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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,...
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The OscarsSeries • 1953
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesMovie • 1916
A Farewell to ArmsMovie • 1932
DesireMovie • 1936
Strange CargoMovie • 1940
The Mortal StormMovie • 1940
Man's CastleMovie • 1933
History Is Made at NightMovie • 1937
Billy the KidMovie • 1941
MoonriseMovie • 1948
Stage Door CanteenMovie • 1943
7th HeavenMovie • 1927
Bad GirlMovie • 1931
The Spanish MainMovie • 1945
Three ComradesMovie • 1938
The Shining HourMovie • 1938
MannequinMovie • 1938
Lucky StarMovie • 1929
Street AngelMovie • 1928