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Alexander Hall

Highest Rated: 100% Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Lowest Rated: 23% Limehouse Blues (1934)

Birthday: Jan 11, 1894

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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Highest rated movies

100% 82% Here Comes Mr. Jordan
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93% 52% She Done Him Wrong
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89% 74% Little Miss Marker
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82% Song of the Flame
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80% 65% My Sister Eileen
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50% 54% Goin' to Town
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40% 49% Down to Earth
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33% 40% Kiss Me, Guido
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33% 57% Bedtime Story
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23% Limehouse Blues
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Alexander Hall

THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, from left, Loretta Young, director Alexander Hall, cinematographer Sidney Hickox, on-set, 1940 THEY ALL KISSED THE BRIDE, from left, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Crawford, director Alexander Hall, outside Crawford's dressing room, 1942 THEY ALL KISSED THE BRIDE, from left, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Crawford, director Alexander Hall, outside Crawford's dressing room, 1942 THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, prodicer William Perlberg, (left), ditrector Alexander Hall, (right) present Loretta Young with the 1939 Voice Personality Sward from the American Institute of Voice Teachers, April 1940 BEDTIME STORY, from left, director Alexander Hall, Loretta Young, on-set, 1941 THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, cinematographer Sidney Hickox, (standing, left), director Alexander Hall, (seated, center), Loretta Young, (far left), Ray Milland, Gail Patrick, on-set, 1940 THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, Reginald Gardiner, Loretta Young, (far left), director Alexander Hall, (seated, center), cinematographer Sidney Hickox, (far right), on-set, 1940 MY SISTER EILEEN, conga drummer Nico Lopez, Rosalind Russell, director Alexander Hall, Janet Blair, bandleader Xavier Cugat, musician Angelo Santos rhearse the film's conga line scene on set, 1942 THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, from left, director Alexander Hall, (seated), Loretta Young, Reginald Gardiner, Ray Milland, 1940 THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, cinematographer Sidney Hickox, (far left), director Alexander Hall, (seated, center), Reginald Gardiner, Loretta Young, on-set, 1940 View more photos

Filmography

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33% 40% Kiss Me, Guido Film Editing $1.9M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mercenary 2: Thick and Thin Film Editing - 1997
No Score Yet 48% Forever Darling Director - 1956
No Score Yet 80% Let's Do It Again Director - 1953
No Score Yet 29% Because You're Mine Director - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Up Front Director - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love That Brute Director - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Louisa Director - 1950
No Score Yet 64% The Great Lover Director - 1949
40% 49% Down to Earth Director - 1947
No Score Yet 50% She Wouldn't Say Yes Director - 1945
No Score Yet 44% Once Upon a Time Director - 1944
No Score Yet 30% The Heavenly Body Director - 1943
No Score Yet 40% They All Kissed the Bride Director - 1942
80% 65% My Sister Eileen Director - 1942
100% 82% Here Comes Mr. Jordan Director - 1941
33% 57% Bedtime Story Director - 1941
No Score Yet 52% The Doctor Takes a Wife Director - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Thing Called Love Director - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Amazing Mr. Williams Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Girls Go to Paris Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady's From Kentucky Director - 1939
No Score Yet 67% I Am the Law Director - 1938
No Score Yet 42% There's Always a Woman Director - 1938
No Score Yet 20% There's That Woman Again Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Exclusive Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yours for the Asking Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Give Us This Night Director - 1936
50% 54% Goin' to Town Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Annapolis Farewell Director - 1935
89% 74% Little Miss Marker Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet East End Chant Director - 1934
23% No Score Yet Limehouse Blues Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pursuit of Happiness Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Torch Singer Director - 1933
No Score Yet 75% Broadway Singer Director - 1933
93% 52% She Done Him Wrong Film Editing - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl in 419 Director - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sinners in the Sun Director - 1932
No Score Yet 60% The Last Flight Film Editing - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadminded Film Editing - 1931
82% No Score Yet Song of the Flame Film Editing - 1930
No Score Yet 38% Lilac Time Film Editing - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Wild Oat Film Editing - 1927