- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 23, 1894
- Place of Birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Died
- June 19, 1962
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, includin…
Filmography
movieMurnau, Borzage and Fox
2008 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJourney Beneath the Desert
1961 · Co-Director
movieThe Big Fisherman
1959 · Director
movieChina Doll
1958 · Director, Producer
movieJeanne Eagels
1957 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Day I Met Caruso
1956 · Director
movieA Ticket for Thaddeus
1956 · Director
movieDay is Done
1955 · Director
Hollywood Preview
tvHollywood Preview
1955 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953
tvThis Is Your Life
1952 · Self
movieMoonrise
1948 · Director
movieThat's My Man
1947 · Director, Producer
movieMagnificent Doll
1946 · Director
movieI've Always Loved You
1946 · Director, Producer
movieThe Spanish Main
1945 · Director, Producer
movieTill We Meet Again
1944 · Director
movieHis Butler's Sister
1943 · Director
movieStage Door Canteen
1943 · Director, Producer
movieSeven Sweethearts
1942 · Director, Producer
movieThe Vanishing Virginian
1942 · Director
movieSmilin' Through
1941 · Director, Producer
movieBilly the Kid
1941 · Co-Director
movieFlight Command
1940 · Director
movieThe Mortal Storm
1940 · Director, Producer
movieStrange Cargo
1940 · Director, Producer
movieI Take This Woman
1940 · Co-Director
movieDisputed Passage
1939 · Director
movieThe Shining Hour
1938 · Director, Producer
movieThree Comrades
1938 · Director
movieMannequin
1938 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieBig City
1937 · Director
movieHistory Is Made at Night
1937 · Director
movieGreen Light
1937 · Director, Producer
movieHearts Divided
1936 · Director, Producer
movieDesire
1936 · Director, Producer
movieShipmates Forever
1935 · Director
movieStranded
1935 · Director, Producer
movieLiving on Velvet
1935 · Director, Producer
movieFlirtation Walk
1934 · Director, Producer
movieLittle Man, What Now?
1934 · Director
movieNo Greater Glory
1934 · Director, Producer
movieMan's Castle
1933 · Director, Producer
movieSecrets
1933 · Director
movieA Farewell to Arms
1932 · Director, Producer
movieYoung America
1932 · Director
movieAfter Tomorrow
1932 · Director
movieBad Girl
1931 · Director
movieYoung as You Feel
1931 · Director
movieDoctors' Wives
1931 · Director
movieLiliom
1930 · Director
movieSong o' My Heart
1930 · Director, Producer
movieThe River
1929 · Director
movieThey Had to See Paris
1929 · Director
movieLucky Star
1929 · Director
movieStreet Angel
1928 · Director
movie7th Heaven
1927 · Director
movieMarriage License?
1926 · Director
movieEarly to Wed
1926 · Director
movieThe Dixie Merchant
1926 · Director
movieThe First Year
1926 · Director
movieWages for Wives
1925 · Director
movieLazybones
1925 · Director, Producer
movieThe Circle
1925 · Director
movieDaddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925 · Director
movieThe Lady
1925 · Director
movieSecrets
1924 · Director
movieThe Age of Desire
1923 · Director, Producer
movieChildren of Dust
1923 · Director
movieThe Nth Commandment
1923 · Director, Producer
movieThe Pride of Palomar
1922 · Director
movieThe Valley of Silent Men
1922 · Director
movieThe Good Provider
1922 · Director
movieBilly Jim
1922 · Director
movieBack Pay
1922 · Director
movieGet-Rich-Quick Wallingford
1921 · Director
movieThe Duke of Chimney Butte
1921 · Director
movieHumoresque
1920 · Director
moviePrudence on Broadway
1919 · Director
movieWhom the Gods Would Destroy
1919 · Director
movieToton
1919 · Director
movieThe Atom
1918 · , Director
movieThe Ghost Flower
1918 · Director
Who Is to Blame?
movieWho Is to Blame?
1918 · Director
An Honest Man
movieAn Honest Man
1918 · Director
movieSociety for Sale
1918 · Director
Innocent's Progress
movieInnocent's Progress
1918 · Director
movieThe Shoes That Danced
1918 · Director
movieThe Curse of Iku
1918 · Allan Carroll / Allan Carroll III, Director
movieThe Gun Woman
1918 · Director
movieUntil They Get Me
1917 · Director
movieFear Not
1917 · Franklin Shirley
movieFlying Colors
1917 · Director
movieWee Lady Betty
1917 · Roger O'Reilly
movieA Mormon Maid
1917 · Tom Rigdon
movieA School for Husbands
1917 · Hugh Aslam
movieImmediate Lee
1916 · Immediate Lee, Director
movieLand O' Lizards
1916 · The Stranger, Director
Matchin' Jim
movieMatchin' Jim
1916 · Matchin' Jim, Director, Writer
movieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Extra (uncredited)
The Forgotten Prayer
movieThe Forgotten Prayer
1916 · Dan Page, Director
Nell Dale's Men Folks
movieNell Dale's Men Folks
1916 · Zeb Dale, Director, Writer
Enchantment
movieEnchantment
1916 · Writer
movieThe Courtin' of Calliope Clew
1916 · Calliope Clew, Director
That Gal of Burke's
movieThat Gal of Burke's
1916 · Charles Percival, Director
movieNugget Jim's Pardner
1916 · Hal, Director, Writer
The Quicksands of Deceit
movieThe Quicksands of Deceit
1916 · Director
movieThe Demon of Fear
1916 · Thomas Marsh, Director, Writer
movieThe Pilgrim
1916 · The Pilgrim, Director
Jack
movieJack
1916 · Jack, Director
Unlucky Luke
movieUnlucky Luke
1916 · Luke Drummond, Director, Writer
Realization
movieRealization
1916
movieA Flickering Light
1916 · Jim, Director
movieTwo Bits
1916 · James Hardeman, Director
The Code of Honor
movieThe Code of Honor
1916 · Lt. Bob Chase, Director
movieThe Silken Spider
1916 · Director
movieLife's Harmony
1916 · Director
The Cactus Blossom
movieThe Cactus Blossom
1915 · Dave Foster
movieThe Pitch o' Chance
1915 · Rocky Scott, Director
The Clean-Up
movieThe Clean-Up
1915 · George Prescott
movieAloha Oe
1915 · Dr. John Hawley
movieKnight of the Trail
1915 · Bill Carey
The Hammer
movieThe Hammer
1915 · Donald Barstow
The Secret of Lost River
movieThe Secret of Lost River
1915 · Tom Hornby - Prospector
The Tavern Keeper's Son
movieThe Tavern Keeper's Son
1915 · Juan Capella
The Cup of Life
movieThe Cup of Life
1915 · Dick Ralston
Molly of the Mountains
movieMolly of the Mountains
1915 · John Harlow
movieIn the Switch Tower
1915 · Joel Wharton
movieThe Mill by the Zuyder Zee
1915 · Dirk Brandt
movieThe Girl Who Might Have Been
1915 · George Fowler
movieIn the Land of the Otter
1915 · Joe Eagle
The Panther
movieThe Panther
1914 · David Brandt
A Crook's Sweetheart
movieA Crook's Sweetheart
1914 · The 'Dip'
The Desperado
movieThe Desperado
1914
movieThe Typhoon
1914 · Renard Bernisky
Parson Larkin's Wife
movieParson Larkin's Wife
1914 · Parson James Larkin
movieThe Wrath of the Gods
1914 · Tom Wilson
Love's Western Flight
movieLove's Western Flight
1914
movieSamson
1914 · Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
A Flash in the Dark
movieA Flash in the Dark
1914
The Wheel of Life
movieThe Wheel of Life
1914
movieIn the Sage Brush Country
1914
A Hopi Legend
movieA Hopi Legend
1913
A Cracksman Santa Claus
movieA Cracksman Santa Claus
1913
Retribution
movieRetribution
1913
The Days of '49
movieThe Days of '49
1913 · Ben
Loaded Dice
movieLoaded Dice
1913
movieSilent Heroes
1913
In the Toils
movieIn the Toils
1913
The Gratitude of Wanda
movieThe Gratitude of Wanda
1913
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
movieThe Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913
movieGranddad
1913 · Mildred's Father
The Crimson Stain
movieThe Crimson Stain
1913
movieThe Drummer of the 8th
1913 · Jack Durand
When Lee Surrenders
movieWhen Lee Surrenders
1912
movieOn Secret Service
1912
The Pride and the Man
movieThe Pride and the Man
— · Director, Writer
Dollars of Dross
movieDollars of Dross
— · Director, Writer