Andrew Stone papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains production files for the film and television projects of American screenwriter, producer, and director Andrew L. Stone, for thirty-six projects dating from 1926 to 1972. The files chiefly include scripts, cast and staff sheets, budgets, music, production stills, notes, reviews, research and source materials, and publicity related ephemera. Typescript indices (Box 1, Folder 1) provide a list of items, brief production history, and cast for each project included in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1903 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Biographical / Historical
Andrew L. Stone (1902-1999) was an American film director, producer, and writer who created more than thirty films from the 1920s to the 1970s. His first film was a short silent picture, The Elegy (1926). He had contracts with various film studios including Paramount, United Artists, and MGM. In 1943, he formed Andrew L. Stone Productions. He was married to film editor Virginia Stone, with whom he collaborated.
Extent
9 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains production files for the film and television projects of American screenwriter, producer, and director Andrew L. Stone (1902-1999), for thirty-six projects dating from 1926 to 1972. The files chiefly include scripts, cast and staff sheets, budgets, music, production stills, notes, reviews, research and source materials, and publicity related ephemera.
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically by project production date: Box 1: Index, 1926-1938; Box 2: 1938-1944; Box 3: 1945-1947; Box 4: 1947-1953; Box 5: 1953-1958; Box 6: 1959-1965; Box 7: 1965-1972.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Andrew L. Stone, 1976.
Processing Information
Processed by USC students in 2019 as part of the "Piloting a Shared Practice for Accessible Archival Descriptions" Dean's Challenge Grant. Additional description by Diann Benti in 2021.
Processing Information
Some items identified on the original index for the Great Victor Hugo do not appear to be with the collection: (1) Rating of Victor Herbert Music, (2) Music Breakdown, and (3) Packet of Review.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Andrew Stone papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2021 September
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu