Frank Borzage

Directing·Apr 23, 1894·Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Murnau, Borzage and Fox2008 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Fisherman1959 · Director	Director
China Doll1958 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Jeanne Eagels1957 · Self (uncredited)	Self (uncredited)
The Day I Met Caruso1956 · Director	Director
A Ticket for Thaddeus1956 · Director	Director
Moonrise1948 · Director	Director
That's My Man1947 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Magnificent Doll1946 · Director	Director
I've Always Loved You1946 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Spanish Main1945 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Till We Meet Again1944 · Director	Director
His Butler's Sister1943 · Director	Director
Stage Door Canteen1943 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Seven Sweethearts1942 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Vanishing Virginian1942 · Director	Director
Smilin' Through1941 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Flight Command1940 · Director	Director
The Mortal Storm1940 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Strange Cargo1940 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Disputed Passage1939 · Director	Director
The Shining Hour1938 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Three Comrades1938 · Director	Director
Mannequin1938 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Big City1937 · Director	Director
History Is Made at Night1937 · Director	Director
Green Light1937 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Hearts Divided1936 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Desire1936 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Shipmates Forever1935 · Director	Director
Stranded1935 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Living on Velvet1935 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Flirtation Walk1934 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Little Man, What Now?1934 · Director	Director
No Greater Glory1934 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Man's Castle1933 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Secrets1933 · Director	Director
A Farewell to Arms1932 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Young America1932 · Director	Director
After Tomorrow1932 · Director	Director
Bad Girl1931 · Director	Director
Young as You Feel1931 · Director	Director
Doctors' Wives1931 · Director	Director
Liliom1930 · Director	Director
Song o' My Heart1930 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The River1929 · Director	Director
They Had to See Paris1929 · Director	Director
Lucky Star1929 · Director	Director