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Frank Borzage (/ b ɔːr ˈ z eɪ ɡ i / né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards .
Frank Borzage was born on 23 April 1894 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Bad Girl (1931), 7th Heaven (1927) and No Greater Glory (1934). He was married to Juanita Scott, Edna Skelton and Rena Rogers.
21 Jun 2024 · Frank Borzage (1894–1962) was an American motion-picture director and producer noted for his romantic transcendentalism and technically impeccable filmmaking. His career spanned the silent and sound eras.
Why should we bother with Frank Borzage in 1997? Many modern viewers claim to find even his greatest films moth-eaten, penny-ante affairs, the cinematic equivalents of long-forgotten Tin Pan Alley tunes or 1909 Christmas cards.
21 Mac 2003 · Frank Borzage: Architect of Ineffable Desires. While much of the writing on Frank Borzage will invariably argue that he is a neglected filmmaker, his cinema has not significantly lacked important critical commentary. (There is probably more major work on Borzage than there is on a comparable figure like King Vidor.)
17 Apr 2020 · The 174th Best Director of All-Time: Frank Borzage. Borzage. Out of Frank Borzage’s ninety (90) or so feature films (like many during the silent era, many are lost) I’ve able to catch with eighty or nine. Five are worthy of the archives certainly all possess share a genre (romantic melodrama) and superior craftsmanship.
Frank Borzage was born on 23 April 1894 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Bad Girl (1931), 7th Heaven (1927) and No Greater Glory (1934). He was married to Juanita Scott, Edna Skelton and Rena Rogers.
