Frank Borzage

Hervé Dumont, now retired, was the director of the Swiss National Film Archive (Cinémathèque Suisse) in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the author of several works on film history. His History of Swiss Cinema (Lausanne 1987) earned the Jean Mitry Award, and Frank Borzage, Sarastro à Hollywood (Paris-Milan 1993) received the Prix Simone Genevois, awarded to the best European film book of the year. Jonathan Kaplansky works as a literary translator of French in Montreal. His translations include novels by Hélène Dorion, Pauline Michel and Hélène Rioux, poetry by Serge Patrice Thibodeau, a journal by Annie Ernaux, and several biographies of historical and political figures. His articles have appeared in Palimpsestes and Circuit.

• Table of ContentsForeword by Martin Scorsese      Preface      Introduction: Keys to an Alchemy of Film      1. From Salt Lake City to Inceville      2. Debut at the Megaphone      3. In Search of a Style      4. Working for William Randolph Hearst      5. A New Status: Producer-Director      6. Fox Films Spurred On by Ambition      7. Fame Through Jacob’s Ladder      8. Two Forgotten Masterpieces      9. Between Glory and Disgrace      10. Freedom at the Top      11. The Romance of the Deprived      12. The Warner Brothers Purgatory      13. At MGM: Stars and Real Life      14. The Mystical Dimension      15. The Mortal Storm      16. Wandering Downwards with Highlights      17. Republic Studios in Sublime Mode      18. In Semi-Retirement      Filmography      Notes      Bibliography      Index

“authoritative, insightful...indispensable”—Booklist; “exemplary critical”—DGA Quarterly: Craft Journal of the Directors Guild of America; “one of the most exceptional works on a Golden Age director that I have ever read. The authors excels in covering all of Borzage’s films...thorough biography...should stand as a model for future film historians”—The National Board of Review.