Charles D. Hall
About
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Also Known As
Danny Hall,
Daniel Hall
Birth Place
Birmingham, England, GB
Born
August 19, 1899
Died
August 06, 1972
Biography
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Charles Hall was a key figure in the classical Hollywood studio system, making his most important mark shaping the look of Universal Studios films between 1925 and 1936. He worked in the English theater before bringing his Gothic sensibility to Hollywood for films such as "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925), "The Cat and the Canary" (1927), "Dracula" (1931), "The Bride of Frankenstein" (19...
Filmography
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Captain Caution
(1940)
Special Photographer Effects Designer by
The Unearthly
(1957)
Art Director
Desert Sands
(1955)
Production Design
Big House, U.S.A.
(1955)
Production Design
Shield for Murder
(1954)
Production Design
The Steel Cage
(1954)
Art Director
Notes
Not to be confused with the actor, Charles Hall, of the same time period.
Biography
Charles Hall was a key figure in the classical Hollywood studio system, making his most important mark shaping the look of Universal Studios films between 1925 and 1936. He worked in the English theater before bringing his Gothic sensibility to Hollywood for films such as "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925), "The Cat and the Canary" (1927), "Dracula" (1931), "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) and other dark, macabre delights; he also showed flair for films as diverse as "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) and "Showboat" (1936). Besides his immensely successful and important collaboration with directorial stylists James Whale and Paul Leni, Hall was also noted for his exquisite work on three Chaplin masterpieces: "The Gold Rush" (1925), "City Lights" (1931) and "Modern Times" (1936).
Filmography
Cinematography (Feature Film)
Captain Caution
(1940)
Special Photographer Effects Designer by
Art Director (Feature Film)
The Unearthly
(1957)
Art Director
Desert Sands
(1955)
Production Design
Big House, U.S.A.
(1955)
Production Design
Shield for Murder
(1954)
Production Design
The Steel Cage
(1954)
Art Director
Duffy of San Quentin
(1954)
Art Director
Top Banana
(1954)
Art Director
The World Dances
(1954)
Art Director
Appointment in Honduras
(1953)
Art Director
The Blue Gardenia
(1953)
Art Director
Marry Me Again
(1953)
Art Director
Red Planet Mars
(1952)
Art Director
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
(1952)
Art Director
Japanese War Bride
(1952)
Art Director
Red Snow
(1952)
Art Director
Journey into Light
(1951)
Art Director
The Vicious Years
(1950)
Art Director
The Flying Saucer
(1950)
Art Director
Two Lost Worlds
(1950)
Art Director
There's a Girl in My Heart
(1950)
Art Director
Not Wanted
(1949)
Art Director
An Old-Fashioned Girl
(1949)
Art Director
Shamrock Hill
(1949)
Art Director
Taxi, Mister
(1943)
Art Director
Yanks Ahoy
(1943)
Art Director
Fall In
(1943)
Art Director
Prairie Chickens
(1943)
Art Director
Calaboose
(1943)
Art Director
Brooklyn Orchid
(1942)
Art Director
The Devil with Hitler
(1942)
Art Director
Hay Foot
(1942)
Art Director
Flying with Music
(1942)
Art Director
Dudes Are Pretty People
(1942)
Art Director
About Face
(1942)
Art Director
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
(1942)
Art Director
Road Show
(1941)
Art Director
All-American Co-Ed
(1941)
Art Director
Miss Polly
(1941)
Art Director
Tanks a Million
(1941)
Art Director
Fiesta
(1941)
Art Director
Niagara Falls
(1941)
Art Director
Saps at Sea
(1940)
Art Director
A Chump at Oxford
(1940)
Art Director
One Million B.C.
(1940)
Art Director
Zenobia
(1939)
Art Director
Captain Fury
(1939)
Art Director
The Housekeeper's Daughter
(1939)
Art Director
Topper Takes a Trip
(1939)
Art Director
Swiss Miss
(1938)
Art Director
There Goes My Heart
(1938)
Art Director
The Road Back
(1937)
Art Director
Next Time We Love
(1936)
Art Director
Modern Times
(1936)
Settings
Nobody's Fool
(1936)
Art Director
Magnificent Obsession
(1936)
Art Director
My Man Godfrey
(1936)
Art Director
Show Boat
(1936)
Art Director
Modern Times
(1936)
Art Director
Hats Off
(1936)
Art Director
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Art Director
Remember Last Night?
(1935)
Art Director
It Happened in New York
(1935)
Art Director
The Good Fairy
(1935)
Art Director
The Great Impersonation
(1935)
Art Director
Diamond Jim
(1935)
Art Director
Night Life of the Gods
(1935)
Art Director
East of Java
(1935)
Art Director
Little Man, What Now?
(1934)
Art Director
The Poor Rich
(1934)
Art Director
Glamour
(1934)
Art Director
I Give My Love
(1934)
Art Director
One More River
(1934)
Art Director
There's Always Tomorrow
(1934)
Art Director
I'll Tell the World
(1934)
Art Director
Madame Spy
(1934)
Art Director
The Black Cat
(1934)
Art Director
Affairs of a Gentleman
(1934)
Art Director
Imitation of Life
(1934)
Art Director
Beloved
(1934)
Art Director
The Invisible Man
(1933)
Art Director
King for a Night
(1933)
Art Director
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Art Director
By Candlelight
(1933)
Art Director
Horseplay
(1933)
Art Director
The Kiss Before the Mirror
(1933)
Art Director
Counsellor at Law
(1933)
Art Director
The World Gone Mad
(1933)
Art Director
Ladies Must Love
(1933)
Art Director
The Vampire Bat
(1933)
Art Director
Back Street
(1932)
Art Director
Murders in the Rue Morgue
(1932)
Art Director
Afraid to Talk
(1932)
Art Director
The Impatient Maiden
(1932)
Art Director
The Crusader
(1932)
Art Director
The All American
(1932)
Art Director
Iron Man
(1931)
Art Director
East of Borneo
(1931)
Art Director
Dracula
(1931)
Art Director
Frankenstein
(1931)
Art Director
City Lights
(1931)
Settings
The Spirit of Notre Dame
(1931)
Art Director
Up for Murder
(1931)
Art Director
Waterloo Bridge
(1931)
Art Director
The Cohens and Kellys in Africa
(1931)
Art Director
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930)
Art Director
The Last Warning
(1929)
Art Director
The Kid's Clever
(1929)
Art Director
Broadway
(1929)
Art Director
Show Boat
(1929)
Art Director
The Man Who Laughs
(1928)
Art Director
The Circus
(1928)
Art Director
The Man Who Laughs
(1928)
Tech Director
The Cohens and Kellys
(1926)
Art Director
The Gold Rush
(1925)
Tech Director
The Phantom of the Opera
(1925)
Art Director
Bag and Baggage
(1923)
Art Director
The Lying Truth
(1922)
Tech Director
The Midlanders
(1920)
Art Director
Smiling All the Way
(1920)
Tech Director
Visual Effects (Feature Film)
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
(1945)
Special Effects
Without Love
(1945)
Special Effects
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
(1945)
Assistant to A. Arnold Gillespie
Son of Lassie
(1945)
Special Effects
Dragon Seed
(1944)
Miniatures
The Heavenly Body
(1944)
Miniatures
Mrs. Parkington
(1944)
Special Effects
Art Department (Feature Film)
The Cat and the Canary
(1927)
Settings
A Woman of the Sea
(1926)
Set Decoration
Life Events
1922
Feature debut, art director, "The Lying Truth"
1925
First collaboration with Charlie Chaplin, "The Gold Rush"
1927
First collaboration with director Paul Leni, "The Cat and the Canary"
1929
First sound film, "Broadway"
1929
Last collaboration with Leni, "The Last Warning"
1931
First collaboration with director James Whale, "Frankenstein"
1936
Final film work with Chaplin, "Modern Times"
1936
Last collaboration with Whale, "Showboat"; also parted company with Universal Studios soon thereafter
1955
Final feature, "Big House, U.S.A."
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Notes
Not to be confused with the actor, Charles Hall, of the same time period.
