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Borden Chase

Writing · 1900–1970 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Known for

Filmography

1972The Bull of the WestScreenplay
1969Backtrack!Writer
1968A Man Called GannonWriter
1967Winchester '73Original Film Writer
1964Daniel BooneWriter
1964Gunfighters of Casa GrandeScreenplay
1962The VirginianWriter
1961Whispering SmithStory
1958Ride a Crooked TrailScreenplay
1957Night PassageScreenplay
1956BacklashScreenplay
1955Man Without a StarScreenplay
1954Vera CruzStory
1954Rails Into LaramieWriter
1954The Far CountryStory
1954His Majesty O'KeefeScreenplay
1953Sea DevilsScreenplay
1953General Electric TheaterWriter
1952Lone StarScreenplay
1952The World in His ArmsScreenplay
1952Bend of the RiverScreenplay
1951Iron ManScreenplay
1950The Great Jewel RobberWriter
1950Winchester '73Screenplay
1950MontanaScreenplay
1948Red RiverScreenplay
1948The Man from ColoradoOriginal Story
1947TycoonScreenplay
1946I've Always Loved YouScreenplay
1945Flame of Barbary CoastScreenplay
1945This Man's NavyStory
1944The Fighting SeabeesScreenplay
1943DestroyerScreenplay
1943Harrigan's KidWriter
1942Dr. BroadwayShort Story
1942Blue, White and PerfectStory
1938The Devil's PartyNovel
1937Midnight TaxiStory
1935Under PressureScreenplay

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