LIFE’S HARMONY

Frank Borzage

Scen.: Lorimer Johnston. Int.: George Periolat (Josiah Pringle), Vivian Rich (Faith Pringle), Gayne Whitman (Gordon Howard), Antrim Short. Prod.: American Film Manufacturing Company. 35mm. L.: 870 m. D.: 42’ a 18 f/s. Bn.

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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

This seems to be the third film Frank Borzage directed, then aged twenty- two. He does not act in it, and the scenario was written by someone called Lorimer Johnston, then aged fifty-eight. The print is of poor quality, the image blurred. Nothing enthralling in the plot or the characters – an aged organist, the aged organist’s daughter and a young organist, who might be a crook. I find myself in serious trouble explaining why this grey little film appears to me like a perfect Borzage, a beautiful, moving work, unpretentious, emanating a great sense of harmony and humanity. How much of Borzage have we seen since he was rediscovered twenty-five years ago? Far too little for our good.

Mariann Lewinsky

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