Frank Borzage

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.

Known For	Directing
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Birthday	1894-04-23
Place of Birth	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also Known As	Mr. Borzage, Фрэнк Борзеги,

A Mormon Maid

In the Sage Brush Country

Loaded Dice

The Panther

In the Land of the Otter

The Cup of Life

The Secret of Lost River

The Tavern Keeper's Son

The Wheel of Life

A Flash in the Dark

The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

The Gratitude of Wanda

A Cracksman Santa Claus

A Hopi Legend

Retribution

Love's Western Flight

The Wrath of the Gods

Nugget Jim's Pardner

Silent Heroes

Granddad

The Drummer of the 8th

Samson

The Pitch o' Chance

The Pilgrim

The Typhoon

Knight of the Trail

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

On Secret Service

In the Switch Tower

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Jeanne Eagels

Fear Not

Land O' Lizards

Wee Lady Betty

The Atom

A School for Husbands

A Flickering Light

The Courtin' of Calliope Clew

Immediate Lee

In the Toils

The Clean-Up

Realization

Molly of the Mountains

The Mill by the Zuyder Zee

Two Bits

The Hammer

The Girl Who Might Have Been

A Crook's Sweetheart

The Desperado

Parson Larkin's Wife

The Crimson Stain

The Curse of Iku

When Lee Surrenders

The Days of '49

The Cactus Blossom

Unlucky Luke

The Code of Honor

Jack

The Demon of Fear

That Gal of Burke's

Nell Dale's Men Folks

The Forgotten Prayer

Matchin' Jim

Aloha Oe