For other people named James Hall, see James Hall (disambiguation).

James Hall (October 22, 1900 - June 7, 1940) was an American

United States

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 film actor. Born James E. Brown in Dallas, Texas

Texas

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, Hall began his film career during the silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 era. He made his sound film

Sound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...

 debut in the 1929 film The Canary Murder Case, opposite William Powell

William Powell

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 and Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...

. In 1930, Hall co-starred in Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...

' epic film Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels (film)

Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I...

. His last film role was in the 1932 drama

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 Manhattan Tower

Manhattan Tower (film)

Manhattan Tower is a 1932 film directed by Frank R. Strayer starring Mary Brian and James Hall. Manhattan Tower is currently available via the Internet Archive.- Plot summary :...

.

Hall died of cirrhosis

Cirrhosis

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 on June 7, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City, New Jersey

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. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery

Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington

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 in North Arlington, New Jersey

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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1923	Man Alone	Caspar Dent
1926	The Campus Flirt	Denis Adams	Alternative title: The College Flirt
	Stranded in Paris	Robert Van Wye
1927	Hotel Imperial Hotel Imperial (film) Hotel Imperial is a 1927 American silent film directed by Mauritz Stiller, set in World War I and starring Pola Negri as a hotel chambermaid...	Lt. Paul Almasy
	Love's Greatest Mistake Love's Greatest Mistake Love's Greatest Mistake is a 1927 silent American drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Evelyn Brent.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Jane* William Powell as Don Kendall* James Hall as Harvey Gibbs* Josephine Dunn as Honey McNeil...	Harvey Gibbs
	Ritzy	Harrington Smith, Duke of Westborough
	Señorita	Roger Oliveros
	Rolled Stockings	Jim Treadway
	Swim Girl, Swim	Jerry Marvin
	Silk Legs	Phil Barker
1928	Four Sons Four Sons Four Sons is a silent drama film directed and produced by John Ford and written for the screen by Philip Klein from a story by I. A. R. Wylie. It is one of only a handful of survivors out of the more than fifty silent films that Ford directed between 1917 and 1928. It starred Margaret Mann, James...	Joseph "Dutch" Bernle
	The Fifty-Fifty Girl	Jim Donahue
	Just Married	Bob Adams
	The Fleet's In	Eddie Briggs
1929	The Case of Lena Smith The Case of Lena Smith The Case of Lena Smith is an American film directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Esther Ralston and James Hall, and released by Paramount Pictures...	Franz Hofrat
	The Carary Murder Case	Jimmy Spotswoode
	This Is Heaven	James Stackpoole
	Smiling Irish Eyes Smiling Irish Eyes Smiling Irish Eyes , known as Hymyilevät silmät in Finland, is a sound American musical film with Technicolor sequences.The film is now considered a lost film, however the Vitaphone discs still exist.-Plot:...	Rory O'More
	The Saturday Night Kid The Saturday Night Kid The Saturday Night Kid is an early talking romantic comedy film about two sisters and the man they both want. It stars Clara Bow, Jean Arthur, and James Hall. The film was based on the play Love 'Em and Leave 'Em by George Abbott and John V. A. Weaver...	Bill	Alternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
1930	Paramount on Parade Paramount on Parade Paramount on Parade is a all-star revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Victor Heerman, Lothar Mendes, Otto Brower, Edwin H...	Hunter ("Dream Girl" sequence)
	Hell’s Angels Hell's Angels (film) Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I...	Roy Rutledge
	Dangerous Nan McGrew	Bob Dawes
	Let's Go Native	Wally Wendell
	Maybe It's Love	Tommy Nelson	Alternative title: Eleven Men and a Girl
	The Third Alarm	Dan
	Man to Man		Uncredited Alternative title: Barber John's Boy
	Divorce Among Friends	George Morris
1931	Millie Millie (film) Millie is a Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke, the movie stars Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, James Hall, and Joan Blondell.-Plot:...	John "Jack" Maitland
	Lightning Flyer	Jimmie Nelson
	The She-Wolf	David Talbot	Alternative titles: Mother's Millions The She-Wolf of Wall Street
	The Good Bad Girl	Bob Henderson
	Sporting Chance	Phillip Lawrence	Alternative title: Aventura Hipica
1932	Manhattan Tower Manhattan Tower (film) Manhattan Tower is a 1932 film directed by Frank R. Strayer starring Mary Brian and James Hall. Manhattan Tower is currently available via the Internet Archive.- Plot summary :...	Jimmy Duncan

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