Frank Borzage

Diretor, Produtor, Ator, Escritor

23 de abril de 1894 — 19 de junho de 1962 (68 anos)
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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.

Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • Intolerância
    Intolerância1916
  • Adeus às Armas
    Adeus às Armas1932
  • Ao Cair da Noite
    Ao Cair da Noite1948
  • Noivas do Tio Sam
    Noivas do Tio Sam1943
  • No Limiar da Glória
    No Limiar da Glória1946

Conhecido Por

  • Adeus às Armas
    Adeus às Armas1932
  • Tempestades D'Alma
    Tempestades D'Alma1940
  • Sétimo Céu
    Sétimo Céu1927
  • Desejo
    Desejo1936
  • Ao Cair da Noite
    Ao Cair da Noite1948
  • Almas Rebeldes
    Almas Rebeldes1940
  • A História Começou à Noite
    A História Começou à Noite1937
  • O Anjo das Ruas
    O Anjo das Ruas1928
  • Depois do Casamento
    Depois do Casamento1931
  • Três camaradas
    Três camaradas1938
  • O Paraíso de um Homem
    O Paraíso de um Homem1933
  • O Pirata dos Sete Mares
    O Pirata dos Sete Mares1945
  • Noivas do Tio Sam
    Noivas do Tio Sam1943
  • Estrela Ditosa
    Estrela Ditosa1929
  • Manequim
    Manequim1938
  • A Mulher Proibida
    A Mulher Proibida1938
  • Miss Generala
    Miss Generala1934
  • Asas nas Trevas
    Asas nas Trevas1940
  • Corações Divididos
    Corações Divididos1936
  • Segredos
    Segredos1933

Filmography