Frank Borzage

**Frank Borzage** (; 23 April 1894 – 19 Juni 1962) adalah seorang aktor dan sutradara film Amerika, yang paling diingat karena menyutradarai *[[7th Heaven (film 1927)|7th Heaven]]* (1927) dan *[[Street Angel (film 1928)|Street Angel]]* (1928).

## Biografi
Ayah Frank Borzage, Luigi Borzaga, lahir di Ronzone, (kemudian menjadi bagian dari Austria-Hungaria, sekarang Italia) pada 1859. Sebagai tukang batu, ia terkadang bekejra di Swiss; ia bertemu dengan orang yang kelak menjadi istrinya, Maria Ruegg (l. 1860, Ricken, Swiss, – m. 1947, Los Angeles), di mana ia bekerja di sebuah pabrik sutra. Borzaga berpindah ke Hazleton, Pennsylvania pada awal 1880an di mana ia bekerja sebagai penambang batubaru. Ia membawa tunangannya ke Amerika Serikat dan mereka menikah di Hazleton pada 1883.

Anak pertama mereka, Henry, lahir pada 1885. Keluarga Borzaga berpindah ke Salt Lake City, Utah, di mana Frank Borzage lahir pada 1893 (menurut IMDb.com), dan keluarga tersebut masih berada disitu sampai 1919. Pasangan tersebut memiliki empat belas anak, delapan diantaranya hidup sampai usia dewasa: Henry (1885–1971), Mary Emma (1886–1906), Bill (1892–1973), Frank, Daniel (1896–1975, seorang penampil dan anggota John Ford Stock Company), Lew (1898–1974), Dolly (1901–2002) dan Sue (1905–1998). Luigi Borzaga meninggal di Los Angeles dalam sebuah kecelakaan mobil pada 1934; istrinya Maria (ibu Frank) meninggal karena kanker pada 1947.

Pada 1912, Frank Borzage bekerja sebagai aktor di Hollywood, dan masih memegang profesor tersebut sampai 1917. Debut penyutradaraannya dilakukan pada 1915 dengan sebuah film buatannya yang berjudul *The Pitch o' Chance*.

Pada 7 Juni 1916, Borzage menikah dengan aktris film dan vaudeville Lorena "Rena" Rogers di Los Angeles dan masih menikah sampai 1941. Pada 1945, ia menikah dengan Edna Stillwell Skelton, mantan istri dari komedian Red Skelton; mereka bercerai pada 1949. Borzage meninggal karena kanker pada 1962, pada usia 68 tahun, dan dikuburkan di Pemakaman Forest Lawn Memorial Park di Glendale, California. Karena jasa-jasanya dalam perfilman, sebuah bintang dibuat untuk ditujukan kepada Borzage di Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Filmografi

* *[[The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine]]* (1913)
* *[[The Battle of Gettysburg (film 1913)|The Battle of Gettysburg]]* (1913)
* *[[Samson (film 1914)|Samson]]* (1914)
* *[[The Wrath of the Gods (film 1914)|The Wrath of the Gods]]* (1914)
* *[[The Geisha (film 1914)|The Geisha]]* (1914)
* *[[Knight of the Trail]]* (1915)
* *[[The Pitch o' Chance]]* (1915)
* *[[The Pride and the Man]]* (1916)
* *[[Dollars of Dross]]* (1916)
* *[[Life's Harmony]]* (1916)
* *[[The Silken Spider]]* (1916)
* *The Code of Honor* (1916)
* *[[Two Bits (film 1916)|Two Bits]]* (1916)
* *[[A Flickering Light]]* (1916)
* *[[Unlucky Luke]]* (1916)
* *[[Jack (film 1916)|Jack]]* (1916)
* *[[The Pilgrim (film 1916)|The Pilgrim]]* (1916)
* *[[The Demon of Fear]]* (1916)
* *[[The Quicksands of Deceit]]* (1916)
* *[[Nugget Jim's Pardner]]* (1916)
* *[[That Gal of Burke's]]* (1916)
* *[[The Courtin' of Calliope Clew]]* (1916)
* *[[Nell Dale's Men Folks]]* (1916)
* *[[The Forgotten Prayer]]* (1916)
* *[[Matchin' Jim]]* (1916)
* *[[Land o' Lizards]]* (1916)
* *[[Immediate Lee]]* (1916)
* *Flying Colors* (1917)
* *[[Until They Get Me]]* (1917)
* *[[Wee Lady Betty]]* (1917)
* *[[The Gun Woman]]* (1918)
* *[[The Curse of Iku]]* (1918)
* *[[The Shoes That Danced]]* (1918)
* *[[Innocent's Progress]]* (1918)
* *[[Society for Sale]]* (1918)
* *[[An Honest Man]]* (1918)
* *[[Who Is to Blame? (film 1918)|Who Is to Blame?]]* (1918)
* *[[The Ghost Flower]]* (1918)
* *[[The Atom (film 1918)|The Atom]]* (1918)
* *[[Toton the Apache]]* (1919)
* *[[Whom the Gods Would Destroy (film 1919)|Whom the Gods Would Destroy]]* (1919)
* *[[Prudence on Broadway]]* (1919)
* *[[Humoresque (film 1920)|Humoresque]]* (1920)
* *[[Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (film 1921)|Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford]]* (1921)
* *[[The Duke of Chimney Butte]]* (1921)
* *[[Back Pay]]* (1922)
* *[[Billy Jim]]* (1922)
* *[[The Good Provider]]* (1922)
* *[[The Valley of Silent Men]]* (1922)
* *[[The Pride of Palomar]]* (1922)
* *[[The Nth Commandment]]* (1923)
* *[[Children of the Dust (film)|Children of the Dust]]* (1923)
* *[[The Age of Desire]]* (1923)
* *[[Secrets (film 1924)|Secrets]]* (1924)
* *[[The Lady (film 1925)|The Lady]]* (1925)
* *[[Daddy's Gone A-Hunting]]* (1925)
* *[[The Circle (film 1925)|The Circle]]* (1925)
* *[[Lazybones (film 1925)|Lazybones]]* (1925)
* *[[Wages for Wives]]* (1925)
* *[[The First Year (film 1926 film)|The First Year]]* (1926)
* *[[The Dixie Merchant]]* (1926)
* *[[Early to Wed]]* (1926)
* *[[Marriage License?]]* (1926)
* *[[Seventh Heaven (film 1927)|Seventh Heaven]]* (1927)
* *[[Street Angel (film 1928)|Street Angel]]* (1928)
* *[[Lucky Star (film 1929)|Lucky Star]]* (1929)
* *[[They Had to See Paris]]* (1929)
* *[[The River (film 1929)|The River]]* (1929)
* *[[Song o' My Heart]]* (1930)
* *[[Liliom (film 1930)|Liliom]]* (1930)
* *[[Doctors' Wives (film 1931)|Doctors' Wives]]* (1931)
* *[[Young as You Feel (film 1931)|Young as You Feel]]* (1931)
* *[[Bad Girl (film 1931)|Bad Girl]]* (1931)
* *[[After Tomorrow]]* (1932)
* *[[Young America (film 1932)|Young America]]* (1932)
* *[[A Farewell to Arms (film 1932)|A Farewell to Arms]]* (1932)
* *[[Secrets (film 1933)|Secrets]]* (1933)
* *[[Man's Castle]]* (1933)
* *[[No Greater Glory (film 1934)|No Greater Glory]]* (1934)
* *[[Little Man, What Now? (film)|Little Man, What Now?]]* (1934)
* *[[Flirtation Walk]]* (1934)
* *[[Living on Velvet]]* (1935)
* *[[Stranded (film 1935)|Stranded]]* (1935)
* *[[Shipmates Forever]]* (1935)
* *[[Desire (film 1936)|Desire]]* (1936)
* *[[Hearts Divided]]* (1936)
* *[[Green Light (film 1937)|Green Light]]* (1937)
* *[[History Is Made at Night (film 1937)|History Is Made at Night]]* (1937)
* *[[Big City (film 1937)|Big City]]* (1937)
* *[[Mannequin (film 1937)|Mannequin]]* (1937)
* *[[Three Comrades (film)|Three Comrades]]* (1938)
* *[[The Shining Hour]]* (1938)
* *[[Disputed Passage]]* (1939)
* *[[I Take This Woman (film 1940)|I Take This Woman]]* (1940)
* *[[Strange Cargo (film 1940)|Strange Cargo]]* (1940)
* *[[The Mortal Storm]]* (1940)
* *[[Flight Command]]* (1940)
* *[[Billy the Kid (film 1941)|Billy the Kid]]* (1941)
* *[[Smilin' Through (film 1941)|Smilin' Through]]* (1941)
* *[[The Vanishing Virginian]]* (1942)
* *[[Seven Sweethearts]]* (1942)
* *[[Stage Door Canteen]]* (1943)
* *[[His Butler's Sister]]* (1943)
* *[[Till We Meet Again (film 1944)|Till We Meet Again]]* (1944)
* *[[The Spanish Main]]* (1945)
* *[[I've Always Loved You]]* (1946)
* *[[Magnificent Doll]]* (1946)
* *[[That's My Man]]* (1947)
* *[[Moonrise (film)|Moonrise]]* (1948)
* *[[China Doll (film)|China Doll]]* (1958)
* *[[The Big Fisherman]]* (1959)
* *[[L'Atlantide (film 1961)|L'Atlantide]]* (1961)

## Referensi

## Bacaan tambahan

* Dumont, Hervé. *Frank Borzage: the Life and Times of a Hollywood Romantic*. McFarland, 2006.
* Lamster, Frederick. *"Souls Made Great Through Love and Adversity": the Film Work of Frank Borzage*. Scarecrow, 1981.

## Pranala luar

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* Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database 
* They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 
* ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1932) – This Borzage-directed adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel has fallen into the public domain and is available online through the Internet Archive.
* Flesh and Desire: The Films of Frank Borzage 
* Frank Borzage and the Classic Hollywood Style 
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* Frank Borzage  at Virtual History