Imitation of Life
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Roxana McGowan. . ( m. 1931) . John Malcolm Stahl (January 21, 1886 – January 12, 1950) was an American film director and producer. He is best known for his films such as Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Imitation of Life (1934), The Keys of the Kingdom (1945), and Back Street (1932).
John M. Stahl. Director: Leave Her to Heaven. John Stahl was the final executive in charge of Tiffany Pictures (located on the Talisman lot, later owned by Monogram Pictures), once a big fish in the pond of "Poverty Row", which in those days also included Columbia Pictures.
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- Baki City District, Azerbaijan
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
May 8, 2024 · John M. Stahl (born January 21, 1886, New York City, New York, U.S.—died January 12, 1950, Los Angeles, California) was an American filmmaker who was considered one of the preeminent directors of so-called “women’s pictures,” melodramas that were aimed at female moviegoers. Stahl began acting onstage while a teenager, and in 1913 he ...
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John M. Stahl. Director: Leave Her to Heaven. John Stahl was the final executive in charge of Tiffany Pictures (located on the Talisman lot, later owned by Monogram Pictures), once a big fish in the pond of "Poverty Row", which in those days also included Columbia Pictures. With a B-movie history dating back to the silent era and after making 70 talkies, Tiffany imploded in 1932 in the midst of...
- January 21, 1886
- January 12, 1950
Dec 17, 2018 · John Malcolm Stahl was a handsome, energetic-looking man whose face often appeared on advertisements for his movies in the 1920s. His name and crown of silver hair seem vaguely patrician; he always claimed to have been born in New York in 1886. In fact, it is almost certain that he was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, as Jacob Morris Strelitzsky, and ...
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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 ...
Sep 18, 2014 · Sometimes the near-great delineates the great in the way shadow does light, as John M. Stahl’s surprisingly rare (and just plain surprising) film “When Tomorrow Comes” reminds us. Though not ...
