John M. Stahl

But this might have been my favorite new watch of the month.

This is 1945's Leave Her to Heaven, directed by John M. Stahl.

Another one that kind of falls into the, you know, 40s, 50s melodrama, family drama.

But this one was quite fun.

We accidentally programmed bleak week the exact same week so I can never go, but there's something so calming about watching like four days of nitrate that puts you in another state of mind.

Yeah, this year they showed a print of John Stahl's When Tomorrow Comes, and to me that specific print is the greatest argument in favor of nitrate that I've ever seen.

It just has this beautiful, very special quality that is different from acetate film.

Often I get so lost in the film anyway that I forget to even notice the print.

possible to satisfy.

Otto Preminger, famously, not exactly the easiest director to get along with, directed after John M. Stahl left the project, and censorship restrictions inevitably softened much of the novel's sexual content.

Darnell looked great, but the While it was intended as a great coronation for her and her career, it became something closer to a very expensive missed opportunity.

Yes.