John M. Stahl Trailers
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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 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.
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01 November 1928
In old Mexico a masked rider (Talmadge) and an impoverished girl (Bedford) fall in love, against her father's wishes.
01 December 1931
A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, a man of experience.
01 June 1928
Silent drama film based on the story "Yellow Handkerchief" by Jack London.
29 April 1943
During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader.
05 August 1938
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up.
22 November 1948
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.
20 August 1941
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
14 May 1931
Bart is a clerk for a publishing company; he has written a novel. His wife Peggy and he have five children.
29 June 1919
After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, Jim O'Neil, a young shipping clerk, is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox.
04 June 1937
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
01 February 1926
Mary is marrying Jimmie, from whom she has kept a secret; Mary remains in love with another man. Problems ensue, jeopardizing the tranquility of their relationship.
22 May 1944
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans.
09 January 1921
A melodrama of misunderstandings in which a rich couple grow more and more suspicious of each other fidelities after the groom’s father is shot dead on their wedding night.
11 November 1949
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.
02 February 1922
A woman abandons her husband and baby to look for a better life in the big city. Years later, as an elderly woman, she finds her son living in the big city and tries to make amends by moving in with him without revealing her secret identity.
09 August 1925
The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.
24 September 1947
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
20 February 1929
Unable to pay for her passage upon setting sail to the tropics to meet her mail-order husband, Dorothy Ryan assumes the identity of a wealthy passenger who is presumed dead.
25 December 1945
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
30 September 1949
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie.
24 August 1943
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
26 November 1923
Elliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is dismissed; Elliot finds her, proposes marriage, and returns home with his new bride.
15 October 1929
Antonio Camaradino, florist and street musician, befriends a man robbed of his overcoat and money in a disreputable bar.
03 March 1924
John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes less attentive.
27 May 1917
This remarkable series of 10 short silent dramas by John M. Stahl, produced by Benjamin Chapin as a vehicle for his performance as Abraham Lincoln, are structured entirely around memory and recollections of the past.
01 November 1933
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk.
04 February 1923
Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He is stung by her rebuffs and, therefore, succumbs to the youthful charms of Gloria Sanderson, whom he meets on a business trip.
30 December 1935
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
01 January 1918
Shortly after Dr. Allen Forrest, who is involved with aircraft production for the United States government, invites his young nephew and business partner, Leonard White, to live in his home, idle gossips begin to spread rumors about Leonard and the doctor's pretty wife Madelyn.
01 April 1921
When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of Petworth's gambling house, her ideals are shattered and she denounces her mother's life.
23 November 1934
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
15 December 1944
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese.
05 December 1930
A ladies' man flirts with the wives of other governments' officials.
04 June 1928
A young Russian peasant feels pity for the Princess Anastasia and saves her life by accidentally wounding her in the massacre of the Romanovs during the Russian Revolution.
04 August 1932
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
01 May 1927
Young José lives with his guardian, Don Julian, a middle-aged diplomat recently married to young Felicia.
20 May 1922
An outcast who runs a road house of ill repute leads his mother to believe him dead. His only friend, a doctor, falls for a married woman.
20 August 1921
On her wedding day, Norma Huntley wants to tell Edward Berkley, her husband-to-be, her secret -- that she mothered a child out of wedlock which subsequently died.
15 November 1927
Silent romantic melodrama about a wife and mother who is desperate to keep a secret from the past IN the past, despite her husband's intentions to reveal it.
04 April 1927
A deceiver leads the fast set in Paris and is involved in love affairs and blackmail. Will he mends his way for his daughter's sake.
01 January 1929
Stagestruck Sally McAllister can’t get an appointment with famed theatrical producer Eric Byron so Sally responds to an ad for a maid only to discover that she will be working for Byron himself! Falling for him but still burning with ambition she arranges for Lila Leroy, Byron's leading lady, to take a train to Oakland, California instead of New Jersey, then hot foots it to Oakland, New Jersey, where Byron's latest play is taking place, and impersonating Lila by wearing a blonde wig but as dress rehearsal approaches will she get away with the subterfuge?
20 October 1928
Would An Innocent Woman Keep Silent? Would the fear of a murderer's death shake her from the Sphinx-like silence that shielded- who?
20 November 1927
Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War.
11 August 1939
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.
06 April 1919
A man brings up, on Long Island, the illegitimate daughter of a deceased woman who'd been an art student in love with a married Parisian.
02 November 1924
For Husbands and Lovers, John M Stahl pairs devoted wife Florence Vidor with ungrateful husband Lewis Stone for a splendidly nuanced marital comedy that proves his versatility as a filmmaker.
01 August 1918
Just as Mr. and Mrs. James Randolph Emerson, Jr. are about to depart on their honeymoon, Lucille Emerson discovers her husband gazing at a photograph that bears the inscription, "With love to my husband, Grace.
20 June 1928
Carlos De Neve, a young Spanish military officer, is given an important post to prevent gun-smuggling in Cuba.
15 April 1928
The Scarlet Dove is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Lowell Sherman, Robert Frazer, and Josephine Borio.
06 October 1930
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip.
09 November 1928
Marriage by Contract is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by James Flood.
01 June 1919
Pursued by two suitors, James Brunton and Bob Standing, Grace chooses James followed by a sumptuous wedding at his family home.
21 March 1920
When Mary Graham's old school chum visits, Mary's husband becomes infatuated with his wife's guest and soon openly avows his love for her.
01 July 1928
Janet Brady, a stenographer, wants the love of her boss. She learns her personality has no appeal, so she drops her mannish clothes and blossoms forth as a simpering flapper.
20 February 1928
The Man in Hobbles is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by George Archainbaud
15 May 1928
The wealthy millionaire patron of a nightclub is attracted by the female half of a vaudeville show and showers her with gifts.
