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Grover Jones

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Grover Jones
Born(1893-11-15)November 15, 1893
DiedSeptember 24, 1940(1940-09-24) (aged 46)
Years active1920-1940
SpouseSusan Avery m.1921-1940
ChildrenSue Sally Jones Hale (b.1937 d.2003)

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 100 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.[1]

Selected filmography

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Partial bibliography

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  • Derelict (A novelization; Jacobsen-Hodgkinson Corporation, N.Y. (1930))
  • Jones': A Movie Magazine By Movie Makers (Vol. I, Number 1 was August 1937; The (Grover) Jones Press, Pacific Palisades (1937))
  • There Were Giants, a Story of Blood and Steel (A novel with William Slavens McNutt; M.S. Mill, N.Y. (1939))

References

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  1. ^ "Sue Sally Hale". SShale. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
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