---
name: "Joseph Farnham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-farnham"
roles: ["Additional dialogue"]
born: "2 December 1884"
died: "2 June 1931"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:32:07.530986+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joseph Farnham

Additional dialogue. Born 2 December 1884 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Died 2 June 1931.

## Details

- **Work:** Additional dialogue
- **Born:** 2 December 1884, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 2 June 1931
- **Active:** 1929–1930
- **Also known as:** Joe Farnham, Jos. W. Farnham, Joseph W. Farnham, Joe Farnum 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 62 (1), 1930s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Farnham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1706967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29965

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Hollywood Revue of 1929*](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) (62)

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## Biography

Joseph White Farnham (also credited as Joseph W. Farnham, Joe Farnham and similar variants) was an American screenwriter, playwright and film editor active from the late 1910s to 1930.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he began working in film through connections with theatre impresarios and went on to write titles and scenarios for numerous silent films, including *The Big Parade* (1925). He edited *Greed* (1924) and contributed to MGM productions such as *The Unknown* (1927).

Farnham was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. At the first Academy Awards in 1929 he won the sole award given for Best Writing – Title Cards, based on his work across multiple films that year. He also wrote skits for *The Hollywood Revue of 1929*. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in 1931.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Big House* (1930), Fi1m 78, Additional Dialogue — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *War Nurse* (1930), Dialogue
- *The Big House* (1930), ADR Coordinator
- *Love in the Rough* (1930), Dialogue
- *Good News* (1930), Dialogue
- *Way Out West* (1930), Dialogue
- *The Big House* (1930), Additional Dialogue — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)
- *Montana Moon* (1930), Dialogue
- *Manhattan Serenade* (1929), Dialogue
- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)
- *Where East Is East* (1929), Title Graphics
- *The Voice of the City* (1929), Title Graphics
- *Tide of Empire* (1929), Title Graphics
- *The Bellamy Trial* (1929), Title Graphics, Scenario Writer
- *Alias Jimmy Valentine* (1928), Title Graphics
- *The Cameraman* (1928), Title Graphics
- *Across to Singapore* (1928), Title Graphics
- *The Trail of '98* (1928), Writer
- *The Crowd* (1928), Title Graphics
- *West Point* (1928), Writer
- *London After Midnight* (1927), Title Graphics
- *Twelve Miles Out* (1927), Title Designer
- *The Unknown* (1927), Title Graphics, Writer
- *The Waning Sex* (1926), Writer
- *The Auction Block* (1926), Title Illustration
- *The Road to Mandalay* (1926), Title Graphics, Title Designer
- *Brown of Harvard* (1926), Title Graphics
- *Beverly of Graustark* (1926), Writer
- *His Secretary* (1925), Writer
- *The Big Parade* (1925), Theatre Play
- *Pretty Ladies* (1925), Writer
- *Soul Mates* (1925), Writer
- *Proud Flesh* (1925), Dialogue
- *Stop Flirting* (1925), Screenplay
- *Charley's Aunt* (1925), Title Illustration
- *Greed* (1924), Editor, Title Graphics
- *Reckless Romance* (1924), Writer
- *American Manners* (1924), Writer
- *A Bride for a Knight* (1923), Title Designer
- *The Man from M.A.R.S.* (1922), Title Graphics
- *Finger Prints* (1922), Writer, Editor
- *The Country Flapper* (1922), Writer
- *Heedless Moths* (1921), Editor
- *Diane of Star Hollow* (1921), Scenario Writer
- *Bachelor Apartments* (1921), Editor
- *The Little 'Fraid Lady* (1920), Scenario Writer
- *The Wonder Man* (1920), Writer
- *Bullin' the Bullsheviki* (1919), Title Designer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1929: Best Title Writing (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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