Alexander Hall(1894-1968)
- Director
- Editor
- Actor
Making his stage debut in 1898 at age four, Alexander Hall entered
films in 1914 as an actor. Leaving the film industry to serve in the
American army in World War I, he returned from military service in 1917
and re-entered the business, but this time as an editor and assistant
director. He made his directorial debut in 1932, specializing in
comedies. He turned out a number of light, sophisticated comedies, the
best known of which is the charming fantasy Le défunt récalcitrant (1941).
