For years, John M. Stahl’s name was mainly associated with the fact that Douglas Sirk remade three of his movies — Imitation of Life (1934), Magnificent Obsession (1935) and When Tomorrow Comes (1939). Ironically, his other, more personal claim to fame was the Technicolor marvel Leave Her to Heaven (1945), his most ‘Sirkian’ film. This … Continue reading John M. Stahl: The Invisible Master