As per our current Database, Andrew L. Stone has been died on 9 June, 1999 at Los Angeles, California, USA.
When Andrew L. Stone die, Andrew L. Stone was 97 years old.
| Popular As | Andrew L. Stone |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 97 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | July 16, 1902 (Oakland, California, USA) |
| Birthday | July 16 |
| Town/City | Oakland, California, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Andrew L. Stone’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Andrew L. Stone was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
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 The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941) and Hi Diddle Diddle (1943).
He achieved his first critical acclaim as a director for his all-black musical Stormy Weather (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 Highway 301 (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 Cry Terror! (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 The Great Waltz (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.
