Movies by Frank Borzage
As part of the cast:
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Old Time Comedy Classics: Vol. 8 (2008)
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Jimmie Adams, Billy Engle …
Return to the silent era with this collection of five short comedies. Gloria Swanson dresses as a man to keep a vixen from stealing her beau in "The Danger Girl" (1916) and is abducted by a…
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Murnau, Borzage & Fox Documentary (2008)
Cast: F.W. Murnau, William Fox, Frank Borzage …
Directed by: John Cork
John Cork's all-encompassing documentary examines the celluloid experiments and lives of William Fox, Frank Borzage and F.W. Murnau. In addition to rare vintage clips from a boom period…
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China Doll (1958)
Cast: Victor Mature, Li Hua Li, Ward Bond …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Stationed in Asia during World War II, U.S. pilot Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) marries his Chinese housekeeper, Shu-Jen (Li Hua Li). After she's killed in a bombing attack, Brandon…
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Moonrise (1948)
Cast: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark), who lives in angst because his father was put to death for murder, accidentally kills Jerry Sykes (Lloyd Bridges) in a fight over Gilly Johnson (Gail Russell).…
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I've Always Loved You (1946)
Cast: Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, Bill Carter …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Director Frank Borzage's romantic melodrama stars Philip Dorn as imperious conductor Leopold Goronoff, who grooms promising young pianist Myra Hassman (Catherine McLeod) for greatness,…
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Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ray Bolger, Ralph Bellamy …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
During World War II, New York's Stage Door Canteen served as a friendly stop for off-duty soldiers. This star-studded romance tells the tale of Eileen (Cheryl Walker), a Canteen hostess…
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Strange Cargo (1940)
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Ian Hunter …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Fugitive pilot Verne (Clark Gable) and his girlfriend, Julie (Joan Crawford), join up with another band of convicts as they escape from a penal colony, but the hardened criminals find…
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A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Cast: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
While serving in the Italian ambulance corps during World War I, adventurous American Lt. Frederick Henry (Gary Cooper) falls in love with English nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes). But…
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After Tomorrow / Young America (1932)
Cast: Charles Farrell, Spencer Tracy, Doris Kenyon …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage helms both classic films in this double feature, which includes After Tomorrow and Young America, both early talkie-era melodramas released in 1932. After Tomorrow, starring…
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Bad Girl (1931)
Cast: Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Industrious, working-class bloke Eddie Collins (James Dunn) is determined to improve his lot in life. But when he meets Dorothy Haley (Sally Eilers), a single night of indiscretion changes…
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Song O' My Heart (1930)
Cast: John McCormack, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage directs this early talkie drama about a once-famous opera singer who attempts to resurrect his career for the benefit of an old flame. Irish tenor John McCormack sings the…
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Liliom (1930)
Cast: Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage directs this early talkie adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 stage play and starring Charles Farrell as Liliom, a carousel operator who marries a servant girl,…
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Lucky Star (1929)
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn Williams …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Charles Farrell stars as Tim, a young man who has just met and taken a fancy to poor farm girl Mary (Janet Gaynor) when World War I suddenly breaks out, causing him to postpone his planned…
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They Had to See Paris (1929)
Cast: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Owen Davis Jr. …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage's 1929 comedy stars Will Rogers as Pike Peters, a mechanic who gets an unexpected windfall from an oil field, prompting his wife to drag the family to Paris in search of a…
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Street Angel (1928)
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Janet Gaynor scored a Best Actress Oscar for her superb performance as an impoverished gamine named Angela who must choose between selling her virtue and letting her ailing mother go without…
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Seventh Heaven (1927)
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
In this sentimental silent drama helmed by Frank Borzage, Parisian sewer worker Chico (Charles Farrell) comes to the defense of poor waif Diane (Janet Gaynor), whose absinthe-addicted sister…
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Lazybones (1925)
Cast: Buck Jones, Madge Bellamy, Virginia Marshall …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage directs this silent film, released in 1925, about a man (Buck Jones) named Steve Tuttle -- with the nickname of "Lazybones" -- who causes a scandal when he selflessly takes in…