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Frank Borzage
Also known as: Mr. Borzage, Фрэнк Борзеги
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
April 23, 1894
Day of Death
June 19, 1962
Age at Death
68 years old
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Popularity Score
0.6
Filmography
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008Movie
Journey Beneath the Desert
Co-Director
1961Movie
The Big Fisherman
Director
1959Movie
China Doll
Director
1958Movie
China Doll
Producer
1958Movie
Jeanne Eagels
Self (uncredited)
1957Movie
The Day I Met Caruso
Director
1956Movie
A Ticket for Thaddeus
Director
1956Movie
Hollywood Preview
Self
1955TV
The Oscars
1953TV
This Is Your Life
Self
1952TV
Moonrise
Director
1948Movie
That's My Man
Director
1947Movie
That's My Man
Producer
1947Movie
I've Always Loved You
Director
1946Movie
Magnificent Doll
Director
1946Movie
I've Always Loved You
Producer
1946Movie
The Spanish Main
Director
1945Movie
The Spanish Main
Producer
1945Movie
Till We Meet Again
Director
1944Movie
His Butler's Sister
Director
1943Movie
Stage Door Canteen
Director
1943Movie
Stage Door Canteen
Producer
1943Movie
Seven Sweethearts
Director
1942Movie
The Vanishing Virginian
Director
1942Movie
Seven Sweethearts
Producer
1942Movie
Smilin' Through
Director
1941Movie
Billy the Kid
Co-Director
1941Movie
Smilin' Through
Producer
1941Movie
The Mortal Storm
Director
1940Movie
The Mortal Storm
Producer
1940Movie
I Take This Woman
Co-Director
1940Movie
Strange Cargo
Director
1940Movie
Flight Command
Director
1940Movie
Strange Cargo
Producer
1940Movie
Disputed Passage
Director
1939Movie
Mannequin
Director
1938Movie
The Shining Hour
Director
1938Movie
Three Comrades
Director
1938Movie
Mannequin
Producer
1938Movie
Mannequin
Screenplay
1938Movie
The Shining Hour
Producer
1938Movie
History Is Made at Night
Director
1937Movie
Big City
Director
1937Movie
Green Light
Director
1937Movie
Green Light
Producer
1937Movie
Desire
Director
1936Movie
Hearts Divided
Director
1936Movie
Desire
Producer
1936Movie
Hearts Divided
Producer
1936Movie
Stranded
Director
1935Movie
Shipmates Forever
Director
1935Movie
Living on Velvet
Producer
1935Movie
Living on Velvet
Director
1935Movie
Stranded
Producer
1935Movie
Flirtation Walk
Director
1934Movie
No Greater Glory
Director
1934Movie
Little Man, What Now?
Director
1934Movie
Flirtation Walk
Producer
1934Movie
No Greater Glory
Producer
1934Movie
Secrets
Director
1933Movie
Man's Castle
Director
1933Movie
Man's Castle
Producer
1933Movie
A Farewell to Arms
Director
1932Movie
After Tomorrow
Director
1932Movie
Young America
Director
1932Movie
A Farewell to Arms
Producer
1932Movie
Bad Girl
Director
1931Movie
Doctors' Wives
Director
1931Movie
Young as You Feel
Director
1931Movie
Liliom
Director
1930Movie
Song o' My Heart
Director
1930Movie
Song o' My Heart
Producer
1930Movie
Lucky Star
Director
1929Movie
The River
Director
1929Movie
They Had to See Paris
Director
1929Movie
Street Angel
Director
1928Movie
7th Heaven
Director
1927Movie
The First Year
Director
1926Movie
The Dixie Merchant
Director
1926Movie
Marriage License?
Director
1926Movie
Early to Wed
Director
1926Movie
Lazybones
Director
1925Movie
The Circle
Director
1925Movie
The Lady
Director
1925Movie
Lazybones
Producer
1925Movie
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Director
1925Movie
Wages for Wives
Director
1925Movie
Secrets
Director
1924Movie
The Nth Commandment
Director
1923Movie
The Nth Commandment
Producer
1923Movie
The Age of Desire
Director
1923Movie
Children of Dust
Director
1923Movie
The Age of Desire
Producer
1923Movie
Back Pay
Director
1922Movie
The Pride of Palomar
Director
1922Movie
Billy Jim
Director
1922Movie
The Good Provider
Director
1922Movie
The Valley of Silent Men
Director
1922Movie
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Director
1921Movie
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Director
1921Movie
Humoresque
Director
1920Movie
Toton
Director
1919Movie
Prudence on Broadway
Director
1919Movie
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
Director
1919Movie
The Atom
1918Movie
The Curse of Iku
Allan Carroll / Allan Carroll III
1918Movie
Society for Sale
Director
1918Movie
The Gun Woman
Director
1918Movie
The Ghost Flower
Director
1918Movie
The Atom
Director
1918Movie
The Shoes That Danced
Director
1918Movie
The Curse of Iku
Director
1918Movie
Innocent's Progress
Director
1918Movie
An Honest Man
Director
1918Movie
Who Is to Blame?
Director
1918Movie
A Mormon Maid
Tom Rigdon
1917Movie
Fear Not
Franklin Shirley
1917Movie
Wee Lady Betty
Roger O'Reilly
1917Movie
A School for Husbands
Hugh Aslam
1917Movie
Until They Get Me
Director
1917Movie
Flying Colors
Director
1917Movie
Nugget Jim's Pardner
Hal
1916Movie
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim
1916Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Extra (uncredited)
1916Movie
Land O' Lizards
The Stranger
1916Movie
A Flickering Light
Jim
1916Movie
The Courtin' of Calliope Clew
Calliope Clew
1916Movie
Immediate Lee
Immediate Lee
1916Movie
Realization
1916Movie
Two Bits
James Hardeman
1916Movie
Unlucky Luke
Luke Drummond
1916Movie
The Code of Honor
Lt. Bob Chase
1916Movie
Jack
Jack
1916Movie
The Demon of Fear
Thomas Marsh
1916Movie
That Gal of Burke's
Charles Percival
1916Movie
Nell Dale's Men Folks
Zeb Dale
1916Movie
The Forgotten Prayer
Dan Page
1916Movie
Matchin' Jim
Matchin' Jim
1916Movie
Nugget Jim's Pardner
Director
1916Movie
The Pilgrim
Director
1916Movie
Nugget Jim's Pardner
Writer
1916Movie
Life's Harmony
Director
1916Movie
Land O' Lizards
Director
1916Movie
The Silken Spider
Director
1916Movie
A Flickering Light
Director
1916Movie
The Courtin' of Calliope Clew
Director
1916Movie
Immediate Lee
Director
1916Movie
Enchantment
Writer
1916Movie
The Quicksands of Deceit
Director
1916Movie
Two Bits
Director
1916Movie
Unlucky Luke
Director
1916Movie
The Code of Honor
Director
1916Movie
Jack
Director
1916Movie
Unlucky Luke
Writer
1916Movie
The Demon of Fear
Director
1916Movie
The Demon of Fear
Writer
1916Movie
That Gal of Burke's
Director
1916Movie
Nell Dale's Men Folks
Director
1916Movie
Nell Dale's Men Folks
Writer
1916Movie
The Forgotten Prayer
Director
1916Movie
Matchin' Jim
Director
1916Movie
Matchin' Jim
Writer
1916Movie
In the Land of the Otter
Joe Eagle
1915Movie
The Cup of Life
Dick Ralston
1915Movie
The Tavern Keeper's Son
Juan Capella
1915Movie
The Secret of Lost River
Tom Hornby - Prospector
1915Movie
The Pitch o' Chance
Rocky Scott
1915Movie
Knight of the Trail
Bill Carey
1915Movie
In the Switch Tower
Joel Wharton
1915Movie
The Clean-Up
George Prescott
1915Movie
Molly of the Mountains
John Harlow
1915Movie
The Mill by the Zuyder Zee
Dirk Brandt
1915Movie
The Hammer
Donald Barstow
1915Movie
The Girl Who Might Have Been
George Fowler
1915Movie
The Cactus Blossom
Dave Foster
1915Movie
Aloha Oe
Dr. John Hawley
1915Movie
The Pitch o' Chance
Director
1915Movie
In the Sage Brush Country
1914Movie
The Panther
David Brandt
1914Movie
The Wheel of Life
1914Movie
A Flash in the Dark
1914Movie
Love's Western Flight
1914Movie
The Wrath of the Gods
Tom Wilson
1914Movie
Samson
Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
1914Movie
The Typhoon
Renard Bernisky
1914Movie
A Crook's Sweetheart
The 'Dip'
1914Movie
The Desperado
1914Movie
Parson Larkin's Wife
Parson James Larkin
1914Movie
Loaded Dice
1913Movie
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913Movie
The Gratitude of Wanda
1913Movie
Retribution
1913Movie
A Cracksman Santa Claus
1913Movie
A Hopi Legend
1913Movie
Silent Heroes
1913Movie
The Drummer of the 8th
Jack Durand
1913Movie
Granddad
Mildred's Father
1913Movie
In the Toils
1913Movie
The Crimson Stain
1913Movie
The Days of '49
Ben
1913Movie
On Secret Service
1912Movie
When Lee Surrenders
1912Movie
The Pride and the Man
Director
—Movie
The Pride and the Man
Writer
—Movie
Dollars of Dross
Director
—Movie
Dollars of Dross
Writer
—Movie