True Boardman

Writing

True Boardman

Born 1909-10-25 · Seattle, Washington, USA

True Boardman Jr., son of silent movie actor True Boardman, began his career in film as a child actor. Today he is known for his writing as well.

Acting credits

Michael O'Halloran poster
10.0

Orphan newsboy Michael O'Halloran "adopts" Peaches, a little crippled girl, when her grandmother's death leaves her alone in the world. A chance acquaintance with lawyer Douglas Bruce draws Michael into contact with the Hardings, a farm couple, who bring Michael and Peaches to the country. Wholesome food and good fresh air give Peaches the strength to walk. Also friends of Douglas Bruce are the James Minturns, a wealthy young couple whose marriage breaks up over Nellie Minturn's neglect of their children for a society life. Nellie eventually realizes her error, devotes herself to hospital work, and is reunited with James while bird-calling in the woods.

Michael O'Halloran

1923

Broncho Billy Reforms poster
10.0

Broncho Billy and his pals plot to rob the general store. Broncho Billy is elected to go into the store and engage the proprietor in conversation while the others enter the rear door and rob the till.

Broncho Billy Reforms

1913

Daddy-Long-Legs poster
6.7

Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.

Daddy-Long-Legs

1919

A Daring Chance poster
NR

Film 102 in the Hazards of Helen series.

A Daring Chance

1916

Broncho Billy's Punishment poster
NR

Drink makes a brute of Broncho Billy and he does not realize what he is doing when under its influence. His wife and children are mortally afraid of him when he is in this condition and keep out of his way. At the saloon one day he provokes a quarrel with the one doctor of the town and wounds him with a shot from his gun.

Broncho Billy's Punishment

1914

The Flirt poster
7.0

Treats of the average, smalltown, middle class family life. Flirtatious Cora Madison is engaged to Richard Lindley but is attracted to Val Corliss, who has come to town to promote oil stock. When Cora's father refuses to become involved, she forges his name on some papers, thus enabling Corliss to sell many shares.

The Flirt

1922

The Reward for Broncho Billy poster
NR

After holding up a stage-coach, Broncho Billy disappears into the woods on horseback. The driver of the coach unhitches one of the horses and rides to the nearest town, notifies the sheriff, who goes in pursuit with the posse.

The Reward for Broncho Billy

1912

Broncho Billy and the Rattler poster
NR

Carl Stockdale, the sheriff of Boise County, is given a case of valuable jewels to deliver, but determines to keep them for himself.

Broncho Billy and the Rattler

1914

At Danger's Call poster
NR

Helen, discharged by the superintendent without justification, comes to the rescue when a flat car, loaded with dynamite, is tearing to certain destruction down the grade, bearing the mischievous son of the superintendent.

At Danger's Call

1916

Broncho Billy's Christmas Spirit poster
10.0

It is Christmas Eve, and a humble prospector has spent his last cent for food. He is heartbroken to think that he cannot even buy anything for his two small children. When his wife finds a letter to Santa Claus asking for a doll and rocking horse, the prospector is desperate.

Broncho Billy's Christmas Spirit

1914

The Wrong Train Order poster
5.0

In this episode everything goes wrong. Helen ends up on the rear observation deck of a runaway express train with the door to the inside closed, with the air-brake of the engine damaged, the engine itself full of steam and inaccessible, and the train speeding ahead on the wrong track.

The Wrong Train Order

1915

Behind the camera

Ride 'Em Cowboy poster
6.0

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1941

Meet Mrs. Swenson poster
5.0

An overworked housewife struggles to survive in an old house with an inadequate electrical supply and out-of-date appliances.

Meet Mrs. Swenson

1956

Keep 'Em Flying poster
6.2

When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.

Keep 'Em Flying

1941

Pardon My Sarong poster
6.5

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

Pardon My Sarong

1942

The Painted Hills poster
4.2

After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Shep with Tommy to cheer him up. Meanwhile, Jonathan's new partner isn't interested in sharing the gold, and lures Jonathan to his death.

The Painted Hills

1951

Between Us Girls poster
7.5

A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter.

Between Us Girls

1942

No artwork available
NR

Educational film about B.F. Goodrich man-made rubber and its many uses.

Of Men and Molecules

1954

No artwork available
NR

A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

The Voice Beneath the Sea

1956

No artwork available
NR

A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

The Voice Beneath the Sea

1956

Why Play Leap Frog? poster
7.3

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.

Why Play Leap Frog?

1950

No artwork available
NR

Explains how an atomic powered submarine operates. Includes scenes at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady and the submarine reactor test site at West Milton, New York.

The Atom Goes to Sea

1954

A Is for Atom poster
7.2

General Electric sponsors this explanation of atomic energy, detailing some of its uses besides the bomb. Using animation and an off-screen narrator, the film describes the atom, elements and isotopes, the discovery of transmutation, experiments in artificial transmutation, and the reasons for the power of nuclear fission. The film argues that now, besides war, the atomic age holds promise for energy, farming, medicine, and research. The promise of the atomic age will depend on human wisdom.

A Is for Atom

1953