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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.

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Highest-Rated Movies

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

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Father Was a Fullback 27% 1949 Director Oh, You Beautiful Doll 1949 Director The Walls of Jericho 60% 1948 Director Forever Amber 18% 52% 1947 Director The Foxes of Harrow 1947 Director Leave Her to Heaven 85% 86% 1945 Director The Keys of the Kingdom 83% 1944 Director The Eve of St. Mark 1944 Director Holy Matrimony 73% 1943 Director The Immortal Sergeant 56% 1943 Director Our Wife 1941 Director When Tomorrow Comes 44% 1939 Director Letter of Introduction 29% 1938 Director, Producer Parnell 33% 1937 Director, Producer Magnificent Obsession 67% 53% 1935 Director, Producer Imitation of Life 88% 85% 1934 Director, Producer Only Yesterday 100% 71% 1933 Director Back Street 53% 1932 Director Seed 1931 Director, Producer Strictly Dishonorable 1931 Director Lucky Boy 1929 Producer Marriage by Contract 1928 Producer Lovers 1927 Director, Producer Memory Lane 1926 Director, Writer Husbands and Lovers 1924 Director, Screenwriter, Producer
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