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Director
Frank Borzage
Defining Films
7th Heaven
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Positif , special Borzage dossier, April , with essays by Michael Henry, Jean-Loup Bourget, Hubert Niogret, Jean-Pierre Bartholm
Positif , special Borzage dossier, April , with essays by Michael Henry, Jean-Loup Bourget, Hubert Niogret, Jean-Pierre Bartholm
Griffithiana , special Borzage issue, December , with essays by Davide Turconi, Hervé Dumont, Richard Koszarski, Harrison Haskins and Peter Milne
Griffithiana , special Borzage issue, December , with essays by Davide Turconi, Hervé Dumont, Richard Koszarski, Harrison Haskins and Peter Milne
Frederick Lamster, Souls Made Great Through Love and Adversity , Metuchen, N.J. and London, The Scarecrow Press
Frederick Lamster, Souls Made Great Through Love and Adversity , Metuchen, N.J. and London, The Scarecrow Press
Profile
Frank Borzage was an American director who became known for his romantic dramas and intimate character studies during the silent and early sound eras. His films, including *7th Heaven* (1927) and *Street Angel* (1928), were distinguished by their soft-focus cinematography, expressionistic lighting, and emotional intensity that prioritized human connection over narrative spectacle. Borzage won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, for *7th Heaven* and *Bad Girl* (1931), establishing himself as a significant figure in Hollywood's transition to sound cinema. His work influenced generations of filmmakers interested in the intersection of visual poetry and psychological realism.
Filmography (115)
7th Heaven
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Positif , special Borzage dossier, April , with essays by Michael Henry, Jean-Loup Bourget, Hubert Niogret, Jean-Pierre Bartholm
Positif , special Borzage dossier, April , with essays by Michael Henry, Jean-Loup Bourget, Hubert Niogret, Jean-Pierre Bartholm
Griffithiana , special Borzage issue, December , with essays by Davide Turconi, Hervé Dumont, Richard Koszarski, Harrison Haskins and Peter Milne
Griffithiana , special Borzage issue, December , with essays by Davide Turconi, Hervé Dumont, Richard Koszarski, Harrison Haskins and Peter Milne
Frederick Lamster, Souls Made Great Through Love and Adversity , Metuchen, N.J. and London, The Scarecrow Press
Frederick Lamster, Souls Made Great Through Love and Adversity , Metuchen, N.J. and London, The Scarecrow Press
Positif , special Borzage issue, July and August with essays by Michael Henry, Jacques Segond, Jean-Loup Bourget and Christian Viviani
Positif , special Borzage issue, July and August with essays by Michael Henry, Jacques Segond, Jean-Loup Bourget and Christian Viviani
Focus !, special Borzage issue, Spring-Summer , with essays by John Belton, Michael Mahern, David [Dave] Kehr, Terry Curtis Fox, Burton J. Shapiro and Fred Camper
Focus !, special Borzage issue, Spring-Summer , with essays by John Belton, Michael Mahern, David [Dave] Kehr, Terry Curtis Fox, Burton J. Shapiro and Fred Camper
L’Atlantide (, uncredited
L’Atlantide (, uncredited
Henri Agel, Frank Borzage , New York Film Bulletin, nos. 12-14
Henri Agel, Frank Borzage , New York Film Bulletin, nos. 12-14
The Big Fisherman
China Doll
A Ticket for Thaddeus
The Day I Met Caruso
Day is Done
Moonrise
That’s My Man
I’ve Always Loved You
Magnificent Doll
The Spanish Main
Till We Meet Again
Stage Door Canteen
His Butler’s Sister
Seven Sweethearts
Smilin’ Through
The Vanishing Virginian
Billy the Kid (; begun as a Borzage project, signed by David Miller
Billy the Kid (; begun as a Borzage project, signed by David Miller
Strange Cargo
Flight Command
The Mortal Storm
I Take This Woman (; begun as a Borzage project, succeeded by Josef von Sternberg, ultimately signed by W.S. Van Dyke
I Take This Woman (; begun as a Borzage project, succeeded by Josef von Sternberg, ultimately signed by W.S. Van Dyke
Disputed Passage
Three Comrades
The Shining Hour
Mannequin
History Is Made at Night
Big City
Green Light
Hearts Divided
Desire
Stranded
Living on Velvet
Shipmates Forever
No Greater Glory
Flirtation Walk
Little Man, What Now?
Secrets
Man’s Castle
Young America
After Tomorrow
A Farewell to Arms
Young as You Feel
Bad Girl
Doctors’ Wives
Song O’ My Heart
Liliom
They Had to See Paris
Lucky Star
Street Angel
The River (, incomplete
The River (, incomplete
Seventh Heaven
Marriage License?
Early to Wed
Lazybones
The First Year
The Dixie Merchant
Wages for Wives
The Circle
Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting
Secrets
The Lady (, incomplete
The Lady (, incomplete
The Age of Desire
Children of Dust
The Song of Love
The Nth Commandment (, incomplete
The Nth Commandment (, incomplete
Back Pay
The Good Provider
The Valley of Silent Men
The Pride of Palomar
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingord
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingord
Humoresque
Billy Jim
Toton
Prudence on Broadway
Whom the Gods Would Destroy (, reissued the same year as Who the Gods Destroy )**
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Who Is to Blame?
An Honest Man
The Curse of Iku (, reissued in as Ashes of Desire)* **
Society for Sale
The Ghost Flower
The Gun Woman
The Shoes That Danced
Innocent’s Progress
Innocent’s Progress
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Until They Get Me
A Flickering Light
Nugget Jim’s Pardner (, also known as The Calibre of Man )*
Matchin’ Jim
Matchin’ Jim
Quicksands of Death
Quicksands of Death
Life’s Harmony
Land O’ Lizards (, incomplete)*
Jack
That Gal of Burke’s (, also known as Daughter of the Ranch )* **
That Gal of Burke’s (, also known as Daughter of the Ranch )* **
Immediate Lee (, reissued in as Hair Trigger Casey )* **
The Code of Honor
The Courtin’ of Calliope Clew
The Demon of Fear
The Forgotten Prayer
The Forgotten Prayer
The Pilgrim
The Silken Spider
Two Bits
Unlucky Luke
Unlucky Luke
Nell Dale’s Men Folks
Nell Dale’s Men Folks
The Pitch O’ Chance
Television work—all for NBC-Television Screen Director’s Playhouse
Television work—all for NBC-Television Screen Director’s Playhouse