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John M. Stahl
New York City, New York, USA
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 motio…
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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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1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
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1949
Father Was a Fullback
Movie Director
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1948
The Walls of Jericho
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1947
The Foxes of Harrow
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1945
Leave Her to Heaven
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1944
The Keys of the Kingdom
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1944
The Eve of St. Mark
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1943
Holy Matrimony
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1943
Immortal Sergeant
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1941
Our Wife
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1939
When Tomorrow Comes
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1938
Letter of Introduction
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1937
Parnell
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1935
Magnificent Obsession
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1934
Imitation of Life
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1933
Only Yesterday
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1932
Back Street
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1931
Strictly Dishonorable
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1931
Seed
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1930
The Boudoir Diplomat
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1930
A Lady Surrenders
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1929
Mister Antonio
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1929
Two Men and a Maid
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1929
The Devil's Apple Tree
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1929
Broadway Fever
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1928
Marriage by Contract
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1928
The Cavalier
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1928
The Power of Silence
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1928
Beautiful But Dumb
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1928
Prowlers of the Sea
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1928
Clothes Make the Woman
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1928
Stormy Waters
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1928
Ladies of the Night Club
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1928
The Scarlet Dove
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1928
The Man in Hobbles
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1927
In Old Kentucky
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1927
Wild Geese
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1927
Lovers
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1927
The Gay Deceiver
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1926
Memory Lane
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