John Farrow

John Farrow

Film director, screenwriter and producer (1904–1963)

John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS was an Australian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He spent a considerable amount of his five-decade career in the United States and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Wake Island. In 1957, Farrow won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 43 films (1927–1956) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 14 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1927 [The Wreck of the Hesperus] Elmer Clifton B&W
1927 A SAILOR'S SWEETHEART. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1927 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. Pathe Exchange Inc. 7 reels 16mm B&W sound
1927 WHITE GOLD. Cinema Corp. of America 7 reels B&W
1928 THE FIRST KISS. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 6 reels B&W
1928 THE WOMAN FROM MOSCOW. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 77 min B&W
1929 THE WHEEL OF LIFE. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 6 reels B&W
1930 SEVEN DAYS LEAVE. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp B&W
1930 THE BAD ONE. Joseph M. Schenck (John Farrow) 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1935 LAST OF THE PAGANS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1937 MEN IN EXILE. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1937 SHE LOVED A FIREMAN. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1937 THE INVISIBLE MENACE. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 55 min B&W
1938 BROADWAY MUSKETEERS. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 LITTLE MISS THOROUGHBRED. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels
1939 FULL CONFESSION. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 78 min B&W
1939 Reno. John Farrow 73 min.
1940 A Bill Of Divorcement. John Farrow 74 min. B&W
1940 Married And In Love. John Farrow 59 min.
1942 WAKE ISLAND John Farrow 87 min B&W
1942 Wake Island. John Farrow 9 reels B&W
1943 China. John Farrow 8 reels
1943 Commandos Strike At Dawn. John Farrow 10 reels B&W
1943 WAKE ISLAND Paramount 90min 16mm B&W Sound
1944 The Hitler Gang. Films, Inc 8925 ft. 16mm B&W Sound
1945 You Came Along. John Farrow 11 reels. 16mm B&W
1946 Two Years Before the Mast Paramount News Service 22 16mm B&W sound
1946 Two Years Before The Mast. John Farrow 10 reels B&W
1947 [California film 97 min [California Color
1947 Blaze Of Noon. John Farrow 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Calcutta. John Farrow 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 California. John Farrow 97 min. 35mm Color sound
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go. John Farrow 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Beyond glory. John Farrow 2950 16mm B&W sound
1948 The Big Clock John Farrow 95 min B&W
1948 The Big Clock. John Farrow 95 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Alias Nick Beal. John Farrow 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Where Danger Lives John Farrow 82 B&W
1953 Hondo John Farrow 83 min Color
1953 King Of The Khyber Rifles. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 12 reels 35mm Color sound
1953 Ride, Vaquero! John Farrow 90 min Color
1955 Hondo. Wayne-Fellows Productions 83 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Michael Anderson, John Farrow