---
name: "John G. Blystone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-g-blystone"
fi1m_id: "john-g-blystone"
imdb_id: "nm0090007"
tmdb_id: 10516
wikidata_id: "Q3181549"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "2 December 1892"
died: "6 August 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:01:59.306503+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John G. Blystone

## Identity

John G. Blystone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-g-blystone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-g-blystone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0090007
- **TMDB ID:** 10516
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3181549
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Blystone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10516

Director. Born 2 December 1892 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA. Died 6 August 1938.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 December 1892, Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
- **Died:** 6 August 1938
- **Also known as:** J. G. Blystone, J.G. Blystone, J. Blystone, Jack Blystone, John Blystone
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Blystone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10516

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Our Hospitality*](https://film.one/film/our-hospitality.md) (81)

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## Biography

John G. Blystone was an American film director who worked primarily in Hollywood. Born on 2 December 1892 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, he directed around 100 films between 1915 and 1938.

He began in the industry at Nestor Studios as a property man before joining Fox Films, where he directed several Tom Mix westerns and other features. His credits include the Buster Keaton comedy *Our Hospitality* (1923), which he co-directed, as well as *Block-Heads* (1938) and *Swiss Miss* (1938).

Blystone died of a heart attack on 6 August 1938 in Los Angeles, California, shortly after completing work on *Block-Heads*. He was the brother of actor Stanley Blystone.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Our Hospitality* (1923), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/our-hospitality.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Block-Heads* (1938), Director
- *Swiss Miss* (1938), Director
- *Music for Madame* (1937), Director
- *Woman Chases Man* (1937), Director
- *23 1/2 Hours Leave* (1937), Director
- *Great Guy* (1936), Director
- *The Magnificent Brute* (1936), Director
- *Little Miss Nobody* (1936), Director
- *Gentle Julia* (1936), Director
- *Bad Boy* (1935), Director
- *The County Chairman* (1935), Director
- *Hell in the Heavens* (1934), Director
- *Change of Heart* (1934), Director
- *Coming Out Party* (1934), Director
- *My Lips Betray* (1933), Director
- *Shanghai Madness* (1933), Director
- *Hot Pepper* (1933), Director
- *Too Busy to Work* (1932), Director
- *The Painted Woman* (1932), Director
- *Amateur Daddy* (1932), Director
- *She Wanted a Millionaire* (1932), Director
- *Charlie Chan's Chance* (1932), Director
- *Young Sinners* (1931), Director
- *Mr. Lemon Of Orange* (1931), Director
- *Men on Call* (1930), Director
- *Tol'able David* (1930), Director
- *So This Is London* (1930), Director
- *The Big Party* (1930), Producer, Director
- *Thru Different Eyes* (1929), Director
- *The Sky Hawk* (1929), Director
- *Captain Lash* (1929), Director
- *Mother Knows Best* (1928), Director
- *Sharp Shooters* (1928), Director
- *Pajamas* (1927), Director
- *Slaves of Beauty* (1927), Director
- *Ankles Preferred* (1927), Story, Director
- *Wings of the Storm* (1926), Director
- *The Family Upstairs* (1926), Director
- *Hard Boiled* (1926), Director, Producer
- *My Own Pal* (1926), Director
- *The Best Bad Man* (1925), Director
- *The Everlasting Whisper* (1925), Director
- *The Lucky Horseshoe* (1925), Director
- *Dick Turpin* (1925), Director
- *The Last Man on Earth* (1924), Director
- *Teeth* (1924), Director
- *Oh, You Tony!* (1924), Director
- *Ladies to Board* (1924), Director
- *Our Hospitality* (1923), Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/our-hospitality.md)
- *Soft Boiled* (1923), Director, Writer
- *A Friendly Husband* (1923), Director, Story
- *The Pirates* (1922), Director
- *The Guide* (1921), Director
- *Don't Tickle* (1920), Director
- *The Yellow Dog Catcher* (1919), Director
- *In Dutch* (1918), Director
- *Neptune's Naughty Daughter* (1917), Director
- *Bombs and Bandits* (1917), Supervising Producer
- *Cold Hearts and Hot Flames* (1916), Director
- *Pirates of the Air* (1916), Director
- *How Stars are Made* (1916), Director
- *Love and Sour Notes* (1915), Director
- *Their Last Haul* (1915), Director
- *A Wife on a Wager* (1914), Actor
- *Passing of the Beast* (1914), Actor
- *Cupid Incognito* (1914), Actor
- *The Wheel of Life* (1914), Actor

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