About

Known credits:
57
Birthday:
1886-01-21
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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John M. Stahl

Overview

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.

Known for

Directing
1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll Directing Director 58
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1949 Father Was a Fullback Directing Director 59
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1948 The Walls of Jericho Directing Director 59
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1947 The Foxes of Harrow Directing Director 59
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1945 Leave Her to Heaven Directing Director 63
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1944 The Keys of the Kingdom Directing Director 60
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1944 The Eve of St. Mark Directing Director 59
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1943 Holy Matrimony Directing Director 59
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1943 Immortal Sergeant Directing Director 58
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1941 Our Wife Directing Director 59
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1939 When Tomorrow Comes Directing Director 58
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1938 Letter of Introduction Directing Director 59
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1937 Parnell Directing Director 58
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1935 Magnificent Obsession Directing Director 59
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1934 Imitation of Life Directing Director 60
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1933 Only Yesterday Directing Director 58
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1932 Back Street Directing Director 59
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1931 Strictly Dishonorable Directing Director 58
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1931 Seed Directing Director 58
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1930 The Boudoir Diplomat Directing Director 58
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1930 A Lady Surrenders Directing Director 58
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1927 In Old Kentucky Directing Director N/A
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1927 Lovers Directing Director N/A
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1927 The Gay Deceiver Directing Director N/A
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1926 Memory Lane Directing Director N/A
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1925 Fine Clothes Directing Director N/A
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1924 Husbands and Lovers Directing Director N/A
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1924 Why Men Leave Home Directing Director 58
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1923 The Wanters Directing Director N/A
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1923 The Dangerous Age Directing Director N/A
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1922 One Clear Call Directing Director N/A
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1922 The Song of Life Directing Director 58
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1921 The Child Thou Gavest Me Directing Director N/A
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1921 Sowing the Wind Directing Director N/A
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1921 Suspicious Wives Directing Director N/A
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1919 The Woman Under Oath Directing Director 58
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1919 Greater Than Love Directing Director N/A
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1919 Her Code of Honor Directing Director N/A
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1918 Wives of Men Directing Director N/A
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1918 Suspicion Directing Director N/A
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1917 The Lincoln Cycle Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1926 Memory Lane Writing Original Story N/A
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1924 Husbands and Lovers Writing Story N/A
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1918 Wives of Men Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1941 Our Wife Production Producer 59
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1939 When Tomorrow Comes Production Producer 58
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1938 Letter of Introduction Production Producer 59
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1935 Magnificent Obsession Production Producer 59
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1931 Seed Production Producer 58
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1929 The Devil's Apple Tree Production Producer N/A
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1928 The Cavalier Production Producer N/A
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1928 The Power of Silence Production Producer N/A
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1928 Clothes Make the Woman Production Producer N/A
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1928 The Scarlet Dove Production Producer N/A
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1927 Wild Geese Production Producer N/A
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1921 The Child Thou Gavest Me Production Producer N/A
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