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      Alexander Hall

      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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      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 HE STAYED FOR BREAKFAST, screenwriter P.J. Wolfson, producer B.P. Schulberg, director Alexander Hall, Melvyn Douglas on set, 1940
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      Filmography

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      Credit
      No Score Yet 48% Forever Darling Director - 1956
      No Score Yet 78% 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% 50% Down to Earth Director - 1947
      No Score Yet 46% She Wouldn't Say Yes Director - 1945
      No Score Yet 44% Once Upon a Time Director - 1944
      No Score Yet 26% 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% 56% Bedtime Story Director - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet This Thing Called Love Director - 1940
      No Score Yet 52% The Doctor Takes a Wife 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% 50% Goin' to Town Director - 1935
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Annapolis Farewell Director - 1935
      89% 73% 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 Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen Director - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pursuit of Happiness 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
      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