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Chase was an active member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, an anti-Communist group which was active in Hollywood during the years of the Hollywood blacklist. [citation needed] Chase suffered a stroke on December 12, 1970. He died on March 8, 1971. The Borden Chase cocktail is named after him.
Borden Chase (1900-1971) Borden Chase. Prior to his career as a writer, Chase was employed as chauffeur for notorious prohibition-era gangster Frankie Yale -- until Yale was 'rubbed out' by Al Capone 's mob in July 1928. Chase, then still going by the more prosaic name Frank Fowler, as well Yale's other regular driver, James Caponi, were lucky ...
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- January 11, 1900
- Borden Chase
- March 9, 1971
Mini Bio (1) Prior to his career as a writer, Chase was employed as chauffeur for notorious prohibition-era gangster Frankie Yale -- until Yale was 'rubbed out' by Al Capone 's mob in July 1928. Chase, then still going by the more prosaic name Frank Fowler, as well Yale's other regular driver, James Caponi, were lucky to be alive: Yale, having ...
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Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's ...
Red Blazing Guns On The Chisholm Trail is a western novel written by Borden Chase. The book tells the story of Tom Dunson, a young man who decides to take his cattle from Texas to Missouri during the late 1800s. Along with his partner, Groot, Tom sets out on the dangerous Chisholm Trail, facing harsh weather, hostile Native Americans, and ...
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On CHASE: articles— Script (Belgium), no. 3, 1962. Présence du Cinéma (Paris), June 1962. Film Comment (New York), Winter 1970–71. Borden Chase pursued a successful screenwriting career from the mid-1930s into the 1970s by creating tough heroes who faced danger and death in the uncivilized days of the American West.
The papers of writer Borden Chase, screenwriter of many westerns including "Red River", "Winchester '73", and "The Far Country". The collection contains scripts, books, short stories, and personal and professional files from his life and career. It is open to the public and has no access restrictions.
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