Francis E. Faragoh

{{short description|Hungarian-American screenwriter}}

{{Hungarian name|Faragó Ferenc Eduárd}}

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| name = Francis Edward Faragoh

| birth_name = Ferenc Eduárd Faragó

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|10|16}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|7|25|1898|10|16}}

| death_place = Oakland, California, U.S.

| education = City College of New York, Columbia University{{Cite news|title=Obituaries: Francis Edwards Faragoh|author=|date=July 27, 1966|work=Variety|page=111|quote=Francis Edwards Faragoh, 71, playwright and scenarist, died at Kaiser Hospital, Oakland, Calif., July 25 of a heart attack following surgery. He was born in Hungary and came as a youth to the U.S. where he was educated at City College of New York and Columbia U. As a former managing director of the new Playwrights Theatre, he authored 'Pinwheels' (1928) and 'Sun Up to Sundown' (1938). In 1929 he became a film writer and is credited with 'Her Private Affair,' 'Lilies of the Field,' 'Back Pay,' 'The Right of Way,' 'Too Young to Marry,' 'Little Caesar,' 'Iron Man,' 'Frankenstein,' 'The Last Man,' 'Undercover Man,' 'Return of Peter Grimm,' 'Becky Sharp' and 'My Friend Flicka.'|id={{ProQuest|963009248}}}}

| occupation = Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1929–1947

| other_names = Francis Edwards Faragoh

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Francis Edward Faragoh (born Ferenc Eduárd Faragó; October 16, 1898 – July 25, 1966), also known as Francis Edwards Faragoh,[https://www.yesterdaysgallery.com/pages/books/17396/francis-edwards-faragoh/pinwheel Credited as Francis Edwards Faragoh], yesterdaysgallery.com. Accessed February 21, 2024. was a Hungarian-American screenwriter. He wrote for 20 films between 1929 and 1947. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1931 for Best Writing, Adaptation for Little Caesar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932 |title=The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners |access-date=May 21, 2019 |publisher=Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141010191946/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932 |archivedate=October 10, 2014 }} He was born in Budapest, Hungary and died at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, California from a heart attack.