Borden Chase

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Borden Chase (actually Frank Fowler ; born January 11, 1900 in New York , NY , † March 8, 1971 in California ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

Born Frank Fowler, Chase punched his way through a variety of odd jobs before devoting himself to writing. For example, he was a driver for the New York gangster Frankie Yale and worked as a tunnel worker on the construction of the New York Holland tunnel . At the beginning of his writing career he wrote short stories and novellas .

In 1935, 20th Century Fox film studio produced Under Pressure, based on Borden Chase's novella Sandhog . This processed his experiences from the time when he was employed in the Holland tunnel. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Hollywood and changed his name to Borden Chase. The inspiration for this name came on the one hand from the American milk producer "Borden Milk Products", on the other hand from the Chase Manhattan Bank .

In 1942, Chase provided the story for Anthony Mann's first film, Dr. Broadway , but only the scripts for Mann's subsequent films like Winchester '73 or Mutiny on the Serpent River brought him the breakthrough. He received an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1949 for Howard Hawks ' Red River .

Chase was an active member of the anti-communist Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals , founded in 1944 , an association of filmmakers whose activities led, among other things, to the indictment of the Hollywood Ten .

family

Borden Chase has one daughter, Barrie Chase , who is a dancer by profession. His son Frank Chase was an actor and screenwriter.

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SURNAME Chase, Borden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fowler, Frank (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , NY
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1971
Place of death California