About

Known credits:
39
Birthday:
1884-12-02
Place of birth:
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Website:
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Joseph Farnham

Overview

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 multiple films within the year. Joseph won his Best Writing - Title Cards award for the films Fair Co-Ed; Laugh, Clown, Laugh; and Telling the World. This was the only year that an Oscar for title cards would be awarded.

Joseph Farnham was the very first Academy Award-winner to die. He died in 1931 of a heart attack while living in Los Angeles, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Known for

Writing
1930 War Nurse Writing Dialogue 58
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1930 Love in the Rough Writing Dialogue 58
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1930 Good News Writing Dialogue 58
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1930 Way Out West Writing Dialogue 58
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1929 Manhattan Serenade Writing Dialogue N/A
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1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Writing Writer 58
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1929 The Bellamy Trial Writing Scenario Writer 58
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1928 The Trail of '98 Writing Writer 59
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1927 The Unknown Writing Writer 63
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1926 The Waning Sex Writing Writer 59
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1926 Beverly of Graustark Writing Writer 58
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1925 His Secretary Writing Writer N/A
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1925 The Big Parade Writing Theatre Play 61
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1925 Pretty Ladies Writing Writer 58
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1925 Proud Flesh Writing Dialogue 59
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1925 Stop Flirting Writing Screenplay 58
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1924 Reckless Romance Writing Writer N/A
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1922 The Country Flapper Writing Writer N/A
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1921 Diane of Star Hollow Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1920 The Wonder Man Writing Writer N/A
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Sound
1930 The Big House Sound ADR Coordinator 59
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Art
1927 Twelve Miles Out Art Title Designer 59
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1926 The Road to Mandalay Art Title Designer 59
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Crew
1930 The Big House Crew Additional Dialogue 59
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1929 Where East Is East Crew Title Graphics 59
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1929 The Voice of the City Crew Title Graphics 59
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1929 Tide of Empire Crew Title Graphics 59
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1929 The Bellamy Trial Crew Title Graphics 58
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1928 Alias Jimmy Valentine Crew Title Graphics N/A
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1928 The Cameraman Crew Title Graphics 67
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1928 Across to Singapore Crew Title Graphics 59
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1928 The Crowd Crew Title Graphics 63
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1927 London After Midnight Crew Title Graphics 59
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1927 The Unknown Crew Title Graphics 63
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1926 The Road to Mandalay Crew Title Graphics 59
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1926 Brown of Harvard Crew Title Graphics 58
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1924 Greed Crew Title Graphics 62
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1922 The Man from M.A.R.S. Crew Title Graphics N/A
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Editing
1924 Greed Editing Editor 62
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