Andrew L. Stone

Andrew L. Stone (July 16, 1902, Oakland, California – June 9, 1999, Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Best known for his hard hitting, realistic films, Stone frequently collaborated with his wife, editor and producer Virginia Lively Stone (credited as Virginia L. 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 Jack Gallaudet. Roles with those names were included in Julie, Cry Terror!, A Blueprint for Murder, The Night Holds Terror and The Decks Ran Red.

Selected filmography

• The Great Waltz (1972)
• Song of Norway (1970)
• The Secret of My Success (1965)
• Never Put it in Writing (1964; director, writer, and producer)
• The Password Is Courage (1962; director, writer, and producer)
• Ring of Fire (1961; director, writer, and producer)
• The Last Voyage (1960; director, writer, and producer)
• The Decks Ran Red (1958; director, writer, and producer)
• Cry Terror! (1958; director, writer, and producer)
• Julie (1956; director and writer)
• The Night Holds Terror (1955; director, writer, and producer)
• A Blueprint for Murder (1953; director and writer)
• The Steel Trap (1952; director and writer)
• Highway 301 (1950; director and writer)
• Sensations of 1945 (1944; director and writer)
• Hi Diddle Diddle (1943; director)
• Stormy Weather (1943; director)
• The Great Victor Herbert (1939; director)
• With Words and Music (1937; director)

External links

• Andrew L. Stone at the Internet Movie Database

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