Editing Franchot Tone (section)

== Early life and education ==
Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone was born in [[Niagara Falls, New York]], the youngest son of Dr. Frank Jerome Tone, the wealthy president of the 
[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Carborundum Company]], and his socially prominent wife, Gertrude Van Vrancken Franchot.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/15/archives/f-jerome-tone-76-a-brother-of-franchot-tone-the-actor.html|title=F. Jerome Tone, 76, a Brother Of Franchot Tone, the Actor|date=October 15, 1977|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 6, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Tone was also a distant relative of [[Wolfe Tone]] (the "father of [[Irish Republicanism]]").<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/woman-who-inherited-tone-s-spirit-1.28604|title=Woman who inherited Tone's spirit|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> Tone was of [[French Canadian]], Irish, Dutch and English ancestry. Through his ancestor, the nobleman Gilbert L'Homme de Basque, translated to Basque Homme and finally Bascom, he was of French [[Basque people|Basque]] descent.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00harr|title=A genealogical record of Thomas Bascom and his descendants|last=Harris|first=Edward Doubleday|date=1870|publisher=W. P. Lunt|others=Boston Public Library|page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalrec00harr/page/63 63]}}</ref>

Tone was educated at [[The Hill School]] in [[Pottstown, Pennsylvania]], from which he was dismissed and Niagara Falls High School. He entered [[Cornell University]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cornell Daily Sun 24 March 1937 — The Cornell Daily Sun|url=https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19370324.2.4&|access-date=July 6, 2019|website=cdsun.library.cornell.edu}}</ref> where he was president of the drama club,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Peros|first=Mike|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghaSDgAAQBAJ&q=franchot+tone+cornell&pg=PA11|title=Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart|date=October 11, 2016|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-4968-0995-7}}</ref> acting in productions of Shakespeare.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bishop|first=Morris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s_t1BAAAQBAJ&q=Franchot+Tone&pg=PT432|title=A History of Cornell|date=October 15, 2014|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-5537-7|language=en}}</ref> He was also elected to the [[Sphinx Head Society]] and joined the [[Alpha Delta Phi]] fraternity. After graduating in 1927, he gave up the family business to pursue an acting career, moving to [[Greenwich Village]], New York.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chandler|first=Charlotte|title=Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, A Personal Biography|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2008|pages=[https://archive.org/details/notgirlnextdoorj00chan/page/120 120]|isbn=978-1-4165-4751-8|url=https://archive.org/details/notgirlnextdoorj00chan/page/120}}</ref>