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Tag Archives: Alexander Hall
Forever, Darling (1956) Alexander Hall, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. Read More »
Down to Earth (1947) Alexander Hall, Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt
Upset about a new Broadway musical’s mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. Read More »
I Am the Law (1938) Alexander Hall, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara O’Neil, John Beal
Law professor John Lindsay (Edward G. Robinson)accepts the job of special prosecutor offered him by civic leader Eugene Ferguson (Otto Kruger) Read More »
Torch Singer (1933) Alexander Hall, George Somnes, Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Drama, Musical, Romance
Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. Read More »
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) Alexander Hall, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Walter Connolly, Comedy
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, confides to English Professor Ronald Brooke that she is willing to gold-dig and blackmail her way to a Paris vacation. Read More »
Because Youre Mine (1952) Alexander Hall, Mario Lanza, Doretta Morrow, James Whitmore, Comedy, Musical
An opera star who is drafted in the army thinks he has it made when he learns his sergeant is an opera buff, but complications result when he falls for his commanding officer’s sister. Read More »
There’s That Woman Again (1938) Alexander Hall, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay, Comedy, Mystery
Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. Read More »
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) Alexander Hall, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor’s secretary. Read More »
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940) Alexander Hall, Loretta Young, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Marshal, Comedy
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment. Read More »
Bedtime Story (1941) Alexander Hall, Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley, Comedy, Romance
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and Read More »
My Sister Eileen (1942) Alexander Hall, Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, Comedy
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Read More »
Give Us This Night (1936) Alexander Hall, Jan Kiepura, Gladys Swarthout, Philip Merivale, Musical, Comedy
Antonio, a singing Neapolitan fisherman who loves opera, is in trouble after throwing some eggs at a bad tenor. Read More »
The Girl in 419 (1933) Alexander Hall, George Somnes, James Dunn, Gloria Stuart, David Manners, Crime, Drama
When a young woman is found lying in the street, savagely beaten and near death, she’s taken to a big city hospital where two young doctors try to save her life. As she recovers, she refuses to talk about it, as she fears the gangster who was responsible will come after her again.
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Madame Racketeer (1932) Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Alexander Hall, Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett, George Raft, Comedy
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband’s hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
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