Alexander Hall
Directing
- Born
- January 11, 1894 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- July 30, 1968 (age 74)
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Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts – July 30, 1968, San Francisco, California) was an American theatre actor and film director.
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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.
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Known for
She Done Him Wrong
February 9, 1933
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
August 7, 1941
Down to Earth
August 21, 1947
Little Miss Marker
June 1, 1934
My Sister Eileen
September 24, 1942
Goin' to Town
April 25, 1935
There's Always a Woman
April 20, 1938
Once Upon a Time
June 29, 1944
The Last Flight
August 29, 1931
The Heavenly Body
March 23, 1944
The Toast of New York
July 22, 1937
Sinners in the Sun
May 13, 1932
Behind the camera70
- 1956Forever, Darling Director
- 1953Let's Do It Again Director
- 1952Because You're Mine Director
- 1951Up Front Director
- 1950Love That Brute Director
- 1950Louisa Director
- 1949The Great Lover Director
- 1947Down to Earth Director
- 1945She Wouldn't Say Yes Director
- 1944Once Upon a Time Director