John M. Stahl

Director, Productor

21 de enero de 1886 — 12 de enero de 1950 (63 años)
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.

Conocido por

  • Que el cielo la juzgue
    Que el cielo la juzgue1945
  • Imitación de la vida
    Imitación de la vida1934
  • Las llaves del reino
    Las llaves del reino1944
  • Sublime obsesión
    Sublime obsesión1935
  • La usurpadora
    La usurpadora1932
  • El sargento inmortal
    El sargento inmortal1943
  • Ambiciosa
    Ambiciosa1947
  • El príncipe estudiante
    El príncipe estudiante1928
  • Carta de presentación
    Carta de presentación1938
  • Our Wife
    Our Wife1941
  • The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim1947
  • El zeppelin perdido
    El zeppelin perdido1929
  • Lucky Boy
    Lucky Boy1929
  • Painted Faces
    Painted Faces1929
  • Mister Antonio
    Mister Antonio1929