Farrow, John

John Villiers Farrow (baptized as Jack ) was born February 10, 1904 in Sydney , Australia , into the family of tailors Joseph Farrow and Lucy Farrow (nee Savage; d. 1907 ). In 1908, his father remarried, from this marriage in 1912 the half-sister of John was born (the stepmother died in childbirth). Leaving the children in the care of his mother and sister, Joseph served in the army in 1915-16.

John studied at Newtown Public School , and later, from February 1917 to June 1918 , at Fort Street High School . After graduation, John began to engage in accounting, but soon, according to him, “left Australia on the American barquentine , traveled the entire Pacific Ocean , participated in the revolutions in Nicaragua and Mexico .” Having finally reached the United States , John entered Jesuits' St Ignatius College ( University of San Francisco ) in 1923 , but barely studied there for one month. For another four years, John walked the South Seas with renowned documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty .

In 1927, John returned to the United States and began working in Hollywood as a marine scene consultant. By that time he had already received modest fame as a poet and author of several stories. John began working at DeMille Productions , then Paramount Pictures Inc. , RKO Radio Pictures Inc. . In 1933, John was arrested on charges of violating immigration laws and received five years of probation.

In 1935, John began working for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film company, wrote several key scenes for the movie “ Saving Tarzan, ” and was appointed its director, but was eventually replaced by other filmmakers due to censorship problems. On the set of this tape, John met his future wife, Maureen O'Sullivan , with whom he lived for more than 26 years, from September 12, 1936 until his death. For the sake of this marriage, John divorced his first wife, Felicia, adopted the Catholic faith, and Maureen herself had to get permission for marriage from the pope .

John and Maureen gave birth and raised seven children:

• daughters: Mia (actress, born 1945), Prudence (writer and producer, born 1948), Stephanie (actress, born 1949) and Tisa (actress, born 1951);
• sons: Michael Namien (1939-1958), Patrick Joseph (1942-2009) and John Charles (b. 1946).

Despite contract with RKO Radio Pictures Inc. He served in the army during World War II from March 1940 to early 1942 with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (Canadian Marine Reserve).

In 1947, he was finally able to obtain American citizenship, and approximately from that time he “switched” to creating noir -style tapes that were in fashion at that time.

John Farrow suddenly died of a myocardial infarction on January 27, 1963, and is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City , California . It has two stars on the Walk of Fame , 6300 and 6304, Hollywood Boulevard.

• 1942 - New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Director, Wake Island Win.
• 1943 - Oscar for best directing , Wake Island - nomination.
• 1957 - Oscar for the best adapted script , " Around the World in 80 Days " - a victory.
• 1957 - Writers Guild of America Award for Best American Comedy Screenplay, Around the World in 80 Days - Victory.

• 1930 - English - French - Tahitian dictionary
• 1933 - Laughter Ends
• 1937 - Damien the Leper (biographical; several reprints, translated into 13 languages)
• 1942 - Pageant of the Popes
• 1954 - A Biography of St Thomas More (biographical)

• A. Walker, The Shattered Silents (New York, 1978)
• E. Katz, The Film Encyclopedia (New York, 1979)
• D. Shipman, The Story of Cinema, vol 2 (London, 1984)
• CR Koppes and GD Black, Hollywood Goes to War (London, 1988)

• Biography on the website adb.anu.edu.au