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Stallings, Charles P., 1893-1960

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American film director and production manager Charles Potter Stallings was born on August 18, 1893 in Lansing, Michigan to Florence E. Higby and Joseph Stallings. Stallings produced over 28 films in Hollywood, California. He also worked for Howard Hughes' The Caddo Company, Inc., and worked on The Front Page (1931),The Age For Love (1931), Sky Devils (1932), and Scarface (1932).

Stallings married twice. First, he married Sadie Olivette Clifford Best on March 7, 1918 in San Francisco, California. The couple had a son, John Raymond Stallings, and a daughter, Jeanne Olivette Stallings, born in 1919 and 1920 respectively. He then married Margaret Virginia Hersey on April 4, 1931 in Orange County, California. Stallings died on September 26, 1960 in Hollywood.

Source:

"Charles Stallings". BFI, Last modified 2021. https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baf8a0a7e.

Genealogy files about "Charles Potter Stallings." Accessed on October 25, 2021 on FamilySearch.org.