Frank Borzage

1894-1962

Biography: life and films

Frank Borzage was an American actor and film director. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on 23rd April 1894 and died in Hollywood, California, USA on 19th June 1962, aged 68.

His best films as a film director include Lazybones (1925), 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), Lucky Star (1929) and Man's Castle (1933), and whose best work as an actor include Wallace Reid's A Flash in the Dark (1914), Reginald Barker's The Typhoon (1914), Thomas H. Ince's The Cup of Life (1915), James Douglass's Mammy's Rose (1916) and Robert Z. Leonard's A Mormon Maid (1917).

Frank Borzage directed 105 films (including 16 shorts), appeared in 45 films and scripted 10 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Wallace Reid (8 films), Thomas H. Ince (2), Reginald Barker (2), John Francis Dillon (2) and Giuseppe Masini (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (95 films), romance (20), comedy (14), Western (14), War (9), comedy-romance (4), comedy-drama (4), history (3), Fantasy (3) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Frank Borzage over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

The Battle of Gettysburg (1913) [a]

Samson (1914) [a]

The Typhoon (1914) [a]

The Wrath of the Gods (1914) [a]

Aloha Oe (1915) [a]

The Cup of Life (1915) [a]

Immediate Lee (1916) [a,d]

Land o' Lizards (1916) [a,d]

A Mormon Maid (1917) [a]

A School for Husbands (1917) [a]

Fear Not (1917) [a]

Flying Colors (1917) [a,d]

Until They Get Me (1917) [d]

Wee Lady Betty (1917) [a]

An Honest Man (1918) [d]

Innocent's Progress (1918) [d]

Society for Sale (1918) [d]

The Atom (1918) [a,d]

The Curse of Iku (1918) [a,d]

The Ghost Flower (1918) [d]

The Gun Woman (1918) [a,d]

The Shoes That Danced (1918) [d]

Who Is to Blame? (1918) [d]

Prudence on Broadway (1919) [d]

Toton the Apache (1919) [d]

Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919) [d]

Humoresque (1920) [d]

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921) [d]

The Duke of Chimney Butte (1921) [d]

Back Pay (1922) [d]

Billy Jim (1922) [d]

The Good Provider (1922) [d]

The Pride of Palomar (1922) [d]

The Valley of Silent Men (1922) [d]

Children of the Dust (1923) [d]

The Age of Desire (1923) [d]

The Nth Commandment (1923) [d]

Secrets (1924) [d]

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925) [d]

Lazybones (1925) [d]

The Circle (1925) [d]

The Lady (1925) [d]

Wages for Wives (1925) [d]

Early to Wed (1926) [d]

Marriage License? (1926) [d]

The Dixie Merchant (1926) [d]

The First Year (1926) [d]

7th Heaven (1927) [d]

Street Angel (1928) [d]

Lucky Star (1929) [d]

The River (1929) [d]

They Had to See Paris (1929) [d]

Liliom (1930) [d]

Song o' My Heart (1930) [d]

Bad Girl (1931) [d]

Doctors' Wives (1931) [d]

Young as You Feel (1931) [d]

A Farewell to Arms (1932) [d]

After Tomorrow (1932) [d]

Young America (1932) [d]

Man's Castle (1933) [d]

Secrets (1933) [d]

Flirtation Walk (1934) [d]

Little Man, What Now? (1934) [d]

No Greater Glory (1934) [d]

Living on Velvet (1935) [d]

Shipmates Forever (1935) [d]

Stranded (1935) [d]

Desire (1936) [d]

Hearts Divided (1936) [d]

Big City (1937) [d]

Green Light (1937) [d]

History Is Made at Night (1937) [d,w]

Mannequin (1937) [d]

The Shining Hour (1938) [d]

Three Comrades (1938) [d]

Disputed Passage (1939) [d]

Flight Command (1940) [d]

I Take This Woman (1940) [d]

Strange Cargo (1940) [d]

The Mortal Storm (1940) [d]

Billy the Kid (1941) [d]

Smilin' Through (1941) [d]

Seven Sweethearts (1942) [d]

The Vanishing Virginian (1942) [d]

His Butler's Sister (1943) [d]

Stage Door Canteen (1943) [d]

Till We Meet Again (1944) [d]

The Spanish Main (1945) [d]

I've Always Loved You (1946) [d]

Magnificent Doll (1946) [d]

That's My Man (1947) [d]

Moonrise (1948) [d]

China Doll (1958) [d]

The Big Fisherman (1959) [d]

L'Atlantide (1961) [d]



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