Andrew Lysander Stone, Jr - Oakland

Andrew Stone, Louis Jourdan, and Doris Day on the set of Julie ³

Andrew Lysander Stone, Jr. (July 16, 1902 – June 9, 1999) was a film writer, director, and producer, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the grandson of Lysander Stone.

Stone was born in Oakland on July 16, 1902, to Andrew Lysander Stone and Wilhelmina Havemeyer (Stone). He had an older brother, William Stone. By 1910, the family had moved to Burlingame.

In 1914, Stone built a movie theater in his back yard, with two projectors and seats for 50 kids. Films were bought at a dollar a reel. Stone worked for a film exchange for Universal in San Francisco after school and on Sundays. "I wanted anything I could get to do with films—rewinding, splicing, projecting," he once said. He attended the University of California. ¹

Stone worked his way up through the industry, working in a lab, the props department, and more. His directorial debut was the self-financed short film, The Elegy (1927), starring Tyrone Power, Sr. While he directed and produced numerous suspense films, he also directed Stormy Weather (1943) starring Lena Horne, which provided a retrospective of the great Black entertainers of the early 1900s. Stone was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Julie (1956).

Stone was married three times:

Anne Harrington McCrary (Stone) (m.1927–1946; divorced) ⁴ They had two sons, Andrew Lysander Stone III and Bruce Harrington Stone. Andrew served in Korea; he died in 1961 following a 200 ft. fall while hiking. ²
Virginia Lively (Stone) (m.1946–1970; divorced) ⁵ They had two sons, Lively Andrew Stone and Christoper Stone.
Audrey (Stone) (m. 19??–1999; his death)