Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage (/bɔːrˈzeɪɡiː/;[1] 23 April 1894[2] – 19 Juni 1962) adalah seorang aktor dan sutradara film Amerika, yang paling diingat karena menyutradarai 7th Heaven (1927) dan Street Angel (1928).
| Frank Borzage | |
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 Photoplay Magazine, 1920 | |
| Lahir | 23 April 1894 Salt Lake City, Utah, A.S. |
| Meninggal | 19 Juni 1962 (umur 68) Hollywood, California, A.S. |
| Pekerjaan | aktor |
| Suami/istri | Rena Rogers (menikah pada 1916, bercerai pada 1941) Edna Stillwell Skelton (menikah pada 1945, bercerai pada 1949) |
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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), dimana ia bekerja di sebuah pabrik sutra. Borzaga berpindah ke Hazleton, Pennsylvania pada awal 1880an dimana 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, dimana 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.[3][4] 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 (1913)
- Samson (1914)
- The Wrath of the Gods (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 (1916)
- A Flickering Light (1916)
- Unlucky Luke (1916)
- Jack (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? (1918)
- The Ghost Flower (1918)
- The Atom (1918)
- Toton the Apache (1919)
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919)
- Prudence on Broadway (1919)
- Humoresque (1920)
- 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 (1923)
- The Age of Desire (1923)
- Secrets (1924)
- The Lady (1925)
- Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
- The Circle (1925)
- Lazybones (1925)
- Wages for Wives (1925)
- The First Year (1926)
- The Dixie Merchant (1926)
- Early to Wed (1926)
- Marriage License? (1926)
- Seventh Heaven (1927)
- Street Angel (1928)
- Lucky Star (1929)
- They Had to See Paris (1929)
- The River (1929)
- Song o' My Heart (1930)
- Liliom (1930)
- Doctors' Wives (1931)
- Young as You Feel (1931)
- Bad Girl (1931)
- After Tomorrow (1932)
- Young America (1932)
- A Farewell to Arms (1932)
- Secrets (1933)
- Man's Castle (1933)
- No Greater Glory (1934)
- Little Man, What Now? (1934)
- Flirtation Walk (1934)
- Living on Velvet (1935)
- Stranded (1935)
- Shipmates Forever (1935)
- Desire (1936)
- Hearts Divided (1936)
- Green Light (1937)
- History Is Made at Night (1937)
- Big City (1937)
- Mannequin (1937)
- Three Comrades (1938)
- The Shining Hour (1938)
- Disputed Passage (1939)
- I Take This Woman (1940)
- Strange Cargo (1940)
- The Mortal Storm (1940)
- Flight Command (1940)
- Billy the Kid (1941)
- Smilin' Through (1941)
- The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
- Seven Sweethearts (1942)
- Stage Door Canteen (1943)
- His Butler's Sister (1943)
- Till We Meet Again (1944)
- The Spanish Main (1945)
- I've Always Loved You (1946)
- Magnificent Doll (1946)
- That's My Man (1947)
- Moonrise (1948)
- China Doll (1958)
- The Big Fisherman (1959)
- L'Atlantide (1961)
Referensi
- ^ Borzage told The Literary Digest his name was pronounced "in three syllables, and g in get, bor-zay'gee." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)
- ^ To gain a professional advantage, Borzage subtracted a year from his date of birth while still a teenager; many sources, including IMDb, thus give 1893 as his birthdate; Dumont, p. 32.
- ^ "Skelton's Ex-Wife Married to Director". The Pittsburgh Press. 26 November 1945. Diakses tanggal 19 Mei 2011.
- ^ "Home of Skelton's Ex-Wife is Robbed of $10,000 Loot". St. Joseph News-Press. 4 Februari 1950. Diakses tanggal 25 Mei 2011.
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
- Frank Borzage di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) Frank Borzage di AllMovie
- 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
- (Inggris) Frank Borzage di Find a Grave
- Frank Borzage at Virtual History