Caine was the son of British novelist Thomas Henry
Hall Caine and his wife Mary Chandler. He was born at
Hampstead London. His father had dramatic interests in America and in 1902 Gordon Caine was in America to study business methods and consider publishing an American version of
Household Words. With his brother,
Derwent Hall Caine, he founded the publishing firm named The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd. The firm was "arguably the first in Britain to specialise in novelizations of films". In 1920 as Deputy Controller of Paper, he was appointed a
CBE. At the
1922 general election Hall Caine was elected
Member of Parliament (MP) for
East Dorset as an Independent Conservative. He took the Conservative Whip in 1923 and held the seat until the 1929 general election, when he lost to Liberal candidate
Alec Glassey. In the 1931 general election he regained the East Dorset seat, this time until 1945. His brother
Derwent had won
Everton in 1929 as a Labour candidate, but lost it in 1931. Hall Caine had residences at Greeba Castle (previously owned by his father) and at Maidenhead, Wooley Firs. In the 1950s he moved with his second wife, Sarah Tripp, into a townhouse in Park Lane, which was round the corner from his office at Old Burlington Street. He died at his home in London on 5 March 1962. ==Hall Caine Airport==