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Joseph Farnham

Joseph Farnham

Actor, Writer, Editor

Born December 2, 1884 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Died June 2, 1931

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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.

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Free and Easy Poster

Free and Easy Feature Film1930Joseph Farnham

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London After Midnight Poster

London After Midnight TV Movie2002

Marianne Poster

Marianne Feature Film1931

El presidio Poster

El presidio Feature Film1930

Good News Poster

Good News Feature Film1930

Love in the Rough Poster

Love in the Rough Feature Film1930

Montana Moon Poster

Montana Moon Feature Film1930

The Big House Poster

The Big House Feature Film1930

War Nurse Poster

War Nurse Feature Film1930

Way Out West Poster

Way Out West Feature Film1930

A Man's Man Poster

A Man's Man Feature Film1929

A Single Man Poster

A Single Man Feature Film1929

Manhattan Serenade Poster

Manhattan Serenade Short Film1929

Marianne Poster

Marianne Feature Film1929

So This Is College Poster

So This Is College Feature Film1929

Speedway Poster

Speedway Feature Film1929

The Bellamy Trial Poster

The Bellamy Trial Feature Film1929

The Duke Steps Out Poster

The Duke Steps Out Feature Film1929

The Flying Fleet Poster

The Flying Fleet Feature Film1929

The Girl in the Show Poster

The Girl in the Show Feature Film1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Poster

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Feature Film1929

The Thirteenth Chair Poster

The Thirteenth Chair Feature Film1929

The Unholy Night Poster

The Unholy Night Feature Film1929

The Voice of the City Poster

The Voice of the City Feature Film1929

Thunder Feature Film1929

Tide of Empire Poster

Tide of Empire Feature Film1929

Where East Is East Poster

Where East Is East Feature Film1929

Across to Singapore Poster

Across to Singapore Feature Film1928

Alias Jimmy Valentine Poster

Alias Jimmy Valentine Feature Film1928

Diamond Handcuffs Poster

Diamond Handcuffs Feature Film1928

Four Walls Poster

Four Walls Feature Film1928

Laugh, Clown, Laugh Poster

Laugh, Clown, Laugh Feature Film1928

Telling the World Poster

Telling the World Feature Film1928

The Actress Poster

The Actress Feature Film1928

The Big City Poster

The Big City Feature Film1928

The Cameraman Poster

The Cameraman Feature Film1928

The Crowd Poster

The Crowd Feature Film1928

The Latest from Paris Poster

The Latest from Paris Feature Film1928

The Trail of '98 Poster

The Trail of '98 Feature Film1928

West of Zanzibar Poster

West of Zanzibar Feature Film1928

While the City Sleeps Poster

While the City Sleeps Feature Film1928

After Midnight Poster

After Midnight Feature Film1927

Becky Feature Film1927

Body and Soul Poster

Body and Soul Feature Film1927

Frisco Sally Levy Poster

Frisco Sally Levy Feature Film1927

London After Midnight Poster

London After Midnight Feature Film1927

Mockery Feature Film1927

On Ze Boulevard Poster

On Ze Boulevard Feature Film1927

Rookies Feature Film1927

Slide, Kelly, Slide Poster

Slide, Kelly, Slide Feature Film1927

Spoilers of the West Poster

Spoilers of the West Feature Film1927

The Fair Co-Ed Poster

The Fair Co-Ed Feature Film1927

The Red Mill Poster

The Red Mill Feature Film1927

The Road to Romance Poster

The Road to Romance Feature Film1927

The Show Poster

The Show Feature Film1927

The Understanding Heart Poster

The Understanding Heart Feature Film1927

The Unknown Poster

The Unknown Feature Film1927

Twelve Miles Out Poster

Twelve Miles Out Feature Film1927

West Point Poster

West Point Feature Film1927

Beverly of Graustark Poster

Beverly of Graustark Feature Film1926

Blarney Feature Film1926

Brown of Harvard Poster

Brown of Harvard Feature Film1926

Exit Smiling Poster

Exit Smiling Feature Film1926

Exquisite Sinner Poster

Exquisite Sinner Feature Film1926

Money Talks Feature Film1926

Monte Carlo Poster

Monte Carlo Feature Film1926

Paris Feature Film1926

Tell It to the Marines Poster

Tell It to the Marines Feature Film1926

The Auction Block Poster

The Auction Block Feature Film1926

The Blackbird Poster

The Blackbird Feature Film1926

The Road to Mandalay Poster

The Road to Mandalay Feature Film1926

The Waning Sex Poster

The Waning Sex Feature Film1926

Upstage Feature Film1926

War Paint Poster

War Paint Feature Film1926

Bright Lights Poster

Bright Lights Feature Film1925

Charley's Aunt Poster

Charley's Aunt Feature Film1925

His Secretary Poster

His Secretary Feature Film1925

Lights of Old Broadway Poster

Lights of Old Broadway Feature Film1925

Pretty Ladies Poster

Pretty Ladies Feature Film1925

Proud Flesh Poster

Proud Flesh Feature Film1925

Soul Mates Poster

Soul Mates Feature Film1925

Stop Flirting Poster

Stop Flirting Feature Film1925

Sun-Up Feature Film1925

The Big Parade Poster

The Big Parade Feature Film1925

American Manners Poster

American Manners Feature Film1924

Greed Feature Film1924

Reckless Romance Feature Film1924

A Bride for a Knight Feature Film1923

Carmen, Jr. Poster

Carmen, Jr. Short Film1923

Mary of the Movies Poster

Mary of the Movies Feature Film1923

Finger Prints Feature Film1922

Oh, Mabel Behave Poster

Oh, Mabel Behave Feature Film1922

Radio-Mania Poster

Radio-Mania Feature Film1922

The Country Flapper Poster

The Country Flapper Feature Film1922

The Madness of Love Feature Film1922

The Snitching Hour Feature Film1922

Diane of Star Hollow Poster

Diane of Star Hollow Feature Film1921

The Little 'Fraid Lady Poster

The Little 'Fraid Lady Feature Film1920

The Wonder Man Poster

The Wonder Man Feature Film1920

Bullin' the Bullsheviki Feature Film1919

Once to Every Man Poster

Once to Every Man Feature Film1918

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Greed Feature Film1924

Finger Prints Feature Film1922

The Country Flapper Poster

The Country Flapper Feature Film1922

The Madness of Love Feature Film1922

Bachelor Apartments Poster

Bachelor Apartments Feature Film1921

Heedless Moths Poster

Heedless Moths Feature Film1921

Sky-Eye Feature Film1920

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