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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1894-04-23
- event Death Date 1962-06-19
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3
- info Birth Place Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Frank Borzage
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A Mormon Maid
1917-04-21
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In the Sage Brush Country
1914-01-01
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Loaded Dice
1913-10-03
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The Panther
1914-12-10
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In the Land of the Otter
1915-01-14
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The Cup of Life
1915-04-26
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The Tavern Keeper's Son
1915-06-09
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The Secret of Lost River
1915-06-18
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The Wheel of Life
1914-01-28
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A Flash in the Dark
1914-02-18
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The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913-08-24
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The Gratitude of Wanda
1913-08-30
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Retribution
1913-12-10
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A Cracksman Santa Claus
1913-12-19
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A Hopi Legend
1913-12-31
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Love's Western Flight
1914-06-03
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The Wrath of the Gods
1914-06-08
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Nugget Jim's Pardner
1916-07-14
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Silent Heroes
1913-09-23
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The Drummer of the 8th
1913-05-28
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Granddad
1913-07-23
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Samson
1914-04-30
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The Pilgrim
1916-06-09
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The Pitch o' Chance
1915-12-24
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The Typhoon
1914-10-10
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Knight of the Trail
1915-08-19
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Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008-12-09
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On Secret Service
1912-11-01
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In the Switch Tower
1915-03-24
7.1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916-09-04
6.2
Jeanne Eagels
1957-08-02
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Fear Not
1917-11-26
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Land O' Lizards
1916-09-18
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Wee Lady Betty
1917-08-17
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Hollywood Preview
1955-09-14
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This Is Your Life
1952-10-01
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The Oscars
1953-03-19
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The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20
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The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20
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A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956-05-09
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I Take This Woman
1940-02-02
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The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913-08-24
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A Farewell to Arms
1932-12-08
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History Is Made at Night
1937-03-05
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Mannequin
1938-01-21
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Moonrise
1948-10-01
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Street Angel
1928-04-09
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Lazybones
1925-11-06
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His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26
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Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24
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Big City
1937-09-03
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Strange Cargo
1940-03-01
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7th Heaven
1927-09-10
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Flirtation Walk
1934-12-01
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Bad Girl
1931-08-13
7
Desire
1936-04-11
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Flight Command
1940-12-27
7
Seven Sweethearts
1942-11-13
7
The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01
7
The Spanish Main
1945-10-01
7
The Circle
1925-09-22
7
Secrets
1933-03-16
7
Lucky Star
1929-08-18
7
After Tomorrow
1932-03-06
7
The Shining Hour
1938-11-18
7
Man's Castle
1933-11-20
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Three Comrades
1938-06-02
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Smilin' Through
1941-10-01
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The River
1929-10-06
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No Greater Glory
1934-03-30
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Green Light
1937-02-20
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Till We Meet Again
1944-08-30
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Disputed Passage
1939-10-25
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I've Always Loved You
1946-12-02
7
Liliom
1930-09-27
7
Toton
1919-03-30
7
Prudence on Broadway
1919-07-06
7
Little Man, What Now?
1934-06-04
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China Doll
1958-06-06
7
Doctors' Wives
1931-03-14
7
Stranded
1935-06-29
7
Song o' My Heart
1930-03-11
7
Secrets
1924-03-24
7
Nugget Jim's Pardner
1916-07-14
7
Hearts Divided
1936-06-20
7
Humoresque
1920-05-29
7
The Lady
1925-02-08
7
The Big Fisherman
1959-08-04
7
Shipmates Forever
1935-10-12
7
Young America
1932-04-17
7
Living on Velvet
1935-03-02
7
Living on Velvet
1935-03-02
7
Magnificent Doll
1946-12-08
7
The Pilgrim
1916-06-09
7
The Pitch o' Chance
1915-12-24
7
They Had to See Paris
1929-09-18
7
Until They Get Me
1917-12-02
7
That's My Man
1947-06-01
7
That's My Man
1947-06-01
7
Desire
1936-04-11
7
The First Year
1926-01-24
7
Billy the Kid
1941-05-30
7
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961-05-05
7
Lazybones
1925-11-06
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The Nth Commandment
1923-03-18
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Back Pay
1922-01-08
7
Nugget Jim's Pardner
1916-07-14
7
The Nth Commandment
1923-03-18
7
The Day I Met Caruso
1956-09-05
7
Mannequin
1938-01-21
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Mannequin
1938-01-21
7
The Pride of Palomar
1922-11-26
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925-03-08
7
Stranded
1935-06-29
7
Flirtation Walk
1934-12-01
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Life's Harmony
1916-02-22
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I've Always Loved You
1946-12-02
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Day is Done
1955-10-12
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Society for Sale
1918-04-21
7
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
1921-12-04
7
Strange Cargo
1940-03-01
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The Spanish Main
1945-10-01
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The Gun Woman
1918-01-27
7
Song o' My Heart
1930-03-11
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Smilin' Through
1941-10-01
7
Seven Sweethearts
1942-11-13
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The Age of Desire
1923-09-01
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Young as You Feel
1931-08-06
7
Hearts Divided
1936-06-20
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The Shining Hour
1938-11-18
7
Green Light
1937-02-20
7
Man's Castle
1933-11-20
7
A Farewell to Arms
1932-12-08
7
No Greater Glory
1934-03-30
7
The Dixie Merchant
1926-03-07
7
Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24
7
Billy Jim
1922-01-29
7
China Doll
1958-06-06
7
The Good Provider
1922-04-02
7
The Valley of Silent Men
1922-09-10
7
The Ghost Flower
1918-08-18
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Marriage License?
1926-09-05
7
Land O' Lizards
1916-09-18
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Early to Wed
1926-04-25
7
Wages for Wives
1925-12-15
7
Children of Dust
1923-06-04
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The Duke of Chimney Butte
1921-12-04
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Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1919-04-15