Frank Borzage
Data di nascita: 23 aprile 1894
Luogo di nascita: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Scomparso il: 19 giugno 1962
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.
Filmografia
Film e serie TV in cui Frank Borzage ha recitato o preso parte
Film
Film · Documentario · 2008
Film · Dramma · 1959
Film · Dramma · 1958
Film · Dramma · 1957
Film · Dramma · 1956
Film · 1956
Film · Guerra · 1955
Film · Dramma · 1948
Film · Dramma · 1947
Film · Dramma · 1946
Film · Romance · 1946
Film · Avventura · 1945
Film · Guerra · 1944
Film · Commedia · 1943
Film · Commedia · 1943
Film · Musica · 1942
Film · Dramma · 1942
Film · Musica · 1941
Film · Dramma · 1940
Film · Dramma · 1940
Film · Dramma · 1940
Film · Dramma · 1939
Film · Dramma · 1938
Film · Dramma · 1938
Film · Dramma · 1938
Film · Dramma · 1937
Film · Romance · 1937
Film · Dramma · 1937
Film · Dramma · 1936
Film · Romance · 1936
Film · Dramma · 1935
Film · Romance · 1935
Film · Romance · 1935
Film · Musica · 1934
Film · Dramma · 1934
Film · Dramma · 1934
Film · Dramma · 1933
Film · Dramma · 1933
Film · Dramma · 1932
Film · Dramma · 1932
Film · Dramma · 1932
Film · Romance · 1931
Film · Commedia · 1931
Film · Dramma · 1931
Film · Dramma · 1930
Film · Dramma · 1930
Film · Romance · 1929
Film · Commedia · 1929
Film · Romance · 1929
Film · Dramma · 1928
Film · Dramma · 1927
Film · Crime · 1926
Film · Commedia · 1926
Film · Dramma · 1926
Film · Commedia · 1926
Film · Commedia · 1925
Film · Guerra · 1925
Film · Commedia · 1925
Film · Dramma · 1925
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Film · Dramma · 1923
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Film · Dramma · 1923
Film · Dramma · 1922
Film · Dramma · 1922
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Film · Western · 1922
Film · Dramma · 1922
Film · Commedia · 1921
Film · Western · 1921
Film · Dramma · 1920
Film · Commedia · 1919
Film · Dramma · 1919
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Film · Dramma · 1918
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Film · Dramma · 1918
Film · Western · 1918
Film · Dramma · 1917
Film · Crime · 1917
Film · Dramma · 1917
Film · Dramma · 1917
Film · Storia · 1917
Film · Commedia · 1917
Film · Western · 1916
Film · Western · 1916
Film · Dramma · 1916
Film · Dramma · 1916
Film · Western · 1916
Film · Dramma · 1916
Film · Western · 1916
Film · Dramma · 1916
Film · Western · 1916
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Film · Dramma · 1915
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Film · Western · 1915
Film · Dramma · 1915
Film · Dramma · 1915
Film · Dramma · 1915
Film · Dramma · 1915
Film · Dramma · 1914
Film · Romance · 1914
Film · Dramma · 1914
Film · Western · 1914
Film · Dramma · 1913
Film · Dramma · 1913
Film · Storia · 1913
Film · Dramma · 1912
Serie TV
Serie · 1953
Serie · Documentario · 1952