Alexander Hall

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.

Directed

1. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) — Director
2. Down to Earth (1947) — Director
3. Little Miss Marker (1934) — Director
4. My Sister Eileen (1942) — Director
5. Goin' to Town (1935) — Director
6. There's Always a Woman (1938) — Director
7. Once Upon a Time (1944) — Director
8. The Heavenly Body (1944) — Director
9. Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) — Director
10. I Am the Law (1938) — Director
11. The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) — Director
12. Louisa (1950) — Director
13. Forever, Darling (1956) — Director
14. Torch Singer (1933) — Director
15. Sinners in the Sun (1932) — Director
16. The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) — Director
17. They All Kissed the Bride (1942) — Director
18. Bedtime Story (1941) — Director
19. Limehouse Blues (1934) — Director
20. The Pursuit of Happiness (1934) — Director
21. She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) — Director
22. Love That Brute (1950) — Director
23. Madame Racketeer (1932) — Director
24. The Girl in 419 (1933) — Director
25. Let's Do It Again (1953) — Director
26. This Thing Called Love (1940) — Director
27. There's That Woman Again (1938) — Director
28. The Great Lover (1949) — Director
29. Because You're Mine (1952) — Director
30. Yours for the Asking (1936) — Director
31. Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934) — Director
32. Exclusive (1937) — Director
33. Give Us This Night (1936) — Director
34. He Stayed for Breakfast (1940) — Director
35. Midnight Club (1933) — Director
36. Up Front (1951) — Director
37. The Lady's from Kentucky (1939) — Director
38. Annapolis Farewell (1935) — Director
39. The Last Call (1922) — Director
40. A Game of Graft (1922) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Doing Their Bit (1918) — Miles O'Dowd
2. The Deemster (1917) — Davy, Dan's Friend