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Alexander Hall

{{Short description|American film director (1894–1968)}}

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{{Infobox writer

| name = Alexander Hall

| image = The Heart of a Siren (1925) - 4.jpg

| caption = Hall at left in a still from The Heart of a Siren (1925), where he was the assistant director

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|01|11}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|07|30|1894|01|11}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California, US

| occupation = film director, theatre actor, and composer

| spouse = Lola Lane (1934–1936)
Marjorie Hunter (? – ?)

| awards = {{Awards

| award = Best Director

| year = 1941

| title = Here Comes Mr. Jordan

| name = (nominee)}}

}}

Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968) was an American film director, film editor and theatre actor.

Biography

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).{{cite web|title=Results Page: Alexander Hall|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=950544211919|website=Academy Awards|access-date=8 November 2016}}

From 1934 to 1936, Hall was married to actress Lola Lane. He was also married to Marjorie Hunter.{{cite book|last1=Aaker|first1=Everett|title=George Raft: The Films|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786493135|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi7JiuIsQbsC&q=%22Wynne%20Gibson%22&pg=PA31|access-date=8 November 2016|language=en}} In the late 1930s, he was engaged briefly to Lucille Ball, who left him when she met Desi Arnaz. Years later, the couple later hired him to direct their 1956 film Forever, Darling.

In 1952, Hall had a home in Palm Springs, California.{{cite book|last1=Meeks|first1=Eric G.|title=The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes|date=2014|orig-year=2012|publisher=Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe|isbn=978-1479328598|page=35}}

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}})

Death

Hall died of complications from a stroke in San Francisco. He was survived by a son.

He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx New York.

Partial filmography

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  • {{IMDb name|0355284}}
  • {{Find a Grave|30136819}}

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Category:1894 births

Category:1968 deaths

Category:Film directors from Massachusetts

Category:American male stage actors

Category:Male actors from Boston