Joseph Farnham

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-12-02 (47 years old)

Deathday

1931-06-02

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Joseph Farnham

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph White Farnham (December 2, 1884 – June 2, 1931) was an American playwright and a film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Born in Connecticut in 1884,Farnham got his start in film through his business relationship with theatre empresarios Gustave and Daniel Frohman who owned The Frohman Amusement Corp. The Big Parade is probably the most famous of his works adapted to film. In the 1st Academy Awards of 1929, nominees could be considered for an Oscar for an award on the basis of multipl...

Production

1924

Greed

as Editor

1925

The Big Parade

as Theatre Play

1928

The Cameraman

as Title Graphics

1930

The Big House

as Additional Dialogue

1925

Proud Flesh

as Dialogue

1928

Across to Singapore

as Title Graphics

1926

1929

The Voice of the City

as Title Graphics

1930

Good News

as Dialogue

1925

Pretty Ladies

as Writer

1930

War Nurse

as Dialogue

1922

1930

1924

Greed

as Title Graphics

1930

The Big House

as ADR Coordinator

1927

Twelve Miles Out

as Title Designer

1926

The Road to Mandalay

as Title Designer

1926

The Road to Mandalay

as Title Graphics

1926

Brown of Harvard

as Title Graphics

1925

Stop Flirting

as Screenplay

1920

1929

1924

1925

His Secretary

as Writer

1928

The Crowd

as Title Graphics

1929

Tide of Empire

as Title Graphics

1929

The Bellamy Trial

as Scenario Writer

1928

Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Title Graphics

1927

The Unknown

as Title Graphics

1927

London After Midnight

as Title Graphics

1930

Way Out West

as Dialogue

1929

Where East Is East

as Title Graphics

1929

The Bellamy Trial

as Title Graphics

1922

The Man from M.A.R.S.

as Title Graphics

1928

1927

The Unknown

as Writer

1923

A Bride for a Knight

as Title Designer

1921

Diane of Star Hollow

as Scenario Writer

1919

Bullin' the Bullsheviki

as Title Designer

1921

1925

Charley's Aunt

as Title Illustration

1930

Montana Moon

as Dialogue

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