10.0
10.0
Samson
1914
as Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
Frank Borzage
Also known as: Lew Borzage
Directing
Born:April 23, 1894
Died:June 19, 1962(aged 68)
Birthplace:Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Nationality:United States
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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.
Filmography (131 movies)
7.6
7.6
Lucky Star
1929
Director
7.4
7.4
Big City
1937
Director
7.3
7.3
7th Heaven
1927
Director
7.3
7.3
The Mortal Storm
1940
Producer
7.2
7.2
Three Comrades
1938
Director
7.2
7.2
The River
1929
Director
7.1
7.1
His Butler's Sister
1943
Director
7.0
7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
Director
7.0
7.0
Street Angel
1928
Director
6.9
6.9
Desire
1936
Producer
6.8
6.8
Man's Castle
1933
Producer
6.8
6.8
Liliom
1930
Director
6.8
6.8
China Doll
1958
Director
6.6
6.6
The Shining Hour
1938
Director
6.6
6.6
History Is Made at Night
1937
Director
6.6
6.6
No Greater Glory
1934
Director
6.5
6.5
Lazybones
1925
Producer
6.5
6.5
Shipmates Forever
1935
Director
6.4
6.4
Green Light
1937
Producer
6.4
6.4
I've Always Loved You
1946
Producer
6.3
6.3
Back Pay
1922
Director
6.3
6.3
The Spanish Main
1945
Producer
6.3
6.3
The Wrath of the Gods
1914
as Tom Wilson
6.2
6.2
Moonrise
1948
Director
6.1
6.1
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Director
6.1
6.1
A Farewell to Arms
1932
Producer
6.0
6.0
Jeanne Eagels
1957
as Self (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
That's My Man
1947
Producer
6.0
6.0
Till We Meet Again
1944
Director
6.0
6.0
Seven Sweethearts
1942
Producer
6.0
6.0
The Pride of Palomar
1922
Director
6.0
6.0
The Valley of Silent Men
1922
Director
6.0
6.0
Day is Done
1955
Director
6.0
6.0
Little Man, What Now?
1934
Director
6.0
6.0
Smilin' Through
1941
Director
6.0
6.0
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
Director
5.9
5.9
They Had to See Paris
1929
Director
5.9
5.9
Bad Girl
1931
Director
5.9
5.9
Magnificent Doll
1946
Director
5.9
5.9
Mannequin
1938
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
The Drummer of the 8th
1913
as Jack Durand
5.8
5.8
Stranded
1935
Director
5.8
5.8
After Tomorrow
1932
Director
5.6
5.6
Flight Command
1940
Director
5.6
5.6
Flirtation Walk
1934
Producer
5.5
5.5
Granddad
1913
as Mildred's Father
5.5
5.5
Living on Velvet
1935
Producer
5.5
5.5
The Lady
1925
Director
5.5
5.5
Secrets
1924
Director
5.5
5.5
Humoresque
1920
Director
5.5
5.5
Disputed Passage
1939
Director
5.2
5.2
The Pilgrim
1916
Director
5.1
5.1
The Circle
1925
Director
5.0
5.0
Silent Heroes
1913
5.0
5.0
On Secret Service
1912
5.0
5.0
A Mormon Maid
1917
as Tom Rigdon
5.0
5.0
The Nth Commandment
1923
Producer
5.0
5.0
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925
Director
5.0
5.0
Young America
1932
Director
5.0
5.0
Hearts Divided
1936
Director
4.8
4.8
Knight of the Trail
1915
as Bill Carey
4.8
4.8
Until They Get Me
1917
Director
4.8
4.8
Secrets
1933
Director
4.6
4.6
The Big Fisherman
1959
Director
4.5
4.5
Nugget Jim's Pardner
1916
Director
4.5
4.5
The Pitch o' Chance
1915
Director
4.1
4.1
Song o' My Heart
1930
Producer
The Secret of Lost River
1915
as Tom Hornby - Prospector
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913
The Gratitude of Wanda
1913
Retribution
1913
A Cracksman Santa Claus
1913
A Hopi Legend
1913
The Wheel of Life
1914
A Flash in the Dark
1914
Love's Western Flight
1914
Realization
1916
The Atom
1918
Director
A School for Husbands
1917
as Hugh Aslam
A Flickering Light
1916
Director
The Courtin' of Calliope Clew
1916
Director
Immediate Lee
1916
Director
In the Toils
1913
The Clean-Up
1915
as George Prescott
Molly of the Mountains
1915
as John Harlow
The Mill by the Zuyder Zee
1915
as Dirk Brandt
Two Bits
1916
Director
The Girl Who Might Have Been
1915
as George Fowler
A Crook's Sweetheart
1914
as The 'Dip'
The Desperado
1914
Parson Larkin's Wife
1914
as Parson James Larkin
The Crimson Stain
1913
The Hammer
1915
as Donald Barstow
Fear Not
1917
as Franklin Shirley
The Typhoon
1914
as Renard Bernisky
In the Switch Tower
1915
as Joel Wharton
In the Sage Brush Country
1914
Land O' Lizards
1916
Director
Wee Lady Betty
1917
as Roger O'Reilly
Loaded Dice
1913
The Panther
1914
as David Brandt
In the Land of the Otter
1915
as Joe Eagle
The Cup of Life
1915
as Dick Ralston
The Tavern Keeper's Son
1915
as Juan Capella
Enchantment
1916
Writer
The Age of Desire
1923
Director
The Quicksands of Deceit
1916
Director
The Gun Woman
1918
Director
Doctors' Wives
1931
Director
The First Year
1926
Director
Young as You Feel
1931
Director
Life's Harmony
1916
Director
Society for Sale
1918
Director
The Good Provider
1922
Director
The Ghost Flower
1918
Director
Marriage License?
1926
Director
The Dixie Merchant
1926
Director
Early to Wed
1926
Director
Toton
1919
Director
Prudence on Broadway
1919
Director
The Day I Met Caruso
1956
Director
Billy Jim
1922
Director
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
1921
Director
Wages for Wives
1925
Director
Children of Dust
1923
Director
The Duke of Chimney Butte
1921
Director
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1919
Director
Flying Colors
1917
Director
The Silken Spider
1916
Director
A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956
Director
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