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Charles D. Hall is a Producer, Production Design and Special Effects British born on 20 april 1888 at Norwich (United-kingdom)
Charles D. Hall ( April 20, 1888 – April 8 1970) was a British-American art director and production designer. He is perhaps best remembered for his tenure at Universal Pictures, where he began his career during the silent era. He was art director for many of Universal's most famous productions of the 1920s and '30's: The Phantom of the Opera (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), the original Bela Lugosi Dracula (1931), the original Magnificent Obsession (1935), and the 1936 My Man Godfrey among them, as well as eleven films directed by James Whale, including the original Boris Karloff Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and the 1936 film version of Show Boat. Hall also worked on the 1929 part-talkie film version of Show Boat, directed by Harry A. Pollard.
Hall left Universal in the late 1930s and went to United Artists, where he worked for producer Hal Roach on such films as Topper Takes a Trip, the first of the two sequels to 1937's Topper. He then worked for a time on mostly B-films.
Hall later moved into working in television. He ended his career as art director for the pioneering 1955 TV series Medic.
Hall bought a house from John Wayne in which he lived until his death.
From the late 1950s-60's Hall is known for his watercolor paintings.
He was nominated for two Academy Awards, but neither nomination was for one of his famous films. They were for the films Captain Fury and Merrily We Live.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 20 april 1888 at Norwich (United-kingdom)
Death 8 april 1970 (at 81 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 20 april 1888 at Norwich (United-kingdom)
Death 8 april 1970 (at 81 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Charles D. Hall ( April 20, 1888 – April 8 1970) was a British-American art director and production designer. He is perhaps best remembered for his tenure at Universal Pictures, where he began his career during the silent era. He was art director for many of Universal's most famous productions of the 1920s and '30's: The Phantom of the Opera (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), the original Bela Lugosi Dracula (1931), the original Magnificent Obsession (1935), and the 1936 My Man Godfrey among them, as well as eleven films directed by James Whale, including the original Boris Karloff Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and the 1936 film version of Show Boat. Hall also worked on the 1929 part-talkie film version of Show Boat, directed by Harry A. Pollard.
Hall left Universal in the late 1930s and went to United Artists, where he worked for producer Hal Roach on such films as Topper Takes a Trip, the first of the two sequels to 1937's Topper. He then worked for a time on mostly B-films.
Hall later moved into working in television. He ended his career as art director for the pioneering 1955 TV series Medic.
Hall bought a house from John Wayne in which he lived until his death.
From the late 1950s-60's Hall is known for his watercolor paintings.
He was nominated for two Academy Awards, but neither nomination was for one of his famous films. They were for the films Captain Fury and Merrily We Live.
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The Professor (1919)
, 7minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Albert Austin, Tom Wilson, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin
Roles Producer
Rating59%
The Professor is a 1919 American silent comedy film made at the Chaplin Studios for the First National film company starring Charlie Chaplin. However, the film was never released or even completed. Chaplin abandoned production after finishing only one scene.
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Big House, U.S.A (1955)
, 1h22Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bronson
Roles Production Design
Rating65%
In a Colorado national park, a boy having an asthma attack is approached by a nurse, Emily Evans, with a syringe. Frightened of needles, the boy flees into the woods, where Jerry Barker finds him.
Shield for Murder (1954)
, 1h22Directed by Edmond O'Brien, Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Marla English, Edmond O'Brien, John Agar, Emile Meyer, Carolyn Jones, Claude Akins
Roles Production Design
Rating67%
Lieutenant Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien), a 16-year veteran of the police force, has had enough. In a secluded alley late one night, he fatally shoots a bookmaker in the back and steals the $25,000 he was carrying. He then claims the man was killed trying to escape custody. Sergeant Mark Brewster (John Agar), his friend and partner, believes him, as does the Captain of Detectives, Captain Gunnarson (Emile Meyer). However, newspaper reporter Cabot (Herbert Butterfield) suspects otherwise.
The Moonlighter (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching, John Dierkes, Morris Ankrum
Roles Art Direction
Rating58%
Wes Anderson has been "moonlighting," rustling cattle. A lynch mob led by rancher Alex Prince hangs the wrong man. Wes escapes.
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
, 1h19Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott, Rodolfo Acosta, Jack Elam, Americo "Rico" Alaniz
Roles Art Direction
Rating55%
Taking place in 1910, during a fictional revolution in Honduras, Corbett was hired to ensure that a large sum of money came to the deposed political leader. Sylvia Sheppard (Ann Sheridan) and her wealthy husband Harry Sheppard (Zachary Scott) are unwilling hostages of Jim Corbett (Glenn Ford), who is accompanied through the jungle by several wanted criminals. Sylvia, ever the unfaithful wife, eventually falls in love with Corbett. They encounter various dangers, including crocodiles, "tiger fish," large snakes, biting ants, a huge swarm of some unnamed, assumedly stinging, insect, malaria, and armed insurgents.
Ruby Gentry (1952)
, 1h22Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden, Tom Tully, James Anderson, Josephine Hutchinson
Roles Art Direction
Rating65%
Ruby Corey (Jennifer Jones), a poor backwoods girl living in the small North Carolina town of Braddock, is still in love with Boake Tackman (Charlton Heston). During high school, Ruby had rebuffed his aggressive advances, and was taken in for a couple of years by a kind wealthy businessman and his wife, who protected her and taught her the skills a lady would need. She moved back home when her father needed her help. Boake's family used to be wealthy, but after generations of profligacy all he has left is the land he has had drained and farmed. He starts a relationship with her but plans to marry a local woman with a rich family. When she hears the news, Ruby marries her former benefactor, Mr. Jim Gentry (Karl Malden), whose invalid wife had recently died, despite not loving him.
, 1h10Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Musical films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke, Leif Erickson, Bill Shirley
Roles Art Direction
Rating57%
Oliver "Puddin' Head" Johnson (Lou Costello) and Rocky Stonebridge (Bud Abbott) are on their way to Death's Head Tavern, where they work. They encounter Lady Jane (Fran Warren), who asks them to bring a love note to the tavern singer, Bruce Martingale (Bill Shirley).
The Fighter (1952)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Conte, Vanessa Brown, Lee J. Cobb, Frank Silvera, Hugh Sanders, Claire Carleton
Roles Art Direction
Rating58%
A boxer, in Mexico, sets out to avenge the murder of his family by using the money from his winnings to purchase weapons.
Red Planet Mars (1952)
, 1h27Directed by Harry Horner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on plays, Space opera
Actors Peter Graves, Andrea King, Walter Sande, Marvin Miller, Herbert Berghof, Marvin Miller
Roles Art Direction
Rating49%
An American astronomer obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. At the same time a colleague claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II. He communicates first through an exchange of mathematical concepts, like the value of pi, and then through answers to specific questions about Martian life. The transmissions claim that Mars is a utopia fueled by nuclear power, which has led to great technological advancement and the elimination of scarcity, but that there is no fear of nuclear war.
Two Lost Worlds (1951)
, 1h1Directed by Norman Dawn
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films
Actors James Arness, Kasey Rogers, Bill Kennedy, Pierre Watkin, Guy Bellis
Roles Art Direction
Rating41%
The year is 1830. The American clipper ship, the Queen, is attacked by pirates in the New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu). The ship's mate Kirk Hamilton (Arness) is wounded and heads to Queensland, Australia for medical treatment. While at the hospital, he meets and falls in love with Elaine Jeffries (Rogers), the fiancee of Martin Shannon (Bill Kennedy) a rancher. A romantic rivalry develops and the pirates, who attacked Kirk and his ship kidnap her along with her friend, Nancy Holden (Jane Harlan). Kirk and Shannon pursue the pirates and they soon wind up on a volcanic island, inhabited by dinosaurs.
The Flying Saucer (1950)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Roy Engel, Denver Pyle, Frank Darien, Russell Hicks
Roles Art Direction
Rating36%
American Intelligence officials learn that Soviet spies have begun exploring a remote region of the Alaskan Territory in search of answers to the worldwide reports of "flying saucers." A wealthy American playboy, Mike Trent (Mikel Conrad), who was raised in that remote region, is recruited by intelligence officer Hank Thorn (Russell Hicks) to assist a Secret Service agent in exploring that area to discover what the Soviets may have found.
Not Wanted (1949)
, 1h31Directed by Ida Lupino, Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sally Forrest, Leo Penn, Keefe Brasselle, Dorothy Adams, Wheaton Chambers, Ruth Clifford
Roles Art Direction
Rating67%
Sally Kelton, une jeune femme de dix-neuf ans, s'empare d'un bébé dans un landau. La police l'arrête et l'incarcère. Mais, lorsqu'elle explique les motivations de son geste à la mère légitime, celle-ci refuse alors de porter plainte. Elle est donc bientôt libérée. En réalité, Sally Kelton est une mère célibataire qui, après avoir été abandonnée par son amant, découvrit qu'elle était enceinte. Sa première réaction a été de confier son enfant à une institution appropriée. À présent, elle regrette son attitude et cherche, en désespoir de cause, à récupérer l'enfant. À sa sortie de prison, Drew Baxter, propriétaire d'une station-service, où Sally est employée, l'attend, car, très amoureux, il souhaiterait se marier avec elle. La jeune femme s'enfuit dès qu'elle l'aperçoit. Drew, invalide d'une jambe, essaie, pourtant, de la poursuivre, mais il finit par s'effondrer. Sally tente, pour sa part, de se suicider. Quand elle voit Drew à terre, elle se retourne vers lui pour l'aider à se relever. C'est alors qu'ils s'étreignent mutuellement.
Nazty Nuisance (1943)
, 43minutesDirected by Glenn Tryon
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Johnny Arthur, Jean Porter, Ian Keith, Sam Lufkin, Henry Victor, Emory Parnell
Roles Art Direction
Rating45%
Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler embarks on a secret journey to the oriental country of Norom to negotiate a treaty with the blood-thirsty High Chief Paj Mub, mostly because Paj Mub insists on meeting Hitler personally instead of making relations through Hitler's emissary, Kapitän von Popoff. Unfortunately, despite Hitler's insistence that they shouldn't be told and Goebbels' efforts to mislead them, his Axis partners Benito Mussolini of Italy and General Suki Yaki of Japan unsolicitedly appear at the submarine dock and invite themselves to the trip.
Taxi, Mister (1943)
, 46minutesDirected by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors William Bendix, Grace Bradley, Joe Sawyer, Sheldon Leonard, Jack Norton, Frank Faylen
Roles Art Direction
Rating64%
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Yanks Ahoy (1943)
, 1hDirected by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Minor Watson, Frank Faylen, Walter Woolf King, Robert Kent
Roles Art Direction
Rating53%
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