Alexander Hall

Director

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Also Known As

Alexander C Hall, Al Hall, Alex Hall

Birth Place

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born

January 11, 1894

Died

July 30, 1968

Cause of Death

Stroke

Biography

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A workmanlike technician with a flair for light comedy who began his career as as an actor in 1914 and graduated to directing in 1932, Hall worked for Paramount until 1937 and then spent a decade with Columbia, after which he free-lanced until his directed career ended in 1956 with "Forever, Darling" (1956). Among Hall's better or best-remembered efforts are one of his first, "Madame Rac...

Filmography

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Forever, Darling (1956)

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Because You're Mine (1952)

Up Front (1951)

Love That Brute (1950)

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There's Always A Woman (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Go On With Your Quarrelling

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) He Keeps Telling Me I'm Dead

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Lola Lane

Wife

Actor.

Biography

A workmanlike technician with a flair for light comedy who began his career as as an actor in 1914 and graduated to directing in 1932, Hall worked for Paramount until 1937 and then spent a decade with Columbia, after which he free-lanced until his directed career ended in 1956 with "Forever, Darling" (1956). Among Hall's better or best-remembered efforts are one of his first, "Madame Racketeer" (1932), a vehicle for comedienne Alison Skipworth; "Torch Singer" (1933), a most enjoyable showcase for Claudette Colbert; "Little Miss Marker" (1934), one of Shirley Temple's more amusing starring films; "Goin' to Town" (1935), probably Mae West's best comedy after the establishment of Hollywood's censorship body, the Production Code Administration; and "My Sister Eileen" (1942), which gave Rosalind Russell one of her best roles. Hall received his only Oscar nomination as Best Director for a big hit, "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941), a clever comedy-fantasy (later remade as "Heaven Can Wait" 1978) starring Robert Montgomery as a boxer who accidentally is summoned to heaven "too soon" and is given another body in recompense. Hall was married to actress Lola Lane.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Forever, Darling (1956)

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Because You're Mine (1952)

Up Front (1951)

Love That Brute (1950)

The Great Lover (1949)

Down to Earth (1947)

She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)

The Heavenly Body (1944)

Once Upon a Time (1944)

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)

My Sister Eileen (1942)

Bedtime Story (1941)

This Thing Called Love (1941)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)

He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)

I Am the Law (1938)

There's Always a Woman (1938)

There's That Woman Again (1938)

The Toast of New York (1937)

Exclusive (1937)

Give Us This Night (1936)

Yours for the Asking (1936)

Goin' to Town (1935)

Annapolis Farewell (1935)

Limehouse Blues (1934)

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)

Little Miss Marker (1934)

Torch Singer (1933)

The Girl in 419 (1933)

Midnight Club (1933)

Sinners in the Sun (1932)

Madame Racketeer (1932)

The White Monkey (1925)

Assistant Director

Heart of a Siren (1925)

Assistant Director

Assistant Direction (Feature Film)

The Great Well (1924)

Assistant Director

I Will Repay (1923)

Assistant Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Gambling Daughters (1941)

The Leech (1921)

Doing Their Bit (1918)

The Deemster (1917)

Davy, Dan's faithful friend

Miss U.S.A. (1917)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Just Across the Street (1952)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Last Moment (1923)

Editing (Feature Film)

Full Battle Rattle (2008)

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Woman Hungry (1931)

Broadminded (1931)

The Last Flight (1931)

Song of the Flame (1930)

Synthetic Sin (1929)

Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)

The Crash (1928)

Lilac Time (1928)

Her Wild Oat (1927)

Miss Nobody (1926)

The Far Cry (1926)

The Girl From Montmartre (1926)

Art Director (Feature Film)

Pagliacci (1931)

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

Law of the Timber (1941)

Special Effects

Life Events

1898

Made stage debut at age four

1914

Acted in the film "The Million Dollar Mystery"

1932

Directed first films, "Madame Racketeer" and "Sinners in the Sun", for Paramount

1937

Exclusive affilation with Paramount came to end with the feature, "Exclusive"

1938

Began working almost exclusively for Columbia Pictures

1947

Association with Columbia ended with "Down to Earth"; free-lanced thereafter

1956

Last film, "Forever, Darling"

Videos

There's Always A Woman (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Go On With Your Quarrelling Bill (Melvyn Douglas), who doesn't know his wife Sally (Joan Blondell) has taken a case for his detective agency he thinks he just shut down, tries to keep up as she tracks the dinner party of her client (Mary Astor), in There's Always A Woman, 1938.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) He Keeps Telling Me I'm Dead We’ve just met sax-playing fighter Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) who insisted on flying solo to New York, running into trouble and meeting supernatural Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton) and his boss, Claude Rains, noted in the title, in director Alexander Hall’s Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Not Even In Heaven Heavenly Claude Rains (title character) and fighter Joe (Robert Montgomery), who was cremated while wrongly presumed dead, consider the body of millionaire Farnsworth, about to be murdered by his wife and secretary (Rita Johnson, John Emery), not anticipating Miss Logan (Evelyn Keyes), in Here Comes Mr Jordan, 1941.

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) Bustin' With Talent Dueling beaus Chic (Allyn Joslyn) and Lippincott (Richard Quine) joust over Eileen (Janet Blair), Ruth (Rosalind Russell) officiating until subway construction and various intruders (last Brian Aherne) overwhelm, in My Sister Eileen, 1942.

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) He's Not The Drug Store? Random gent (Chick Chandler) arrives looking for the previous tenant, confusing Eileen (Janet Blair) then Ruth (Rosalind Russell), "Wreck" (Gordon Jones) and wife (Jeff Donnell) then summoned, in My Sister Eileen, 1942.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I Dont See Me Around Sax-playing fighter Joe (Robert Montgomery) and bumbling Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton), who snatched him from a plane crash in which he would not have died, rush to the home of his manager Max (James Gleason), intending to install his person back into his body, in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) That's My Fight! Fighter Joe (Robert Young), inhabiting the body of millionaire Farnsworth, is celebrated for righting a financial wrong, escorted by his confused secretary (John Emery), when Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton) and Claude Rains (title character) tell him they’ve found his new body, in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. 1941.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Play Your Favorite Tune Fighter Joe (Robert Montgomery), after an error by agents of the afterlife, still looks like himself to us, but he’s assumed the body of millionaire Farnsworth, and can’t convince his manager Max (James Gleason), without help from Claude Rains (title character), in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941.

Down To Earth (1947) -- (Movie Clip) He Just Doesn't Like Me Rita Hayworth is posing as actress "Kitty," really the goddess Terpsichore, persuading director Danny (Larry Parks) to make their show fancier, over the objections of his pal Eddie (Marc Platt) in the much-later musical sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941, Down To Earth, 1947.

They All Kissed The Bride (1942) -- (Movie Clip) There's Nothing Libelous Opening scene, Joan Crawford and hairdo dominating the board-room, as trucking firm boss "MJ," in a role originally written for Carole Lombard, Andrew Tombes and Roland Young among her staff, in They All Kissed The Bride, 1942, also starring Melvyn Douglas.

They All Kissed The Bride (1942) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Call Me Baby Neither knowing the others' identity, lady exec "MJ" (Joan Crawford), who tends to swoon when aroused, meets reporter Mike (Melvyn Douglas), who's been hounding her firm, as she tries to keep an old suitor off the grounds before her sister's wedding, in They All Kissed The Bride, 1942.

Down To Earth (1947) -- (Movie Clip) People Have More Fun The earthier finale of the show, featuring Rita Hayworth (as Goddess-come-to-earth Terpsichore) and Marc Platt (as "Eddie") performing to "People Have More Fun Than Anyone," from Columbia's Down To Earth, 1947.

Because You're Mine - (Original Trailer) After being drafted, an opera star (Mario Lanza) falls for his sergeant's sister in Because You're Mine (1952).

Forever Darling - (Original Trailer) Desi Arnaz may say "I don't love Lucy!" unless her guardian angel (James Mason) can fix their marriage in Forever Darling (1956).

Heavenly Body, The - (Original Trailer) When her astronomer husband neglects her, Hedy Lamarr turns to astrology in her own search for The Heavenly Body (1943).

Last Flight, The - (Original Trailer) A group of American vets damaged by World War I live it up in Paris after the war in the Hemingway-inspired The Last Flight (1931).

I am the Law - (Original Trailer) A law professor (Edward G. Robinson) signs on as special prosecutor to take on the mob in I am the Law (1938).

Broadminded - (Original Trailer) Joe E. Brown is a rejected suitor who leaves town and gets mixed up in an international chase in Broadminded (1931).

Companions

Lola Lane

Wife

Actor.

Bibliography

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