John Stone(1888-1961)
- Producer
- Writer
- Editorial Department
Born in New York City to Bertha and Samuel Strumwasser
(non-professionals). He was educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, NY,
College of New York and New Work University. He had no stage training.
In the early years (pre-1939), he wrote for most of the Fox stars,
including William Farnum,
Dustin Farnum,
William Russell,
Shirley Mason,
Buck Jones. Also wrote two
Zane Grey films for Paramount --
Nevada (1927) and
Drums of the Desert (1927).
Worked two years for Tom Mix, writing
films such as No Man's Gold (1926),
The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926),
Hard Boiled (1926),
Daredevil's Reward (1928) and
The Arizona Wildcat (1927).
Director of foreign productions for Fox in 1930-31. In 1931, he was
appointed assistant to
Winfield R. Sheehan, Fox
vice-president. In 1933, produced
Smoky (1933), with
Sol M. Wurtzel. Later, he produced many
"Charlie Chan" films.
