LeRoy Stone (January 5, 1894 – September 15, 1949) was an American film editor and a screenwriter. He worked on over 60 films, being nominated at the

17th Academy Awards The 17th Academy Awards were held on March 15, 1945 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, honoring the films of 1944. This was the first time the complete awards ceremony was broadcast nationally, on the Blue Network ( ABC Radio). Bob Hope hosted th ...

in the category of Best Film Editing for his work on the film ''

Going My Way ''Going My Way'' is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a new young priest tak ...

''.

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'' (1915) *'' The Toll Gate (as Le Roy Stone)'' (1920) *'' Sand!'' (1920) *'' The Testing Block'' (1920) * Skin Deep (1922) *'' Eyes of the Forest'' (1923) * '' Flowing Gold'' (1924) *''

The Woman on the Jury ''The Woman on the Jury'' is a lost 1924 American silent drama film produced and released by Associated First National and directed by Harry Hoyt. It is based on a Broadway stage play, ''The Woman on the Jury'', and stars Sylvia Breamer and Be ...

'' (1924) *'' Flirting with Love'' (1924) *'' If I Marry Again'' (1925) *''

The Talker ''The Talker'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Anna Q. Nilsson, Lewis Stone Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American film actor. He spent 29 years as a co ...

'' (1925) *'' The Lady Who Lied'' (1925) *'' Sailors' Wives'' (1928) *''

Harold Teen ''Harold Teen'' is a discontinued, long-running American comic strip written and drawn by Carl Ed (pronounced "eed"). Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson may have suggested and certainly approved the strip's concept, loosely based on Booth Tarking ...

'' (1928) *''

The Butter and Egg Man ''The Butter and Egg Man'' is a 1925 play by George S. Kaufman, the only play he wrote without collaborating. It was a Broadway hit during the 1925–26 season at the Longacre Theatre. Adapted to film six times, it is still performed on stages toda ...

'' (1928) *'' Show Girl'' (1928) *'' Naughty Baby'' (1928) *''

Children of the Ritz ''Children of the Ritz'' is a 1929 drama film from First National Pictures. Starring Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. The movie was silent with its own Vitaphone soundtrack and sound effects recorded on Vitaphone phonographic records, and ...

'' (1929) * Prisoners'' (1929) *'' Twin Beds'' (1929) *'' Sally (uncredited)'' (1929) *'' Bride of the Regiment'' (1930) *'' Sunny (edited by)'' (1930) *''

The Finger Points ''The Finger Points'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by John Monk Saunders, W.R. Burnett and Robert Lord. The film stars Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Robert Elliott, Clark Ga ...

'' (1931) *''

The Lady Who Dared ''The Lady Who Dared'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Billie Dove, Sidney Blackmer and Conway Tearle. Print survival, Library of Congress and Turner.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Inst ...

'' (1931) *'' Penrod and Sam (edited by)'' (1931) *'' Make Me a Star (uncredited)'' (1932) *'' The Phantom President (uncredited)'' (1932) *'' If I Had a Million (uncredited)'' (1932) *'' Duck Soup (uncredited)'' (1933) *'' Six of a Kind (uncredited)'' (1934) *''

Belle of the Nineties ''Belle of the Nineties'' is a 1934 American Western film directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures. Mae West's fourth motion picture, it was based on her original story ''It Ain't No Sin'', which was also to be the film's t ...

'' (1934) *''

College Rhythm ''College Rhythm'' is a 1934 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, and Joe Penner. The budget was $537,000. Filming started August 16, 1934.Michael A. Hoey, ''Elvis' Favorite Director: The Ama ...

'' (1934) *'' Goin' to Town'' (1935) * The Milky Way (edited by) (1936) *

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(1936) *

College Holiday ''College Holiday'' is a 1936 Paramount comedy. The film stars Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Martha Raye. It was directed by Frank Tuttle. Plot A woman hotelier with an interest in eugenics invites some young men to spend the sum ...

(1936) * Make Way for Tomorrow (edited by) (1937) *

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(1937) *

College Swing ''College Swing'', also known as ''Swing, Teacher, Swing'' in the U.K., is a 1938 comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, and Bob Hope. The supporting cast features Edward Everett Horton, Ben Bl ...

(1938) *

The Texans ''The Texans'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott. The screenplay was written by Bertram Millhauser, Paul Sloane and William Wister Haines and is based on the novel ''North ...

(1938) *

Say It in French ''Say It in French'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Frederick J. Jackson. The film stars Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher, Mary Carlisle and Holmes Herbert. The film was released ...

(1938) * Man About Town (1939) *

Adventure in Diamonds ''Adventure in Diamonds'' is a 1940 American crime film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder and Nigel Bruce. It was also released under the alternative title of ''Diamonds are Dangerous''. Critics n ...

(1940) * Buck Benny Rides Again (edited by) (1940) *

I Want a Divorce ''I Want a Divorce'' is a 1940 Paramount film directed by Ralph Murphy. The screenplay was written by Frank Butler (based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns). The film starred then-married actors Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, who would later ...

(1940) * Love Thy Neighbor (1940) *

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(1941) *

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase (french: Vente de la Louisiane, translation=Sale of Louisiana) was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or app ...

(1941) * Are Husbands Necessary? (1942) *

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(1942) * Riding High (1943) * True to Life (1943) * Going My Way (as Leroy Stone) (1944) *

Murder, He Says ''Murder, He Says'' is a 1945 American black comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Fred MacMurray about a murderous rural family and the hapless pollster who becomes entangled in their hunt for a cache of money. It was filmed in ...

(1945) *

Hold That Blonde ''Hold That Blonde'' is a 1945 American comedy crime film directed by George Marshall and starring Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake and Albert Dekker. Plot Bracken plays a kleptomaniac who unwittingly becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves, i ...

(1945) * Blue Skies (1946) *

Variety Girl ''Variety Girl'' is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, DeForest Kelley, Frank Ferguson, Glenn Tryon, Nella Walker, Torben Meyer, Jack Norton, and William Demarest. It was ...

(1947) * Welcome Stranger (supervising editor) (1947) * The Big Clock (1948) * My Own True Love (1948) *

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(1948) *

My Friend Irma ''My Friend Irma'' is a media franchise that was spawned by a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard. The radio show was so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated the films, ...

(1949) * Chicago Deadline (1949) *

Appointment with Danger ''Appointment with Danger'' is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff. The drama features Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert and Paul Stewart, among others. Plot At the Hotel Compton in ...

(1950)

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