![]() Farrow was charged with making a false statement while entering the US, having claimed he was Romanian. On 27 January 1933, while dancing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, he was arrested for breach of his visa, as part of a general crackdown against illegal immigrants in the film industry. Pabst’s film Don Quixote (1933), and briefly visited Tahiti again.įarrow returned to Hollywood and re-established himself as a screenwriter. He worked as a writer and assistant director on G. In 1932 he went to England where he wrote The Impassive Footman (1932) for Basil Dean. He compiled an English-French-Tahitian dictionary and wrote a novel, Laughter Ends (1933). Shadow of the Law (1930) and Seven Days’ Leave (1930) (with Cooper) were for Paramount.įarrow began to work increasingly at RKO: Inside the Lines (1930) The Common Law (1931), with Constance Bennett, and a big hit A Woman of Experience (1931) with Helen Twelvetrees. He wrote The Bad One (1930) for United Artists. At that studio he also made The Showdown (1928), The Four Feathers (1929), The Wheel of Life (1929), A Dangerous Woman (1929) and Wolf Song (1929) with Gary Cooper. At Warner, he wrote A Sailor’s Sweetheart (1927) for director Lloyd Bacon.Īt Paramount Farrow worked a series of “woman’s pictures” Three Weekends (1928), with Clara Bow The Woman from Moscow (1928) for Pola Negri The First Kiss (1928), with Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, and Ladies of the Mob (1929) with Bow. He also wrote the original story for The Blue Danube (1928) and the script for The Bride of the Colorado (1929). He adapted Richard Connell’s 1923 short story “A Friend of Napoleon” but it was not made. He worked for DeMille Productions, doing titles for White Gold (1927) and The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927). He soon established himself as a notable screenwriter. He had already earned minor recognition as a poet and writer of short stories. Reentering the U.S., allegedly by jumping ship at San Francisco, he found his way to Hollywood where from 1927, his nautical expertise brought him work as a script consultant and technical adviser. On arrival in Hollywood, Farrow fabricated his education, saying he had attended Newington College in Sydney, Australia (he lived in a street below its ovals), Winchester College in England and the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.įarrow started writing while working as sailor and became interested in screenwriting after a chance voyage in the South Seas with the film-maker Robert J. He traveled throughout the Pacific, including Fiji, Hawaii and Guam. Ignatius College (later known as the University of San Francisco) in 1923, but left after one month. He claimed to have run away to sea in an American barquentine, sailed “all over the Pacific,” and fought in revolts in Nicaragua and Mexico. Farrow was educated at Newtown Public School and Fort Street Boys’ High School and then started a career in accountancy. His parents were both of English descent. His mother died when he was three years old. Miniver,” Michael Curtiz for “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” Mervyn LeRoy for “Random Harvest,” and Sam Wood for “Kings Row.”įarrow was born in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 1904, the son of Lucy Villiers (née Savage 1881–1907), a dressmaker, and Joseph Farrow (1880–1925), a tailor’s trimmer. In 1942, John Farrow competed for the Directing Oscar with William Wyler, who won for “Mrs. ![]() ![]() He was nominated for an Oscar and won the 1942 New York Film Critics Circle Award for his direction of the World War II battle drama, “Wake Island.” He won the Oscar and Writers Guild of America Award for his adapted screenplay for “Around the World in 80 Days” (1956). Marriage: Maureen O’Sullivan daughter Mia Farrowįarrow was twice nominated for an Oscar Award. Gap between First Film and First Nom: 8 yearsĬollaboration: 2 with Mitchum 2 with Karloff Other Awards: NY Film Critics, Director, Wake Island Other Oscar Awards (adapted script): 1 (Around the World in 80 Days, won) Oscar nominations (as director): 1 (“Wake Island”) Training: script consultant, technical adviser writer, assistant director to DeMille then to G. Nationality: Australian US citizen, 1947Įducation: University of San Francisco one month ![]() Social Class: working dressmaker and tailor
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