Andrew L. Stone

Andrew L. Stone was born on Jul 16, 1902 in USA. Andrew L. Stone's big-screen debut came with Say It in French directed by Andrew L. Stone in 1938. Andrew L. Stone is known for Stormy Weather directed by Andrew L. Stone, Lena Horne stars as Selina Rogers and Bill Robinson as Bill Williamson. Andrew L. Stone has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Andrew L. Stone achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Andrew L. Stone plays is The Great Waltz which will be released on Nov 01, 1972.

American writer-director-producer Andrew L. Stone attended the University of California and then joined the San Francisco Film Exchange. He began in Hollywood with Universal in 1918, serving his initial apprenticeship in a film laboratory. After several more years of toil in Universal's prop department he graduated to directing short films. He financed his first two-reel effort, The Elegy (1927), himself. The following year he helmed his first feature film. Stone could hardly be described as a prolific film maker until at least the late 30s when he began contributing several story lines for light entertainments, such as Magie musicale (1941) and Hi Diddle Diddle (1943). He achieved his first critical acclaim as a director for his all-black musical Symphonie magique (1943), starring the exuberant Lena Horne. The New York Times (July 22) praised Stone's 'knowing direction' and the film as 'moving smoothly' and 'being paced just right'.Stone worked under contract at Paramount (1938-41), United Artists (1943-47) and MGM (1955-62). In 1943, he set up his own production company as a means of attaining a greater measure of creative independence. Commencing with Témoin de la dernière heure (1950), he proceeded to turn out a brace of commercially successful minor thrillers, films noirs and action pictures. Scornful of back-projection and post-synchronisation, he shot these films in real locations (rather than at studio facilities) for added realism, moreover, using genuine infrastructure (aircraft, trains, ocean liners) in preference to props. Some of his projects were also based on actual events, gleaned by researching factual crime magazines (of which Stone received up to eight per month on subscription). Regarded as the best among Stone's thrillers are The Steel Trap (1952) and Cri de terreur (1958).He frequently worked in tandem with his wife Virginia L. Stone who acted as musical editor and financial supervisor. Stone's career ended rather abruptly after two lavishly-produced composer biopics, Song of Norway (1970) and Toute la ville danse (1972), ended up being massive commercial failures. Nonetheless, his significant contribution to the concept and mechanics of on-location shooting was recognised with a star on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.