Person Details

Birthday: 1894-04-23 04:14:37

Death: 1962-06-19 04:14:37

Aliases: Mr. Borzage , Фрэнк Борзеги

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Movie Involvements: 127

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Borzage (April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an Academy Award-winning American film director and actor, known for directing 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), Bad Girl (1931), A Farewell to Arms (1932), Man's Castle (1933), History Is Made at Night (1937), The Mortal Storm (1940) and Moonrise (1948). In 1912 Borzage found employment as an actor in Hollywood; he continued to work as an actor until 1917. His directorial debut came in 1915 with the film The Pitch o' Chance. He was a successful director throughout the 1920s, but reached his peak in the late silent and early sound era. Absorbing visual influences from the German director F.W. Murnau, who was also resident at Fox at this time, Borzage developed his own style of lushly visual romanticism in a hugely successful series of films starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, including 7th Heaven (1927), for which he won the first Academy Award for Best Director, Street Angel (1928) and Lucky Star (1929). He won a second Oscar for 1931's Bad Girl. He directed 14 films between 1917 and 1919 alone. His greatest success in the silent era was with Humoresque, a box office winner starring Vera Gordon. Borzage's trademark was intense identification with the feelings of young lovers in the face of adversity, with love in his films triumphing over such trials as World War I (7th Heaven and A Farewell to Arms), disability (Lucky Star), the Depression (Man's Castle), a thinly disguised version of the Titanic disaster in History Is Made at Night, and the rise of Nazism, a theme which Borzage had virtually to himself among Hollywood filmmakers from Little Man, What Now? (1933) to Three Comrades (1938) and The Mortal Storm (1940). His work took a spiritual turn in such films as Green Light (1937), Strange Cargo (1940) and The Big Fisherman (1959). Of his later work only the film noir Moonrise (1948) has enjoyed much critical acclaim. After 1948, Borzage's output was sporadic. In 1955 and 1957, he was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. Frank Borzage died of cancer in 1962, aged 68.

Most Famous Work

A Farewell to Arms
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6

A Farewell to Arms

(1932) Producer
7th Heaven
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7

7th Heaven

(1927) Director
The Mortal Storm
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7

The Mortal Storm

(1940) Producer
Street Angel
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7

Street Angel

(1928) Director
The Spanish Main
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6

The Spanish Main

(1945) Producer
Strange Cargo
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7

Strange Cargo

(1940) Producer
History Is Made at Night
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7

History Is Made at Night

(1937) Director
Bad Girl
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6

Bad Girl

(1931) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2015 Self (archive footage)
2008 Himself (archival footage) (uncredited)
1957 Self (uncredited)
1955 Self
1953 N/A
1952 Self
1917 Franklin Shirley
Roger O'Reilly
Tom Rigdon
1916 The Stranger
Extra (uncredited)
Hal
The Pilgrim
1915 Rocky Scott
Bill Carey
Tom Hornby - Prospector
Juan Capella
Dick Ralston
Joel Wharton
Joe Eagle
1914 David Brandt
Renard Bernisky
Tom Wilson
N/A
Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
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1913 N/A
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Mildred's Father
Jack Durand
1912 N/A
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Directing

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1961 Co-Director
1959 Director
1958 Director
1956 Director
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1955 Director
1948 Director
1947 Director
1946 Director
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1944 Director
1943 Director
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1942 Director
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1941 Director
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1940 Director
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1939 Director
1938 Director
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1937 Director
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1936 Director
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1935 Director
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1934 Director
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1933 Director
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1932 Director
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1931 Director
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1930 Director
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1929 Director
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1928 Director
1927 Director
1926 Director
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1921 Director
1920 Director
1919 Director
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1918 Director
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1915 Director
1913 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1938 Screenplay
1916 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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