John M. Stahl

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John M. Stahl

Born January 21, 1886 · New York City, New York, USA

Died January 12, 1950 · aged 63

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 Studi…

Known For

Back StreetBack Street · 1932
Back Street
6.41932
MovieDramaRomance
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Leave Her to HeavenLeave Her to Heaven · 1945
Leave Her to Heaven
7.51945
MovieDramaThriller
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
The Keys of the KingdomThe Keys of the Kingdom · 1944
The Keys of the Kingdom
7.11944
MovieDrama
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Imitation of LifeImitation of Life · 1934
Imitation of Life
7.01934
MovieDramaRomance
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
When Tomorrow ComesWhen Tomorrow Comes · 1939
When Tomorrow Comes
5.41939
MovieDramaRomance
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.
LoversLovers · 1927
Lovers
10.01927
MovieDramaRomance
Young José lives with his guardian, Don Julian, a middle-aged diplomat recently married to young Felicia. Society gossips in Madrid find the situation increasingly scandalous.
Clothes Make the WomanClothes Make the Woman · 1928
Clothes Make the Woman
10.01928
MovieDramaHistory
A young Russian peasant feels pity for the Princess Anastasia and saves her life by accidentally wounding her in the massacre of the Romanovs during the Russian Revolution.
In Old KentuckyIn Old Kentucky · 1927
In Old Kentucky
10.01927
MovieDrama
Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War. At the same time, he prepares Major Brierly's horse, which served bravely with the Major at the front, for the Kentucky Derby.

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Father Was a FullbackFather Was a Fullback · 1949
Father Was a Fullback
6.31949
MovieComedy
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.

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