Grover Jones

{{Short description|American screenwriter (1893–1940)}}

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| name = Grover Jones

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|11|15}}

| birth_place = Rosedale, Indiana, USA

| death_date = {{death date and age|1940|9|24|1893|11|15}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, USA

| yearsactive = 1920-1940

| spouse = Susan Avery

m.1921-1940

| children = Sue Sally Jones Hale

(b.1937 d.2003)

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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.{{cite news |title=Sue Sally Hale |url=http://www.sshale.com/ |work=SShale |date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}