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Grover Jones

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Years active
  
1920-1946

Name
  
Grover Jones


Role
  
Screenwriter

Children
  
Sue Sally Hale

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Born
  
November 15, 1893 (
1893-11-15
)
Rosedale, Indiana, USA

Died
  
September 24, 1940, Hollywood, California, United States

Spouse
  
Suzanne Avery (m. 1921–1940)

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Story

Movies
  
Trouble in Paradise, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The Iron Mule, The Milky Way, Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Similar People
  
Samson Raphaelson, Achmed Abdullah, Francis Yeats‑Brown, John L Balderston, John Cromwell

1925 - The Iron Mule (La mula de hojalata)


Grover Jones (November 15, 1893 – September 24, 1940) was an American screenwriter - often teamed with William Slavens McNutt - and film director. He wrote more than 104 films between 1920 and his death. He also was a film journal publisher and prolific short story writer. Jones was born in Rosedale, Indiana, grew up in West Terre Haute, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California.

He was the father of American polo pioneer Sue Sally Hale.

References

Grover Jones Wikipedia