Alexander Hall

Born: 1894-01-11 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1968-07-30

Known For: Directing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts – July 30, 1968, San Francisco, California) was an American theatre actor and film director. Hall acted in the theatre from the age of four through 1914, when he began to work in silent movies. Following his military service in World War I, he returned to Hollywood and pursued a career in film production. He worked as a film editor and assistant director at Paramount Pictures until 1932, when he directed his first feature film, Sinners in the Sun. From 1937 to 1947, he was a contract director at Columbia Pictures, where he earned a reputation for sophisticated comedies. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). Hall was married to actress Lola Lane from 1934 to 1936. He was engaged briefly to Lucille Ball, who left him when she met Desi Arnaz. The couple later hired him to direct their 1956 film Forever, Darling. Hall died of complications from a stroke in San Francisco. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Hall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1951

Up Front ... (Director)

1950

Louisa ... (Director)
Love That Brute ... (Director)

1949

The Great Lover ... (Director)

1947

Down to Earth ... (Director)

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes ... (Director)

1944

Once Upon a Time ... (Director)
The Heavenly Body ... (Director)

1942

They All Kissed the Bride ... (Director)
My Sister Eileen ... (Director)

1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan ... (Director)
Bedtime Story ... (Director)

1940

This Thing Called Love ... (Director)
The Doctor Takes a Wife ... (Director)
He Stayed for Breakfast ... (Director)

1939

Good Girls Go to Paris ... (Director)
The Amazing Mr. Williams ... (Director)
The Lady's from Kentucky ... (Director)

1938

I Am the Law ... (Director)
There's That Woman Again ... (Director)
There's Always a Woman ... (Director)

1937

The Toast of New York ... (Assistant Director)
Exclusive ... (Director)

1936

Yours for the Asking ... (Director)
Give Us This Night ... (Director)

1935

Goin' to Town ... (Director)
Annapolis Farewell ... (Director)

1934

Little Miss Marker ... (Director)
Limehouse Blues ... (Director)
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen ... (Director)
The Pursuit of Happiness ... (Director)

1933

She Done Him Wrong ... (Editor)
Torch Singer ... (Director)
Midnight Club ... (Director)
The Girl in 419 ... (Director)

1932

Sinners in the Sun ... (Director)
Madame Racketeer ... (Director)

1931

The Last Flight ... (Editor)
Woman Hungry ... (Editor)

1930

Kismet ... (Editor)
The Song of the Flame ... (Editor)

1929

Smiling Irish Eyes ... (Editor)

1928

Lilac Time ... (Editor)

1927

Her Wild Oat ... (Editor)

1926

The Far Cry ... (Editor)
The Girl from Montmartre ... (Editor)

1925

The White Monkey ... (Assistant Director)

1923

The Snow Bride ... (Assistant Director)

1922

The Spirit of Evil ... (Director)
The Last Call ... (Director)
Unseen Foes ... (Director)
A Game of Graft ... (Director)

1921

The Diamond Trail ... (Director)
The Spendthrift ... (Director)
Birds of Prey ... (Director)
The Blackmailer's Bluff ... (Director)
Dodging the Law ... (Director)
The Crimson Clue ... (Director)
Sealed Orders ... (Director)
$100,000 Kiss ... (Director)
Nick Carter Down East ... (Director)
The Great Opium Case ... (Director)
Among the Counterfeiters ... (Director)
The Mysterious Bond Case ... (Director)
Missing Millions ... (Director)
A Cry at Midnight ... (Director)
Who's Guilty? ... (Director)

1918

Doing Their Bit as Miles O'Dowd

1917

The Deemster as Davy, Dan's Friend