Original Borzage, Frank Movie Posters

Frank Borzage movie posters represent one of Hollywood's oldest and greatest directors — authentic original prints from the career of the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Director (7th Heaven, 1927) and a filmmaker who specialized in romantic melodrama with extraordinary formal and emotional sophistication within the silent cinema tradition. Borzage's work from the silent era through the 1940s exemplifies the romantic tradition in Hollywood cinema. Street Angel (1928), featuring Janet Gaynor in one of her greatest performances, and A Farewell to Arms (1932) with Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper represent Borzage's mastery of emotional depth and visual poetry. Three Comrades (1938) extends his approach to romantic drama within the constraints of studio production. Borzage's career as a silent and early sound era director positions him within classical Hollywood cinema history, with his romantic melodramas establishing conventions within the genre. Campaign materials from his American theatrical releases and international distribution document the marketing of prestige drama during Hollywood's move from silent to sound cinema. His influence on subsequent dramatic cinema and his canonical status within cinema histories create sustained collector interest in surviving materials from his films. Campaign materials for Borzage's works reflect the illustrated style and photographic approaches characteristic of earlier Hollywood, with original paper increasingly rare as few examples survive from theatrical circulation during the silent and early sound eras. Browse Borzage materials for documentation of Hollywood's oldest traditions and the romantic sensibility that defined early cinema. Shop original materials at Film/Art Gallery. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals. Browse also our Hollywood Drama and Classic Hollywood collections for related materials.