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Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American actor known for his role as Judge James Hardy in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Andy Hardy film series and as an MGM contract player.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball, Lewis Stone's hair turned gray prematurely (reportedly by age 20). Lewis served in the United States Army in the Spanish–American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting.
Stone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Patriot. After that, he appeared in seven films with Greta Garbo, spanning both the silent and early sound periods. He played the role of Dr. Otternschlag in the Garbo film Grand Hotel, in which he utters the famous closing line: "Grand Hotel. People coming. Going. Nothing ever happens."
He played a larger role in the 1933 Garbo film Queen Christina. His appearance in the successful prison film The Big House furthered his career. He played adventurers in the dinosaur epic The Lost World (1925) with Wallace Beery and The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) with Boris Karloff, and a police captain in Bureau of Missing Persons (1933). In 1937, Stone essayed the role which would become his most famous, that of Judge James Hardy in the Mickey Rooney Andy Hardy series. Stone appeared as the judge in fifteen movies, beginning with You're Only Young Once (1937).
Stone died in Hancock Park, Los Angeles on September 12, 1953, aged 73.
Lewis Stone was later honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6524 Hollywood Blvd.
Most Popular Lewis Stone Trailers
Total trailers found: 164
08 May 1952
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
18 January 1935
Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.
20 August 1930
A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
12 October 1935
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
27 August 1932
A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Jean Parker and Louise Beavers.
16 May 1976
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
22 December 1939
Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
11 May 1950
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.
12 January 1951
Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.
04 November 1952
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation.
16 September 1933
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work.
09 November 1951
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
05 November 1932
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.
18 April 1952
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
18 April 1931
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton.
12 September 1931
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
10 December 1937
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
14 June 1930
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
11 September 1922
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation.
03 March 1942
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
01 September 1928
In 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count Pahlen.
19 May 1938
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
26 January 1934
A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
02 August 1935
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car.
25 November 1938
Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
02 February 1925
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
27 December 1929
Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her father decides to divorce Lally's mother and remarry to soon-to-be-divorced Beth Cheever.
26 December 1933
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
01 December 1939
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
23 October 1931
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
29 May 1940
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America.
26 March 1938
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
11 September 1936
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
04 June 1932
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.
23 February 1934
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
06 May 2003
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content.
13 July 1929
A German pianist is going to break up with his unfaithful wife, when he receives the message that his favourite stepchild has died.
26 August 1918
A spy known as "1932" during World War I, is commissioned by the German Secret Service to trail English agent Captain Woodhouse to the Straits of Gibraltar and there effect the destruction of the British fleet.
23 June 1928
A man falsely accused of crime joins Foreign Legion, and when trouble develops is saved by the self sacrifice of the commanding officer, his own father.
23 March 1935
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
26 March 1927
A man kills a man he finds alone with his wife. Although she is innocent of any wrong doing the wife claims to be guilty of having an affair to save her husband from a death sentence.
08 June 1929
A woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama stars Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, Lilyan Tashman and H.
03 May 1931
A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.
09 August 1935
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold.
06 March 1936
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert.
08 June 1951
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
10 April 1936
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town.
29 August 1937
An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.
21 July 1939
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher.
03 May 1930
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian.
02 February 1950
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England.
12 October 1951
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
01 January 1944
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
20 July 1936
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
21 April 1939
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars.
06 December 1930
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
22 July 1938
Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
05 February 1938
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.
31 May 1935
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums.
28 May 1939
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time.
