Frank Borzage

Flirtation Walk (1934) - Frank Borzage Video

Posted by amlo01 at Jan. 2, 2010

Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler reunite once again for this musical salute to the West Point Military Academy, including many scenes shot at West Point with "the full cooperation of the United States Army." Powell is Canary Dorcey, a private at a Hawaiian army post where he meets the perky Kitt Fits (Ruby Keeler), and she proceeds to flirt with him..

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Frank Borzage – Lucky Star (1929) Video

Posted by newland at Feb. 13, 2009

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring his love for her. Deeper complications set in when Martin, Tim's former sergeant and a bully, takes a shine to Mary.

LUCKY STAR'S remarkable emotional power clearly implies that Frank Borzage knew it to be his last chance at a silent - a testament, as it were, to the vast possibilities of the medium that he had fallen in love with. This is one of the most perfectly crafted of all silent masterpieces, and a further evidence that sound was unnecessary to produce such poignant and moving images.

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The Shining Hour - by Frank Borzage (1938) Video

Posted by alexov85 at Aug. 11, 2013

The Shining Hour - by Frank Borzage (1938)

Olivia (Crawford), a New York nightclub dancer, tires of the fast life and marries Henry Linden (Douglas), a farmer. When Olivia moves to her new husband's farm, in Wisconsin, she encounters trouble from his domineering sister-in-law Hannah (Bainter) and his brother David, (Young), who do not approve of her. Olivia finds an ally in David's wife, Judy (Sullavan), who is in a loveless marriage.

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Seventh Heaven - Frank Borzage (1927) Video

Posted by tribu at July 7, 2009

Borzage’s first popular success was Seventh Heaven (1927), the earliest of his powerful melodramas. It was released both as a silent film and with a score and sound effects; it won him an award as best director of 1927/28 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
El primer éxito de público de Borzage fue El Séptimo Cielo (1927), el primero de sus poderosos melodramas. Se distribuyó como film mudo con banda musical y efectos de sonido y le valió a Borzage el premio de la Academia para mejor director de 1927/8.

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Frank Borzage – Lazybones (1925) Video

Posted by newland at Feb. 8, 2009

Lazybones, a melancholy tale of thwarted lives in a sleepy small town, is one of Frank Borzage's most deeply felt films. It toys with melodrama at times, but it's directed and acted with such quiet emotion that it earns its tears honestly. Borzage was working near the height of his powers, and his restrained handling of the actors and staging of the scenes make this comedy-drama far less dated than most of its contemporaries. He seems to really believe in the material, and so will you.

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Flight Command (1940) Video

Posted by Rare-1 at April 29, 2016

Flight Command (1940)
DVDRip | MKV | 720 x 480 | AVC @ 1900 Kbps | 115 min | 1.69 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: Spanish, Russian (embedded)
Genre: Drama, War | USA

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first official outing, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyway but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.

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7th Heaven (1927) [ReUp 2017] Video

Posted by Someonelse at Oct. 22, 2013

7th Heaven (1927)
A Film by Frank Borzage
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 | 01:58:36 | 4,23 Gb
Score + English intertitles with Spanish and French subtitles
Genre: Drama, Romance, Classics

On the eve of World War One - Two strangers will meet and discover more than they bargained for in the academy award winning 1927 classic 7th heaven. Chico (Charles Farrell) is a bold and brash sewer worker in Paris who comes to the rescue of the down and out Diane (Janet Gaynor). In a city full of loneliness and uncertainty Chico and Diane find a closeness they've never had before. There relationship is put to the test when Paris is bombed and Chico marches off to war. Directed by former actor Frank Borzage this is the first cinematic pairing for Farrell and Gaynor. There popularity at the time was so great that the two of them went on to do ten more films together concluding with the 1929 revue Happy Days.

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The River (1929) [Restored version] [Re-UP] Video

Posted by Someonelse at Oct. 1, 2013

Allen John Spender, a young and credulous lad, is traveling down the river on his barge when he meets and is captivated by Rosalee, worldly-wise and beautiful. Rosalee, having been the mistress of a man just sent to jail for murder, is stirred by his fresh and ingenuous character, though she has sworn eternal faithfulness to her former lover. Though himself enchanted, Spender plans to continue his wandering ways until the former lover returns and forces the issue. Spender disposes of him, Rosalee recaptures her innocence, and the two find happiness as they resume his journey down the river.

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A História Começou à Noite (1937) Video

Posted by Someonelse at April 26, 2013

The obsessive and jealous shipowner Bruce Vail does not accept the divorce his wife Irene Vail achieved in London, and he hires his driver Michael Browsky to forge adultery with Irene in Paris to make the decree null. However, she is rescued by the headwaiter Paul Dumond, who punches Michael and locks Bruce and his private eyes in a locker, and they spend a wonderful night together in the restaurant Chateau Bleu, where Paul and his best friend Chef Cesare work, and they fall in love for each other. Meanwhile, Bruce kills Michael and blackmails Irene, blaming Paul and forcing her to return with him to New York. But Paul does not give up on Irene, and moves to New York with Cesare trying to find her love.

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Moonrise (1948) [Criterion Collection] Video

Posted by RSU75 at June 7, 2018

Moonrise (1948) [Criterion Collection, Spine #921]
DVD Video | NTSC 4:3 | 720x480 | 1hr 30mn | 5.61 Gb
English: Dolby AC3, 1 ch
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Danny is being despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused to have killed another man and is condemned to the death penalty.

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