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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 citys 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 industrys 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.[edit] Selected filmography1931: Seed1931: Strictly Dishonorable1932: Back Street1933: Only Yesterday1934: Imitation of Life1935: Magnificent Obsession1937: Parnell1938: Letter of Introduction1939: When Tomorrow Comes1941: Our Wife1943: Immortal Sergeant1943: Holy Matrimony1944: The Eve of St. Mark1944: The Keys of the Kingdom1945: Leave Her to Heaven1947: The Foxes of Harrow1948: The Walls of Jericho1949: Father was a Fullback1949: Oh, You Beautiful Doll[edit] External linksJohn M. Stahl at the Internet Movie DatabaseJohn M. Stahl at Find a GraveRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._StahlCategories: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences founders | American film directors | American film producers | People from New York City | 1886 births | 1950 deathsHidden categories: Articles lacking sources from October 2007 | All articles lacking sourcesPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesCatalà DeutschEspañolFrançaisItaliano This page was last modified on 9 January 2011 at 10:57.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimersif ( window.mediaWiki ) {mediaWiki.config.set({wgCanonicalNamespace: , wgCanonicalSpecialPageName: false, wgNamespaceNumber: 0, wgPageName: John_M._Stahl, wgTitle: John M. 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