John M. Stahl
Directing
Born 1886-01-21
Died 1950-01-12
New York City, New York, USA
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John Malcolm Stahl (January 21, 1886 – January 12, 1950) was an American film director and producer.
Born in New York City, New York, he began working in the city's growing motion picture industry at a young age and directed his first silent film short in 1914. In the early 1920s Stahl signed on with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in Hollywood and in 1924 was part of the Mayer team that became MGM Studios.
In 1927, John Stahl was one of the thirty-six founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With the industry's transition to talkies and feature-length films, John Stahl successfully made the adjustment and for Universal Pictures he directed the 1934 film Imitation of Life which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. The following year, he directed Magnificent Obsession, starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.
John Stahl continued to produce and direct major productions as well filler shorts right up to the time of his death. Some of his other notable directorial work was with The Keys of the Kingdom in 1944 and the 1945 film noir, Leave Her to Heaven with Gene Tierney who was nominated for Best Actress.
Stahl died in Hollywood, California in 1950 of a heart attack, aged 63, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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Filmography
Directing
41 credits
Leave Her to Heaven
The Keys of the Kingdom
Our Wife
Imitation of Life
Parnell
Holy Matrimony
Only Yesterday
Memory Lane
Back Street
When Tomorrow Comes
The Foxes of Harrow
The Walls of Jericho
Letter of Introduction
Lovers
Immortal Sergeant
Suspicious Wives
Her Code of Honor
Magnificent Obsession
Father Was a Fullback
Greater Than Love
One Clear Call
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Strictly Dishonorable
In Old Kentucky
The Eve of St. Mark
A Lady Surrenders
Why Men Leave Home
Women Men Forget
Sowing the Wind
Seed
The Gay Deceiver
The Lincoln Cycle
Husbands and Lovers
The Child Thou Gavest Me
The Song of Life
Fine Clothes
The Boudoir Diplomat
The Dangerous Age
The Woman Under Oath
The Wanters
Suspicion
Producing
23 credits
Our Wife
Imitation of Life
Broadway Fever
When Tomorrow Comes
Two Men and a Maid
Beautiful But Dumb
Letter of Introduction
Lovers
The Man in Hobbles
Magnificent Obsession
Prowlers of the Sea
Ladies of the Night Club
Wild Geese
The Scarlet Dove
Mister Antonio
Seed
Clothes Make the Woman
The Child Thou Gavest Me
The Cavalier
The Power of Silence
The Devil's Apple Tree
Marriage by Contract
Stormy Waters
Writing
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