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Tag Archives: Alexander Hall
Limehouse Blues (1934) Alexander Hall, George Raft, Jean Parker, Anna May Wong
Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business Read More »
Little Miss Marker (1934) Alexander Hall, Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford
Little Martha Jane, aka Little Miss Marker (Temple) is left with the bookmaker Sorrowful Jones Read More »
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Alexander Hall, Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes…because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job Read More »
The Heavenly Body (1944) Alexander Hall, Vincente Minnelli, William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig
Astronomer Bill Whitley is so preoccupied with the new comet he’s discovered that his time at the observatory sometimes Read More »
Yours for the Asking (1936) Alexander Hall, George Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Goin’ to Town (1935) Alexander Hall, Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Comedy, Musical
When her fiancée Buck Gonzales is killed, dance hall queen Cleo Borden inherits his wealth. Included are oil wells supervised by British engineer Carrington, whom Cleo sets out to win by becoming a “lady.” She races her horse in Buenos Aires, gains social position by loveless marriage to bankrupt Colton, and even sings in an opera. But when she meets Carrington again, he’s become the Earl of Stratton…
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