Frank Borzage
152 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Apr 23, 1894
- Died
- Jun 19, 1962 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Mr. Borzage · Фрэнк Борзеги
Biography
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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).
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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.
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Frank Borzage: movies and TV shows
Acting (63)
- 1953 The Oscars · TV
- 1918
- 1918 The Curse of Iku
as Allan Carroll / Allan Carroll III
- 1917 Fear Not
as Franklin Shirley
- 1917 Wee Lady Betty
as Roger O'Reilly
- 1917 A Mormon Maid
as Tom Rigdon
- 1917 A School for Husbands
as Hugh Aslam
- 1916 Immediate Lee
as Immediate Lee
- 1916 Land O' Lizards
as The Stranger
- 1916 Matchin' Jim
as Matchin' Jim
- 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
- 1916 The Forgotten Prayer
as Dan Page
- 1916 Nell Dale's Men Folks
as Zeb Dale
- 1916 The Courtin' of Calliope Clew
as Calliope Clew
- 1916 That Gal of Burke's
as Charles Percival
- 1916 Nugget Jim's Pardner
as Hal
- 1916 The Demon of Fear
as Thomas Marsh
- 1916 The Pilgrim
as The Pilgrim
- 1916 Jack
as Jack
- 1916 Unlucky Luke
as Luke Drummond
- 1916
- 1916 A Flickering Light
as Jim
- 1916 Two Bits
as James Hardeman
- 1916 The Code of Honor
as Lt. Bob Chase
- 1915 The Cactus Blossom
as Dave Foster
- 1915 The Pitch o' Chance
as Rocky Scott
- 1915 The Clean-Up
as George Prescott
- 1915 Aloha Oe
as Dr. John Hawley
- 1915 Knight of the Trail
as Bill Carey
- 1915 The Hammer
as Donald Barstow
- 1915 The Secret of Lost River
as Tom Hornby - Prospector
- 1915 The Tavern Keeper's Son
as Juan Capella
- 1915 The Cup of Life
as Dick Ralston
- 1915 Molly of the Mountains
as John Harlow
- 1915 In the Switch Tower
as Joel Wharton
- 1915 The Mill by the Zuyder Zee
as Dirk Brandt
- 1915 The Girl Who Might Have Been
as George Fowler
- 1915 In the Land of the Otter
as Joe Eagle
- 1914 The Panther
as David Brandt
- 1914 A Crook's Sweetheart
as The 'Dip'
- 1914
- 1914 The Typhoon
as Renard Bernisky
- 1914 Parson Larkin's Wife
as Parson James Larkin
- 1914 The Wrath of the Gods
as Tom Wilson
- 1914
- 1914 Samson
as Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
- 1914
- 1914
- 1914
- 1913
- 1913
- 1913
- 1913 The Days of '49
as Ben
- 1913
- 1913
- 1913
- 1913
- 1913
- 1913 Granddad
as Mildred's Father
- 1913
- 1913 The Drummer of the 8th
as Jack Durand
- 1912
- 1912
Behind the camera (108)
- Upcoming The Pride and the Man
Director, Writer
- Upcoming Dollars of Dross
Director, Writer
- 1961 Journey Beneath the Desert
Co-Director
- 1959 The Big Fisherman
Director
- 1958 China Doll
Director, Producer
- 1956 The Day I Met Caruso
Director
- 1956 A Ticket for Thaddeus
Director
- 1948 Moonrise
Director
- 1947 That's My Man
Director, Producer
- 1946 Magnificent Doll
Director
- 1946 I've Always Loved You
Director, Producer
- 1945 The Spanish Main
Director, Producer
- 1944 Till We Meet Again
Director
- 1943 His Butler's Sister
Director
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen
Director, Producer
- 1942 Seven Sweethearts
Director, Producer
- 1942 The Vanishing Virginian
Director
- 1941 Smilin' Through
Director, Producer
- 1941 Billy the Kid
Co-Director
- 1940 Flight Command
Director
- 1940 The Mortal Storm
Director, Producer
- 1940 Strange Cargo
Director, Producer
- 1940 I Take This Woman
Co-Director
- 1939 Disputed Passage
Director
- 1938 The Shining Hour
Director, Producer
- 1938 Three Comrades
Director
- 1938 Mannequin
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1937 Big City
Director
- 1937 History Is Made at Night
Director
- 1937 Green Light
Director, Producer
- 1936 Hearts Divided
Director, Producer
- 1936 Desire
Director, Producer
- 1935 Shipmates Forever
Director
- 1935 Stranded
Director, Producer
- 1935 Living on Velvet
Director, Producer
- 1934 Flirtation Walk
Director, Producer
- 1934 Little Man, What Now?
Director
- 1934 No Greater Glory
Director, Producer
- 1933 Man's Castle
Director, Producer
- 1933 Secrets
Director
- 1932 A Farewell to Arms
Director, Producer
- 1932 Young America
Director
- 1932 After Tomorrow
Director
- 1931 Bad Girl
Director
- 1931 Young as You Feel
Director
- 1931 Doctors' Wives
Director
- 1930 Liliom
Director
- 1930 Song o' My Heart
Director, Producer
- 1929 The River
Director
- 1929 They Had to See Paris
Director
- 1929 Lucky Star
Director
- 1928 Street Angel
Director
- 1927 7th Heaven
Director
- 1926 Marriage License?
Director
- 1926 Early to Wed
Director
- 1926 The Dixie Merchant
Director
- 1926 The First Year
Director
- 1925 Wages for Wives
Director
- 1925 Lazybones
Director, Producer
- 1925 The Circle
Director
- 1925 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Director
- 1925 The Lady
Director
- 1924 Secrets
Director
- 1923 The Age of Desire
Director, Producer
- 1923 Children of Dust
Director
- 1923 The Nth Commandment
Director, Producer
- 1922 The Pride of Palomar
Director
- 1922 The Valley of Silent Men
Director
- 1922 The Good Provider
Director
- 1922 Billy Jim
Director
- 1922 Back Pay
Director
- 1921 Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Director
- 1921 The Duke of Chimney Butte
Director
- 1920 Humoresque
Director
- 1919 Prudence on Broadway
Director
- 1919 Whom the Gods Would Destroy
Director
- 1919 Toton
Director
- 1918 The Atom
Director
- 1918 The Ghost Flower
Director
- 1918 Who Is to Blame?
Director
- 1918 An Honest Man
Director
- 1918 Society for Sale
Director
- 1918 Innocent's Progress
Director
- 1918 The Shoes That Danced
Director
- 1918 The Curse of Iku
Director
- 1918 The Gun Woman
Director
- 1917 Until They Get Me
Director
- 1917 Flying Colors
Director
- 1916 Immediate Lee
Director
- 1916 Land O' Lizards
Director
- 1916 Matchin' Jim
Director, Writer
- 1916 The Forgotten Prayer
Director
- 1916 Nell Dale's Men Folks
Director, Writer
- 1916 Enchantment
Writer
- 1916 The Courtin' of Calliope Clew
Director
- 1916 That Gal of Burke's
Director
- 1916 Nugget Jim's Pardner
Director, Writer
- 1916 The Quicksands of Deceit
Director
- 1916 The Demon of Fear
Director, Writer
- 1916 The Pilgrim
Director
- 1916 Jack
Director
- 1916 Unlucky Luke
Director, Writer
- 1916 A Flickering Light
Director
- 1916 Two Bits
Director
- 1916 The Code of Honor
Director
- 1916 The Silken Spider
Director
- 1916 Life's Harmony
Director
- 1915 The Pitch o' Chance
Director
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2008
- 1957
- 1955 Hollywood Preview
1 episode
- 1952 This Is Your Life
1 episode