Died on January 12, 1950 in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital of a heart attack. He had been hospitalized since New Year's Day with pneumonia.
One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences (AMPAS).
Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6546 Hollywood Blvd..
Founder and president of John M. Stahl Productions, formed in 1921.
He has directed two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Imitation of Life (1934) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945).