Joseph Farnham

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Joseph "Joe" White Farnham (born December 2, 1884 in New Haven , Connecticut , † June 2, 1931 in Beverly Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American screenwriter who was first and not only at the first Academy Awards in 1929 The only one to receive the Oscar in the category of best title letter, he was also the first Oscar winner to die.

Life

Farnham began his career as a screenwriter and intermediate title writer for silent films in the 1918 film Once to Every Man . In the course of his career in the film industry, he has contributed to the making of over 90 films and worked with numerous important directors of the silent and early talkies era .

His best-known films include Greed (1924) by Erich von Stroheim , Charley's Aunt (1925) by Scott Sidney , The Parade of Death (1925), The Raven of London (1926) by Tod Browning , The Big Number (1926) by Monta Bell , Brand im Osten (1926) by George W. Hill , The Unknown (1927) by Tod Browning, The Son of the Taiga (1927) by Benjamin Christensen , At Midnight (1927) by Tod Browning, The Prince of Adventurers (1927) by John S. Robertson , Der Schlauberger (1927) by Edward Sedgwick , A Man of the Masses (1928) by King Vidor , The Golden Hell (1928) by Clarence Brown , Duty and Love (1928) by William Nigh , Lach, Clown, laugh! (1928) by Herbert Brenon , The Comedian (1928) by Sidney Franklin , Between Frisco and Manchuria (1928) by Sam Wood , When the Big City Sleeps (1928) by Jack Conway , Buster Keaton, the film reporter (1928) by Edward Sedgwick with Buster Keaton , The Flying Fleet (1929) by George W. Hill, Gold Hunters in California (1929) by Allan Dwan , The Hollywood Revue of 1929 and Hell Behind Bars (1930) by George W. . Hill.

On May 4, 1927, Joseph Farnham was one of the 36 founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which has held the Academy Awards since 1929 .

At the first Academy Awards in 1929, he was the first and only one to receive the Oscar in the Best Title Letter category for his overall performance as a sub-title writer. With the beginning of the sound film, the Oscar in this category was no longer awarded.

When he died two years later, he was the first Oscar winner to die. He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) .

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SURNAME Farnham, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farnham, Joseph White (full name); Farnham, Joe White (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and intertitle writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1931
Place of death Beverly Hills , Los Angeles , California