film producer

Andrew L. Stone (July 16, 1902, Oakland, California – June 9, 1999, Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer.

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

• Shadows of Glory (1930; director)
• With Words and Music (1937; director)
• Stolen Heaven (1938; director and writer)
• Say It in French (1938; director)
• The Great Victor Herbert (1939; director)
• The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941; director and producer)
• Stormy Weather (1943; director)
• Hi Diddle Diddle (1943; director, producer, original story)
• Sensations of 1945 (1944; director and writer)
• Bedside Manner (1945; director and producer)
• The Bachelor's Daughters (1946; director, writer and producer)
• Fun on a Weekend (1947; director)
• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948; director, uncredited)
• Highway 301 (1950; director and writer)
• The Steel Trap (1952; director and writer)
• Confidence Girl (1952; director, writer and producer)
• A Blueprint for Murder (1953; director and writer)
• The Night Holds Terror (1955; director, writer and producer)
• Julie (1956; director and writer)
• Cry Terror! (1958; director, writer, and producer)
• The Decks Ran Red (1958; director, writer and producer)
• The Last Voyage (1960; director, writer and producer)
• Ring of Fire (1961; director, writer and producer)
• The Password Is Courage (1962; director, writer, and producer)
• Never Put It in Writing (1964; director, writer, and producer)
• The Secret of My Success (1965; director and producer)
• Song of Norway (1970; director, writer and producer)
• The Great Waltz (1972; director, writer and producer)

External links

• Andrew L. Stone at IMDb