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Apr 23, 2024 · The keen wit and wry antics of the film’s director, Frank Borzage, match a deeply sympathetic tenderness for the characters’ strivings and vulnerabilities; “Man’s Castle” offers a vast vision of exaltation and degradation, and of the wild daring, even heroism, that is born of desperate circumstances. However, the sixty-nine-minute ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Frank Borzage remains the supreme romanticist among Hollywood directors. Bridging the silents to the talkies, his best films are made with such deep-rooted feeling and passion that what becomes paramount for the characters becomes paramount for the audience—namely, the idea that love is supreme.
Frank Borzage (Salt Lake City, 1893 - Hollywood, 1962) Director de cine estadounidense. Frank Borzage ocupa un lugar muy especial entre los numerosos artesanos que poblaron el Hollywood clásico, capaces de saltar del western a los filmes bélicos o a las comedias sofisticadas mostrando una eficacia narrativa y unos conocimientos técnicos dignos de admiración.
Feb 26, 2022 · An audio excerpts from an interview with Frank Borzage conducted by film historian and curator George Pratt in 1958, in honor of the director's gift of a pri...
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Frank Borzage (pronounced "Bor-ZAY-gee") was of Swiss, Italian, and Austrian ancestry, born in Salt Lake City, UT, the fourth of eight children of an Italian-speaking stonemason father and a German-speaking mother. As a boy, he was drawn to acting. At age 20, he'd gone to work for producer/director Thomas Ince.
Street Angel: Directed by Frank Borzage. With Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Natalie Kingston, Henry Armetta. A woman on the run from the law finds her past catching up to her just as she is on the verge of true happiness.
Apr 27, 2021 · Born April 23, 1894, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Frank Borzage wanted to be in entertainment since he was a kid. That takes money, so Borzage worked odd jobs in mines and on cooking lines to pay his way. Work and travel with various theater companies got Borzage out of Utah and eventually landed him in Denver, where he called on impresario Gilmor ...
