John M. Stahl
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.
Fotos
Filme (57)
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949 · Director
Father Was a Fullback
1949 · Director
The Walls of Jericho
1948 · Director
The Foxes of Harrow
1947 · Director
Leave Her to Heaven
1945 · Director
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944 · Director
The Eve of St. Mark
1944 · Director
Holy Matrimony
1943 · Director
Immortal Sergeant
1943 · Director
Our Wife
1941 · Director, Producer
When Tomorrow Comes
1939 · Director, Producer
Letter of Introduction
1938 · Director, Producer
Parnell
1937 · Director
Magnificent Obsession
1935 · Director, Producer
Imitation of Life
1934 · Director, Producer
Only Yesterday
1933 · Director
Back Street
1932 · Director
Strictly Dishonorable
1931 · Director
Seed
1931 · Director, Producer
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930 · Director
A Lady Surrenders
1930 · Director
Mister Antonio
1929 · Producer
Two Men and a Maid
1929 · Producer
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929 · Producer
Broadway Fever
1929 · Producer
Marriage by Contract
1928 · Producer
The Cavalier
1928 · Producer
The Power of Silence
1928 · Producer
Beautiful But Dumb
1928 · Producer
Prowlers of the Sea
1928 · Producer
Clothes Make the Woman
1928 · Producer
Stormy Waters
1928 · Producer
Ladies of the Night Club
1928 · Producer
The Scarlet Dove
1928 · Producer
The Man in Hobbles
1928 · Producer
In Old Kentucky
1927 · Director
Wild Geese
1927 · Producer
Lovers
1927 · Director, Producer
The Gay Deceiver
1927 · Director
Memory Lane
1926 · Director, Original Story
Fine Clothes
1925 · Director
Husbands and Lovers
1924 · Director, Story, Producer
Why Men Leave Home
1924 · Director
The Wanters
1923 · Director
The Dangerous Age
1923 · Director
One Clear Call
1922 · Director
The Song of Life
1922 · Director
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921 · Director, Producer
Sowing the Wind
1921 · Director
Suspicious Wives
1921 · Director
Women Men Forget
1920 · Director
The Woman Under Oath
1919 · Director
Greater Than Love
1919 · Director
Her Code of Honor
1919 · Director
Wives of Men
1918 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Suspicion
1918 · Director
The Lincoln Cycle
1917 · Director
Serien (0)
Keine Filmografie verfügbar.