Alexander Hall

Known for: Directing
Born: January 11, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: July 30, 1968
Movies: 59

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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.

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).

Best-Known Movies

7.0

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941

6.0

Down to Earth

1947

6.5

Little Miss Marker

1934

6.8

My Sister Eileen

1942

5.6

Goin' to Town

1935

6.0

There's Always a Woman

1938

6.0

Once Upon a Time

1944

5.6

The Heavenly Body

1944

5.0

Sinners in the Sun

1932

7.1

Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

Filmography

1918	Doing Their Bit	Miles O'Dowd
1917	The Deemster	Davy, Dan's Friend

Directing, Writing & Producing

1956	Forever, Darling	Director
1953	Let's Do It Again	Director
1952	Because You're Mine	Director
1951	Up Front	Director
1950	Love That Brute	Director
1950	Louisa	Director
1949	The Great Lover	Director
1947	Down to Earth	Director
1945	She Wouldn't Say Yes	Director
1944	Once Upon a Time	Director
1944	The Heavenly Body	Director
1942	My Sister Eileen	Director
1942	They All Kissed the Bride	Director
1941	Bedtime Story	Director
1941	Here Comes Mr. Jordan	Director
1940	This Thing Called Love	Director
1940	He Stayed for Breakfast	Director
1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Director
1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Director
1939	Good Girls Go to Paris	Director
1939	The Lady's from Kentucky	Director
1938	There's That Woman Again	Director
1938	I Am the Law	Director
1938	There's Always a Woman	Director
1937	Exclusive	Director
1936	Yours for the Asking	Director
1936	Give Us This Night	Director
1935	Annapolis Farewell	Director
1935	Goin' to Town	Director
1934	Limehouse Blues	Director
1934	The Pursuit of Happiness	Director
1934	Little Miss Marker	Director
1934	Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen	Director
1933	Torch Singer	Director
1933	Midnight Club	Director
1933	The Girl in 419	Director
1932	Madame Racketeer	Director
1932	Sinners in the Sun	Director
1922	The Spirit of Evil	Director
1922	The Last Call	Director
1922	A Game of Graft	Director
1922	Unseen Foes	Director
1921	The Great Opium Case	Director
1921	The Crimson Clue	Director
1921	$100,000 Kiss	Director
1921	Missing Millions	Director
1921	The Diamond Trail	Director
1921	The Blackmailer's Bluff	Director
1921	Who's Guilty?	Director
1921	Dodging the Law	Director
1921	Sealed Orders	Director
1921	The Spendthrift	Director
1921	Nick Carter Down East	Director
1921	Birds of Prey	Director
1921	Among the Counterfeiters	Director
1921	The Mysterious Bond Case	Director
1921	A Cry at Midnight	Director

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