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Alexander Hall
American film director
Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968) was an American film director, film editor and theatre actor.
Alexander Hall | |
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Hall at left in a still from The Heart of a Siren (1925), where he was the assistant director | |
| Born | (1894-01-11)January 11, 1894 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | July 30, 1968(1968-07-30) (aged 74) San Francisco, California, US |
| Occupation | film director, theatre actor, and composer |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable awards | Best Director – (nominee) 1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Spouse | Lola Lane (1934–1936) Marjorie Hunter (? – ?) |
Hall acted in the theatre from the age of 4 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).[1]
From 1934 to 1936, Hall was married to actress Lola Lane. He was also married to Marjorie Hunter.[2]
In 1952, Hall had a home in Palm Springs, California.[3] 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.[4]
Hall died of complications from a stroke in San Francisco. He was survived by a son.[2]
- The Leech (1921)
- A Game of Craft (1922)
- The Heart of a Siren (1925)
- Miss Nobody (1926)
- The Crash (1928, editor)
- Kismet (1930, editor)
- Sinners in the Sun (1932)
- Madame Racketeer (1932)
- The Girl in 419 (1933)
- Midnight Club (1933)
- Torch Singer (1933)
- Limehouse Blues (1934)
- Little Miss Marker (1934)
- Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
- The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
- Goin' to Town (1935)
- There's Always a Woman (1938)
- I Am the Law (1938)
- There's That Woman Again (1938)
- The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
- Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
- He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
- This Thing Called Love (1940)
- Bedtime Story (1941)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- My Sister Eileen (1942)
- They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
- She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
- Down to Earth (1947)
- The Great Lover (1949)
- Louisa (1950)
- Because You're Mine (1952)
- Let's Do It Again (1953)
- Forever, Darling (1956)
- "Results Page: Alexander Hall". Academy Awards. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- Aaker, Everett (2013). George Raft: The Films. McFarland. p. 28. ISBN 978-0786493135. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- Meeks, Eric G. (2014) [2012]. The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes. Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe. p. 35. ISBN 978-1479328598.
- Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz by Coyne Steven Sanders and Tom Gilbert, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993, pp. 102–103 (ISBN 0-688-11217-X)
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