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Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Malcolm Stuart Boylan (April 13, 1897 – April 3, 1967) was an American screenwriter, writer, and founder of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Screenwriting Boylan entered the entertainment industry as a stage actor while working as a newspaper reporter and publicist at the Los Angeles Express Tribune. He became acquainted with the business of film in the early 1920s when he took the position of director of publicity for Universal and First National. He began supervising a weekly newsreel for Universal. In the early 1920s, he wrote the story line for three short films. Boylan became editorial supervisor for Fox Pictures and, in 1925, he began to create silent-film screen titles for fun. He made a name for himself by writing titles for the 1926 silent version of ''What Price Glory''. The quality of his work was so good that he was soon listed in credits as "Title Designer" in '' The Great K&A Train Robbery'' with Tom Mix. With the advent of talkies, Boylan entered the realm o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Fate Of A Flirt
''The Fate of a Flirt'' is a 1925 silent romantic comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer, which stars Dorothy Revier, Forrest Stanley, and Thomas Ricketts. It was released by Columbia Pictures on November 15, 1925. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Sir James Gilbert, a British peer, wagers that he can win the love of a particular young American woman for whom he has his heart set. Disguised as a chauffeur, James shows his love to Mary Burgess, niece of his wealthy employer, John Burgess. To obtain the consent of Mary's aunt, the couple involves her in a harmless trick. A villain threatens blackmail and attempts to pass himself off as the Sir James Gilbert. After a variety of adventures, the blackmailer's schemes are defeated. The young woman's hitherto hostile relatives are surprised and pleased when, instead of a chauffeur, Mary becomes the bride of Sir Gilbert. Cast list * Dorothy Revier as Mary Burgess * Forrest Stanley as Sir James Gilbert * Thomas Ricke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong Boy
''Strong Boy'' is a 1929 American Synchronized sound comedy film directed by John Ford. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Movietone process. The film, which was Ford's last silent film, is now considered to be lost. A trailer for the film was discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2010 and subsequently preserved by the Academy Film Archive the same year. Plot Cast * Victor McLaglen as Strong Boy * Leatrice Joy as Mary McGregor * J. Farrell MacDonald as Angus McGregor * Clyde Cook as Pete * Buddy Roosevelt as Wilbur Watkins (credited as Kent Sanderson) * Douglas Scott as Wobby * Slim Summerville as Slim * Tom Wilson as Baggage master * Eulalie Jensen as Queen of Lisonia * David Torrence as Railroad president * Dolores Johnson as Prima donna * Robert Ryan as Baggage man * Jack Pennick as Baggage man See also *List of lost films *List of early sound feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangman's House
''Hangman's House'' is a 1928 American romantic drama genre silent film set in County Wicklow, Ireland, directed by John Ford (uncredited) with inter-titles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. It is based on a novel by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. It was adapted by Philip Klein with scenarios by Marion Orth. The film is also notable for containing the first confirmed appearance by John Wayne in a John Ford film. Plot While stationed in Algiers, Commandant Denis Hogan receives a letter containing bad news and requests leave to return to his home country of Ireland, where he is a wanted man. In Ireland, Baron James O'Brien is told by his doctor that he has no more than a month to live. He decides to marry off his only daughter Connaught to a socialite, John D'Arcy, despite her love of childhood friend Dermot McDermot. Hogan returns to Ireland and disguises himself as a holy man. On his way to the O'Brien's house he is recognised by a gatekeeper, to whom he reveal his intention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road House (1928 Film)
''Road House'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Richard Rosson and starring Maria Alba, Warren Burke and Lionel Barrymore.Solomon p.309 Cast * Maria Alba as Spanish Marla * Warren Burke as Larry Grayson * Lionel Barrymore as Henry Grayson * Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Henry Grayson * Tempe Pigott Tempe Pigott (2 February 1869 – 6 October 1962) was an Australian silent and sound screen character actress. In the pre-film era she was a stage actress in England, Australia, Canada and the United States. She began appearing in motion pictures ... as Grandma Grayson * Florence Allen as Helen Grayson * Eddie Clayton as Jim, Larry Grayson's Pal * Jack Oakie as Sam * Jane Keckley as Maid * Kay Bryant as Mary, Larry's Girlfriend References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography''. McFarland & Co, 2011. External links * 1928 films 1928 drama films Silent American drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Wise
''Woman Wise'' is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring William Russell, June Collyer, and Walter Pidgeon. Plot Cast * William Russell as Ne'er-Do-Well * June Collyer as Millie Baxter * Walter Pidgeon as United States Consul * Theodore Kosloff as Abdul Mustapha * Ernest Shields as Valet * Raoul Paoli as Khurd Chief * Duke Kahanamoku as Guard * Josephine Borio as Native Girl * Carmen Castillo as Native Girl Preservation status The film so far as is known is now lost. A foreign archive may have some parts but is unconfirmed. See also *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Parade
''News Parade'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Nick Stuart, Sally Phipps and Brandon Hurst. The film portrays the adventures of a newsreel cameraman. Despite poor reviews and only a modest box office performance it was followed by several similar films including '' Chasing Through Europe'' (1929). Plot Nick Naylor receives an order to take a picture of the camera-shy millionaire A.K. Wellington. As the millionaire is traveling with his daughter, Nick follows them to Lake Placid, Palm Beach and even Havana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharp Shooters
''Sharp Shooters'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring George O'Brien, Lois Moran, and Noah Young. A print survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. ''Sharp Shooters'' contains uncredited performances by Boris Karloff and Randolph Scott in his first film appearance. Plot George is a sailor and smooth-talking lady's man who believes in the adage "love 'em and leave 'em" when it comes to women. While on leave in Morocco, George meets Lorette, a fiery French dancing girl who falls madly in love with him, unaware that he has a girl in every port. Initially thinking of her as just another diversion, George soon discovers that he can't get rid of the girl. She follows him to the United States; he does his best to avoid her. Amused by George's predicament and feeling sorry for the girl, his two best friends, Tom and Jerry shanghai him aboard a vessel and arrange things so that George is unable to avoid Lorette. As a result, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wizard (1927 Film)
''The Wizard'' is a lost 1927 American mystery film directed by Richard Rosson. The film is based on the 1911 story ''Balaoo'' by Gaston Leroux. The film is about Dr. Paul Coriolos who has grafted a human face onto an ape, and sends it out to capture people and bring them back to his home to be tortured and killed. Reporter Stanley Gordon is booked to a write-up on the mystery, and finds that Anne Webster and her father have been mysteriously disappeared from their dinner home. Gordon follows the clues to discover them at Coriolos's home. The film received mixed reviews on its release and is now considered a lost film. Plot :As this is a lost film, the plot is adapted from a summary from '' Harrison's Reports''. Dr. Paul Coriolos who has grafted the face of a friend onto the face of an ape to make it appear like a human being. He teaches him to recognize the scent of things like cigars and perfume and then gives his victims cigars to smoke or spraying perfume on them to make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pajamas (film)
''Pajamas'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by William Conselman and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Olive Borden, Lawrence Gray, J.J. Clark and Jerry Miley. The film was released on October 23, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Olive Borden as Angela Wade *Lawrence Gray Lawrence Gray (July 27, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Early life and career Born on July 27, 1898, in San Francisco, Gray attended schools there and worked in Standard Oil Company's export depar ... as John Weston *J.J. Clark as Daniel Wade *Jerry Miley as Russell Forrest References External links * 1927 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1927 comedy films Fox Film films Films directed by John G. Blystone American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films English-language comedy films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joy Girl
''The Joy Girl'' is a 1927 American two-strip Technicolor silent comedy film directed by Allan Dwan, released by Fox Film Corporation, starring Olive Borden, Neil Hamilton, and Marie Dressler, and based on the short story of the same name by May Edginton. Plot Jewel Courage (Borden) rejects a suitor (Hamilton), whom she thinks is a chauffeur, in favor of a man she thinks is a millionaire. It transpires that the roles were, in fact, reversed; Hamilton is the millionaire and the other man a chauffeur. Jewel is crushed, but manages to do well for herself in business, until the real millionaire and she find themselves reconciled. Cast * Olive Borden as Jewel Courage * Neil Hamilton as John Jeffrey Fleet *Marie Dressler as Mrs. Heath *Mary Alden as Mrs. Courage *William Norris as Herbert Courage * Helen Chandler as Flora *Jerry Miley as Vicary *Frank Walsh as Hugh Sandman *Clarence Elmer as Valet *Peggy Kelly as Isolde *Jimmy Grainger Jr. as Chauffeur *Betty Byrne (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Across The Border (1926 Film)
''Hands Across the Border'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by David Kirkland and starring Fred Thomson, Bess Flowers, and Tyrone Power Sr. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Ted Drake is the son of a wealthy man, and his father John sends him to Mexico to assist government officials using a ranch owned by his father to clean-up a band of smugglers. He rescues Ysabel, the daughter of Don Castro, from some kidnappers. To get her on a departing train on time, Ted rides through a crowd in front of the train station. In rapid succession he has a number of narrow escapes. To gather evidence Ted impersonates one of the desperados. However, he is captured and put in front of a firing squad. His wonder horse Silver King sets off an explosion which brings the American cavalry across the boarder, arriving just in time to prevent the death of Ted. The cavalry rounds up the smugglers. It turns out that the Don is actually a secret service man, which allows Ted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
