Frank Borzage

Frank Borgaze (23 April 1893 - 19 June 1962) was an Italian-American film director famed for his mystical romanticism.

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23 April - 1893 - 19 June - 1962 - Italian-American - Film director - Romanticism

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Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, for his 1927 film, Seventh Heaven he became the first person ever to win the Academy Award for Directing. His other films include: Street Angel (1928), A Farewell to Arms (1932) and Strange Cargo (1940), among many others.

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Salt Lake City, Utah - Seventh Heaven - Academy Award for Directing - Street Angel - 1928 - A Farewell to Arms - 1932 - Strange Cargo - 1940

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After 1948 his output became sporadic. His last film work was sequences on Edgar G. Ulmer's L'Atlantide (aka Journey Beneath The Desert) (1962), for which he went uncredited.

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1948 - Edgar G. Ulmer - L'Atlantide

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Frank Borzage died in 1962, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery - Glendale, California

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For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Frank Borzage has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6300 Hollywood Blvd.

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