Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Andrew L. Stone scripts
- Dates:
- ca. 1946-ca. 1972
- Creators:
- Stone, Andrew L., 1902-1999.
- Abstract:
- Andrew L. Stone is best known as a motion picture director and producer. The collection consists of various drafts of scripts including Julie, The Last Voyage, The Password Is Courage, Ring of Fire, and Song of Norway, among many others.
- Extent:
- 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Andrew L. Stone scripts (Collection PASC 217). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of twenty-three scripts related to the career of motion picture director Andrew L. Stone. Includes various drafts of scripts representing productions of Blue Print For Murder, Confidence Girl, Fun On A Weekend, The Girl Said No, The Great Waltz, Infamy, Julie, The Last Voyage, Never Put It In Writing, Panic Stricken, The Password Is Courage, Ring of Fire, The Secret of My Success, So Evil My Sister, Song of Norway, and The Third Rail.
- Biographical / historical:
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Andrew Lysander Stone was born in Oakland, California on July 16, 1902. He was a student at the University of California. In the 1920s, Stone moved to Hollywood, California. He worked in a film laboratory and in Universals prop department before directing at Paramount in ca. 1926. Stone produced and scripted most of his own films. Among his numerous credits include Cry Terror, The Elegy, Julie, The Last Voyage, The Password Is Courage, Ring of Fire, and Song of Norway. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1999.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged by production title.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- ©2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-03-24T15:56-0700 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Andrew L. Stone scripts (Collection PASC 217). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988