Borden Chase

Born: 1900-01-11 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: 1970-03-09

Known For: Writing

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.

Filmography

1972

The Bull of the West ... (Screenplay)

1969

Backtrack! ... (Writer)

1968

A Man Called Gannon ... (Writer)

1967

Winchester '73 ... (Original Film Writer)

1957

Night Passage ... (Screenplay)

1956

Backlash ... (Screenplay)

1955

Man Without a Star ... (Screenplay)

1954

Vera Cruz ... (Story)
His Majesty O'Keefe ... (Screenplay)
The Far Country ... (Story)
Rails Into Laramie ... (Writer)

1953

Sea Devils ... (Screenplay)
General Electric Theater ... (Writer)

1952

Lone Star ... (Screenplay)
Bend of the River ... (Screenplay)
The World in His Arms ... (Screenplay)

1951

Iron Man ... (Screenplay)

1950

Montana ... (Screenplay)
Winchester '73 ... (Screenplay)
The Great Jewel Robber ... (Writer)

1948

Red River ... (Screenplay)
The Man from Colorado ... (Original Story)

1947

Tycoon ... (Screenplay)

1946

I've Always Loved You ... (Screenplay)

1945

Flame of Barbary Coast ... (Screenplay)
This Man's Navy ... (Story)

1944

The Fighting Seabees ... (Story)

1943

Destroyer ... (Screenplay)
Harrigan's Kid ... (Writer)

1942

Dr. Broadway ... (Short Story)
Blue, White, and Perfect ... (Story)

1938

The Devil's Party ... (Novel)

1937

Midnight Taxi ... (Story)

1935

Under Pressure ... (Technical Advisor)