OSHER 692 - Janet Gaynor: Her Romantic Frank Borzage/F.W. Murnau Classics

In the very first year that the Academy Awards were handed out, Janet Gaynor won the Oscar for her moving performances in three films: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans; 7th Heaven and Street Angel. Salt Lake City-born Frank Borzage took home the Directing Oscar for 7th Heaven. Salt Lake-born actress Margaret Livingston had a major role in Sunrise. This course will examine these classics and the recently discovered lost film Lucky Star. The class period will run an extra 30 minutes on the four weeks of screenings. This is a rare opportunity to see some of greatest films dealing with the power of love from the final three years of the silent cinema (1927-29). DVDs from the works of Gaynor, Borzage, Murnau, and Livingston will be available for checkout.