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 the ...
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 ta ...
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Filmography
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Civilization
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'' (1915)
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The Toll Gate (as Le Roy Stone)'' (1920)
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Sand!
''Sand!'' is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Lambert Hillyer based upon the Russell A. Boggs short story "Dan Kurrie’s Inning." '' (1920)
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The Testing Block
''The Testing Block'' is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring William S. Hart, Eva Novak, J. Gordon Russell, Florence Carpenter, Richard Headrick, and Ira McFadden. It was written by Lambert Hillyer an ...
'' (1920)
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Skin Deep (1922)
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Eyes of the Forest
''Eyes of the Forest'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by LeRoy Stone. The film stars Tom Mix, Pauline Starke, Sid Jordan, Buster Gardner, J. P. Lockney, and Thomas G. Lingham
Thomas G. L ...
'' (1923)
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Flowing Gold'' (1924)
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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 ...
'' (1924)
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Flirting with Love'' (1924)
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If I Marry Again
''If I Marry Again'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by Kenneth B. Clarke. The film stars Doris Kenyon, Lloyd Hughes, Frank Mayo, Hobart Bosworth, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Myrtle Stedman, and w ...
'' (1925)
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The Talker'' (1925)
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The Lady Who Lied'' (1925)
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Sailors' Wives'' (1928)
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Harold Teen
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'' (1928)
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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 theatre, Broadway hit during the 1925–26 season at the Longacre Theatre. Adapted to film six times, it is still perfor ...
'' (1928)
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Show Girl
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History
Showgirls date back to the late 180 ...
'' (1928)
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Naughty Baby'' (1928)
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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 m ...
'' (1929)
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Prisoners
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'' (1929)
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Twin Beds'' (1929)
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Sally (uncredited)'' (1929)
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Bride of the Regiment'' (1930)
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Sunny (edited by)'' (1930)
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The Finger Points'' (1931)
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The Lady Who Dared'' (1931)
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Penrod and Sam (edited by)'' (1931)
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Make Me a Star (uncredited)'' (1932)
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The Phantom President (uncredited)'' (1932)
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If I Had a Million (uncredited)'' (1932)
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Duck Soup (uncredited)'' (1933)
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Six of a Kind (uncredited)'' (1934)
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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 titl ...
'' (1934)
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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 ...
'' (1934)
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Goin' to Town
''Goin' To Town'' is a 1935 musical comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Mae West. The film stars Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Tito Coral and Ivan Lebedeff. The film was released on April 25, 1935, b ...
'' (1935)
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The Milky Way (edited by) (1936)
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Early to Bed
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** Early Christianity
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* Early, Iowa
* Early, Texas
* Ea ...
(1936)
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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 summe ...
(1936)
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Make Way for Tomorrow (edited by) (1937)
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Ebb Tide
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Tide tables ca ...
(1937)
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College Swing (1938)
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The Texans (1938)
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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 release ...
(1938)
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Man About Town (1939)
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Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
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Buck Benny Rides Again (edited by) (1940)
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I Want a Divorce (1940)
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Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
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Skylark
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(1941)
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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)
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Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
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Wake Island
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(1942)
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Riding High (1943)
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True to Life (1943)
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Going My Way (as Leroy Stone) (1944)
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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 i ...
(1945)
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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)
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Blue Skies (1946)
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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)
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Welcome Stranger (supervising editor) (1947)
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The Big Clock (1948)
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My Own True Love
''My Own True Love'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Compton Bennett and written by Arthur Kober, Josef Mischel and Theodore Strauss. The film stars Phyllis Calvert, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix, Philip Friend, Binnie Barnes and Al ...
(1948)
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Isn't It Romantic? (1948)
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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)
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Chicago Deadline (1949)
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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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1894 births
1949 deaths
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