Writing

Malcolm Stuart Boylan

Born — Died

1897-04-13 — 1967-04-03

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

A Yank at Oxford poster
6.8

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

A Yank at Oxford

1938

The Unknown poster
6.3

"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.

The Unknown

1946

Devil Dogs of the Air poster
6.8

Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.

Devil Dogs of the Air

1935

If I Had a Million poster
6.5

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

If I Had a Million

1932

Mr. District Attorney poster
5.8

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

Mr. District Attorney

1941

The Lady's from Kentucky poster
8.0

Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a young thoroughbred, which he quickly calls in. He discovers the other owner to be a young woman from an old horse racing family who wants to protect her colt almost as much as Marty wants to rush him into big races for a fast buck. While they clash, Marty soon comes to understand the human bond with the horses and what it means to be a thoroughbred.

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939

Soldiers Three poster
4.5

Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.

Soldiers Three

1951

Dr. Cyclops poster
6.2

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.

Dr. Cyclops

1940

Customs Agent poster
10.0

An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.

Customs Agent

1950

Cheaters at Play poster
7.0

Modest picture centering on a blunderous jewel heist aboard an ocean liner.

Cheaters at Play

1932

Sharp Shooters poster
7.0

A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show up at its next stop and reunite with her lover. However, when she arrives at the ship's next destination, she discovers that her "lover" has already found another local girl to spend his time with. Complications ensue.

Sharp Shooters

1928

Girls Gone Wild poster
9.0

In his last film, silent star William Russell plays the motorcycle policeman father of one of the restless and reckless new generation of late 1920s youth. The film was controversial as an early example of the rising tide of violence and disrespect for the law that would become key themes in the 1930s.

Girls Gone Wild

1929

Pajamas poster
10.0

A spoiled heiress sets her sights on a handsome pilot, but he wants nothing to do with her.

Pajamas

1927

Flaming Gold poster
6.2

Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.

Flaming Gold

1932

Woman Wise poster
8.0

In Jedda, Persia, American consul George Gage, known as a woman hater, is shocked when his newly arrived assistant, "Billie Baxter," whom he assumes will be a man, turns out to be an attractive woman. Despite his formerly anti-female leanings, George finds himself falling in love with Billie and is jealous when his womanizing friend, Brad Wilson, arrives in Jedda and makes a play for her. At the same time, when the ruling Pasha, Abdul Mustapha, meets Billie, he also becomes smitten and tries to have her brought to his harem. Despite their rivalry, George and Brad join forces and save Billie from the Pasha, after which she decides that George is the man she loves and wants to marry. Considered a lost film.

Woman Wise

1928

Sailors on Leave poster
8.0

If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.

Sailors on Leave

1941

Come to My House poster
8.0

Socialite Joan Higham visits the bachelor apartment of Floyd Benham and a blackmailer photographs her there. She then tries to protect her reputation and her relationship with Jerome de Witt.

Come to My House

1927

Hell Divers poster
6.7

The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.

Hell Divers

1932

The Danger Girl poster
8.0

Wilson Travers and his brother, Mortimer, live singular lives, interested only in their respective hobbies of collecting rare gems and even rarer tropical fish. The police learn that jewel thieves are planning to knock over the Wilson gem collection, and the brothers take precautions. One evening, Marie Duquesne, dressed as a bride, appeals to the brothers to help her avoid a distasteful marriage to an old man. The brothers let her stay the night; Mortimer resents her presence, but Wilson falls in love with her. The following morning, the butler tells Wilson that, suspicious of Marie's nocturnal prowling, he has called the police; and a policeman soon arrives and takes her into custody. That night the butler is prevented from looting the safe by Marie, who has returned to the house. Marie, who is a detective, sees to the arrest of the butler and then turns her attentions to Wilson.

The Danger Girl

1926

Dangerous Waters poster
6.0

While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.

Dangerous Waters

1936

Alaska poster
7.0

A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gang.

Alaska

1944

Not Quite Decent poster
9.0

On her way to New York for her first stage appearance, Linda Cunningham meets Mame Jarrow, a nightclub singer; Linda later drops by to hear Mame sing, accompanied by their angel, Paul Nicholson, a wealthy roué. Mame gradually comes to realize that Linda is her own daughter, from whom she was separated years before by pious relatives. Using all her wiles, Mame attempts to keep Linda from falling prey to Nicholson, and when all else fails, she sends for Jerry Connor, Linda's small town sweetheart.

Not Quite Decent

1929

A Lady's Profession poster
7.0

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

A Lady's Profession

1933

The Joy Girl poster
7.5

Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.

The Joy Girl

1927

Girl from God's Country poster
9.0

Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse, Anne Webster. All of his previous left within a few weeks by the rigors of the Alaskan winter....

Girl from God's Country

1940

Remember Pearl Harbor poster
7.0

A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.

Remember Pearl Harbor

1942

No artwork available
10.0

The fourth film in Columbia's "Rusty" series is a lecture against gossiping. A young army veteran comes to town, and Danny and his friends learn that he had spent time in a military stockade for an infraction of a regulation. Danny's friends spread the story all over town. The seriousness of the minor infraction grows with each telling. As a sidebar, Rusty finds a mate and becomes a father.

The Son of Rusty

1947

The Fate of a Flirt poster
8.0

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.

The Fate of a Flirt

1925

The Lone Wolf and His Lady poster
6.0

A newspaper man, and former jewel thief, is accused of gem theft.

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

1949

Devil Pays Off poster
4.0

A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.

Devil Pays Off

1941

Bedside Manner poster
5.9

A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".

Bedside Manner

1945

Mercy Island poster
6.2

The beautiful Florida Keys provide the setting of this adventure that tells the tale of a fun-filled fishing trip that becomes a nightmare when the charter boat is wrecked on an isolated island. Unfortunately, there are very few provisions and the group must fend for themselves. They are eventually assisted by a hermit, but before that one of the group goes insane, and another is eaten by an alligator.

Mercy Island

1941

The Red Kimona poster
5.8

A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.

The Red Kimona

1925

Masquerade poster
10.0

The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wealthy world traveler and his evil lookalike, the master criminal Anisty.

Masquerade

1929

Red River Valley poster
7.5

To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is stolen, Allison suggests the ranchers sell their stock to a friend of his thereby getting the money needed to complete the dam. Roy has a clue that Allison was involved in the robbery and is out to get control of the valley. So Roy and the boys try to delay the sale of the stock while they look for proof against Allison.

Red River Valley

1941

The Black Cyclone poster
6.2

A cowboy and a wild horse find they have some things in common: both have enemies out to get them and both must save their mates from danger.

The Black Cyclone

1925

Strong Boy poster
6.0

"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the frustration of his girlfriend Mary, he is not ambitious enough to take a white-collar position. But when he thwarts an attempted train robbery and saves the Queen of Lisonia's jewels, he is viewed as a hero and Mary finally agrees to marry him.

Strong Boy

1929

Keeper of the Bees poster
10.0

Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Jamie falls in love with Alice, but the romance is almost doomed by the gossip-spreading of a meddlesome neighbor.

Keeper of the Bees

1947

For the Love of Rusty poster
7.0

Danny Mitchell, feeling that he has been misunderstood by his parents, takes his dog, Rusty, and leaves home, camping out near the trailer of veterinary Dr. Francis Xavier Ray. Gas escapes in the trailer during the night, and Rusty rescues the vet before he is overcome.

For the Love of Rusty

1947

Girl from Havana poster
7.5

Rebels and a singer cause trouble for two U.S. oil-drillers in South America...

Girl from Havana

1940