Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

John M. Stahl

Highest Rated: 100% Only Yesterday (1933)

Lowest Rated: 18% Forever Amber (1947)

Birthday: Jan 21, 1886

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Capable craftsman, in films from 1914, with a flair for lifting trite, sentimental material to higher ground. A master of the "woman's melodrama" and a director latterly acclaimed by film critics and historians for his use of the long take years before it became common after WWII, Stahl directed the original screen versions of several classic weepies, including "Back Street" (1932), "Imitation of Life" (1934) and "Magnificent Obsession" (1935). The latter two were remade in the 1950s, in more florid style, by Douglas Sirk.

Show Less Show More

Highest rated movies

100% 71% Only Yesterday
Watchlist
88% 85% Imitation of Life
Watchlist
85% 86% Leave Her to Heaven
Watchlist
67% 53% Magnificent Obsession
Watchlist
18% 52% Forever Amber
Watchlist
27% Father Was a Fullback
Watchlist
Lucky Boy
Watchlist
56% The Immortal Sergeant
Watchlist
Strictly Dishonorable
Watchlist
73% Holy Matrimony
Watchlist
View All John M. Stahl photos

John M. Stahl

PARNELL, director John M. Stahl (in hat), Clark Gable filming on set, 1937 PARNELL, director John Stahl, Edmund Gwenn (third from right), Clark Gable, in rehearsal, 1937 STRICTLY DISHONORABLE, from left: George Meeker, Paul Lukas, William Ricciardi, Lewis Stone, Sidney Fox, director John M. Stahl, drinking to each other's health after the last scene was shot, on set, 1931 Game of Thrones, John Stahl (L), Richard Madden (R), 'Kissed By Fire', Season 3, Ep. #5, 04/28/2013, ©HBO View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 27% Father Was a Fullback Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh, You Beautiful Doll Director - 1949
No Score Yet 60% The Walls of Jericho Director - 1948
18% 52% Forever Amber Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Foxes of Harrow Director - 1947
85% 86% Leave Her to Heaven Director - 1945
No Score Yet 83% The Keys of the Kingdom Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Eve of St. Mark Director - 1944
No Score Yet 73% Holy Matrimony Director - 1943
No Score Yet 56% The Immortal Sergeant Director - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Wife Director - 1941
No Score Yet 44% When Tomorrow Comes Director - 1939
No Score Yet 29% Letter of Introduction Director,
Producer 		- 1938
No Score Yet 33% Parnell Director,
Producer 		- 1937
67% 53% Magnificent Obsession Director,
Producer 		- 1935
88% 85% Imitation of Life Director,
Producer 		- 1934
100% 71% Only Yesterday Director - 1933
No Score Yet 53% Back Street Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seed Director,
Producer 		- 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strictly Dishonorable Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lucky Boy Producer - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marriage by Contract Producer - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lovers Director,
Producer 		- 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Memory Lane Director,
Writer 		- 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet Husbands and Lovers Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Clear Call Director - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Child Thou Gavest Me Director - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sowing the Wind Director - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Woman Under Oath Director - 1919
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lincoln Cycle Director - 1917