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Joseph Farnham (1884–1931)

Writer | Editor

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Farnham's Oscar win for Title Writing (May 16, 1929) made him the only winner of such an Oscar because the category was abolished after the first Academy Awards. Farnham also has the curious distinction of being the very first Oscar winner to die when he passed away two years after his victory. See more trivia »

Born:

Joseph White Farnham
in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Died:

(age 46) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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2002 London After Midnight (TV movie) (1927 titles)
 
1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
– Episode #1.24 (1956) (archive footage / as Joseph W. Farnham)
 
1930 El presidio (additional dialogue)
 
1930 War Nurse (dialogue / as Joe Farnham)
 
1930 Love in the Rough (screenplay / as Joe Farnham)
 
1930 Good News (dialogue / as Joe Farnham)
 
1930 Way Out West (as Joe Farnham)
 
1930 The Big House (additional dialogue / as Joe Farnham)
 
1930 Montana Moon (dialogue / as Joe Farnham)
 
1929 So This Is College (scenario and dialogue / story "Happy Days")
 
1929 The Thirteenth Chair (titles - uncredited in sound version)
 
1929 The Unholy Night (titles - uncredited)
 
1929 Speedway (titles)
 
1929 The Girl in the Show (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1929/I Marianne (titles - uncredited)
 
1929 Thunder (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (skit - uncredited)
 
1929 A Man's Man (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1929 Where East Is East (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1929 Voice of the City (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1929/I Tide of Empire (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1929 The Duke Steps Out (titles)
 
1929 Bellamy Trial (screenplay / as Joe Farnham / titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1929 The Flying Fleet (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1929 A Single Man (titles)
 
1929/II Marianne (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1928 West of Zanzibar (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1928 Alias Jimmy Valentine (as Joe Farnum / titles)
 
1928 The Cameraman (titles by / as Joe Farnham)
 
1928 While the City Sleeps (titles)
 
1928 Four Walls (titles)
 
1928 Telling the World (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1928 Diamond Handcuffs (titles)
 
1928 The Actress (titles)
 
1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh (titles)
 
1928 Across to Singapore (titles)
 
1928 The Trail of '98 (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1928 The Crowd (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1928 The Latest from Paris (titles)
 
1927/II West Point (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1927 Spoilers of the West (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 London After Midnight (titles)
 
1927 Becky (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 The Fair Co-Ed (titles)
 
1927 The Road to Romance (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 Body and Soul (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 After Midnight (titles)
 
1927 Mockery (titles)
 
1927 Twelve Miles Out (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 On Ze Boulevard (titles)
 
1927 The Unknown (titles)
 
1927 Rookies (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 Frisco Sally Levy (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 The Understanding Heart (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1927 The Red Mill (titles)
 
1927 The Show (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1926 Tell It to the Marines (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1926 Upstage (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1926 Exit Smiling (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1926 War Paint (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1926/II Blarney (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1926 The Waning Sex (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1926 The Road to Mandalay (titles / as Joe Farnham)
 
1926 Paris (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1926 Money Talks (as Joe Farnum / titles)
 
1926 Brown of Harvard (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1926 Beverly of Graustark (titles)
 
1926 Exquisite Sinner (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1926/I Monte Carlo (as Joe Farnum / titles)
 
1926 The Blackbird (titles)
 
1925 Soul Mates (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1925 His Secretary (titles)
 
1925 Lights of Old Broadway (titles)
 
1925 Bright Lights (as Joseph W. Farnham / titles)
 
1925 The Big Parade (titles / as Joseph W. Farnham)
 
1925 Sun-Up (as Joseph W. Farnham / titles)
 
1925 Pretty Ladies (titles)
 
1925 Stop Flirting (as Joseph W. Farnham / adaptation)
 
1925 Charley's Aunt (titles)
 
1924 Greed (titles - uncredited)
 
1924 Reckless Romance (as Joseph W. Farnham / titles)
 
1924 American Manners (as Joseph W. Farnham / titles)
 
1923 Carmen, Jr. (short) (titles)
 
1923 Mary of the Movies (titles)
 
1922 Radio-Mania (titles / as Joseph W. Farnham)
 
1922 The Snitching Hour (as Joseph W. Farnham / titles)
 
1922 The Country Flapper (as Joseph W. Farnham / titles)
 
1922 Oh, Mabel Behave (titles)
 
1921 Diane of Star Hollow
 
1920 The Wonder Man (as Joseph W. Farnham)
 
1919 Bullin' the Bullsheviki (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
1918 Once to Every Man (as Joe Farnham / titles)
 
Show ShowEditor (5 titles)
1924 Greed (edited by / as Jos. W. Farnham)
 
1922 The Country Flapper (as Joseph W. Farnham)
 
1921 Heedless Moths (as Joseph W. Farnham)
 
1921 Bachelor Apartments
 
1920 Sky Eye (as Joseph W. Farnham)
 
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1930 Free and Easy
Himself (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Joe Farnham | Jos. W. Farnham | Joseph W. Farnham | Joe Farnum

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Trivia:

Farnham's Oscar win for Title Writing (May 16, 1929) made him the only winner of such an Oscar because the category was abolished after the first Academy Awards. Farnham also has the curious distinction of being the very first Oscar winner to die when he passed away two years after his victory. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius