Born in Connecticut, USA. One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), he recieved the first and only Oscar for Title Writing in 1929. He started writing titles at The Frohman Amusement Company for ONCE TO EVERY MAN (1918) and continued through the end of the silent era, working at MGM. Some of his other notable silent title writing credits include BULLIN' THE BULLSHEVIKI (1919), THE WONDER MAN (1921), DIANE OF STAR HOLLOW (1921), OH, MABEL BEHAVE (1922), MARY OF THE MOVIES, CARMEN, JR., and RADIO-MANIA (all 1923), AMERICAN MANNERS and RECKLESS ROMANCE (both 1924), GREED, THE BIG PARADE and CHARLEY'S AUNT (all 1925), THE BLACKBIRD, MONTE CARLO, BROWN OF HARVARD, THE ROAD TO MANDALAY, TELL IT TO THE MARINES and EXIT SMILING (all 1926), THE RED MILL, BODY AND SOUL and LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (all 1927), THE CROWD, WEST POINT, THE TRAIL OF '98, THE ACTRESS, WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS and WEST OF ZANZIBAR (all 1928), THE FLYING FLEET, TIDE OF EMPIRE, WHERE EAST IS EAST, SPEEDWAY, THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR, SO THIS IS COLLEGE and MARIANNE (all 1929). He wrote dialogue for just a few talkies before dying of a heart attack in California in 1931: SO THIS IS COLLEGE (1929), MONTANA MOON, THE BIG HOUSE, WAY OUT WEST, GOOD NEWS, LOVE IN THE ROUGH, EL PRESIDIO and WAR NURSE (all 1930). Farnham also worked as a film editor during the silent era. His editing credits include SKY EYE and BACHELOR APARTMENTS (both 1920), HEEDLESS MOTHS (1921), THE COUNTRY FLAPPER (1922) and Erich von Stroheim's GREED (1925).  Title Writing 1927-8: Film(s) not specified, but he worked on TELLING THE WORLD, THE FAIR CO-ED and LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH during 1927-28. 1 nomination, 1 Award