Malcolm Stuart Boylan

Commodore/Lieutenant Commander
Born (1897-04-13)April 13, 1897
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died April 3, 1967(1967-04-03) (aged 69)
Hollywood, California. USA
Occupation Writer, Coast Guard Auxiliarist
Language English
Citizenship United States of America
Education Private Tutors, Bermuda Education System
Spouse
  • Josephine Fountaine
  • Ladessa Gibson
Children
  • Grace Boylan
  • Mary Boylan
Relatives Robert J. Boylan (father)
Grace Duffie Boylan (mother)
Clover Roe Roscoe (half-sister)
St. George Kempson (stepfather)
Louis Napoleon Geldert (stepfather)

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.[1][2] 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.[3] In the early 1920s, he wrote the story line for three short films.[4] Boylan became editorial supervisor for Fox Pictures and, in 1925, he began to create silent-film screen titles for fun.[5][6] He made a name for himself by writing titles for the 1926 silent version of What Price Glory.[7] 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.[8][9] With the advent of talkies, Boylan entered the realm of screenwriting in which he, primarily, worked as a script doctor.[10] Though some of Boylan's screenplays were produced, he mainly contributed dialogue to scripts needing polish.[11] His work creating additional dialogue started at Fox Pictures. Boylan later used his wordsmith skills at Columbia as well as at other studios such as Disney.[12] Though much of his work was unbilled, Boylan contributed to/wrote more than 90 screenplays and teleplays between 1921 and 1963.[13]

Author

Boylan wrote three novels between 1950 and 1961:

In addition, he contributed three short stories to the Saturday Evening Post in the late 1950s:

Yachting and Coast Guard

Having been surrounded by Lake Michigan while growing up in Chicago, as well as by the Atlantic Ocean while he was educated in Bermuda, Boylan was interested in sea-going and its vessels.[15][16] The 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles sparked enthusiasm for small boat racing in the area.[17] Actors and athletes founded their own Yacht Clubs.[18][19] In 1933, writers in the Los Angeles area banded together to form their own yacht club with membership exclusive to writers. Boylan was the original Vice-Commodore of this organization which was named the Pacific Writer's Yacht Club.[20] In 1934, after having been elected Commodore of the Yacht Club, Boylan invited Lt. Francis C. Pollard (commander of the US Coast Guard Cutter Aurora stationed in the Los Angeles Harbor) to join him on a voyage being conducted by the Yacht Club after Pollard donated his time to inspect the seaworthiness of club vessels.[21] During the trip from Los Angeles to Catalina Island, discussions between the two men resulted in the formation of the United States Coast Guard Reserve and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.[22][23] After the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserves were founded by an act of Congress on June 23, 1939, Boylan rose to the office of Commodore in the Auxiliary (11th District); in addition, he retired with the rank of Lt. Commander in the Reserves.[24]

Personal

Boylan was the son of American writer Grace Duffie Boylan and newspaper reporter/horse racing expert, Robert J. Boylan.[25] He was educated via a tutor as well as in the education system in Bermuda.[26] His older, half-sister, Clover Roe Roscoe, was also a screen titlist in the movie industry.[27][28] Boylan was married twice.[29] He wed Josephine Fountaine (sometimes spelled "Fontaine") when he was 21 years old.[30] Josephine, the daughter of Colbert Fountaine, came from a large Quebecois-American family with many siblings including Frances Fountaine Frakes and Colbert D. Fountaine, a World War II bombardier[31][32][33] Boylan's grandson, Hon. Anthony Boylan Drewry, served as a Los Angeles County Court Commissioner for many years.[34][35] Boylan was married a second time when he wed Ladessa Gibson Boylan at the age of 50 years.[36] Josephine and Malcolm had two children, Grace and Mary Boylan.[37] Malcolm Stuart Boylan was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived in Los Angeles, California during his writing career, and died in Hollywood, California.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Staedeli, Thomas. "Portrait of the screen writer Malcolm Stuart Boylan". Silent Film Website in Switzerland. Cyranos2000. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Wedding Bells". The Editor and the Publisher (Vol 51, Number 1) (The Editor and Publisher Co.). 15 June 1918. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wedding Bells". The Editor and the Publisher (Vol 51, Number 1) (The Editor and Publisher Co.). 15 June 1918. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Malcolm Stuart Boylan (1897–1967)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ Motion Picture Almanac of 1929 (1929,2010-2014). Boylan, Malcolm Stuart. Moncavo. p. 68. Retrieved 8 July 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "Malcolm Stuart Boylan Biography". New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ Motion Picture Almanac of 1929 (1929,2010-2014). Boylan, Malcolm Stuart. Moncavo. p. 68. Retrieved 8 July 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Malcolm Stuart Boylan (1897–1967)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "Malcolm Stuart Boylan Biography". New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "Malcolm Stuart Boylan Biography". New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Malcolm Stuart Boylan (1897–1967)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "Malcolm Stuart Boylan Biography". New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Malcolm Stuart Boylan (1897–1967)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ Stephensen-Payne, Phil. "BOYLAN, MALCOLM STUART (1897-1967)". The FictionMags Index: Stories Listed by Author. Galactic Central Publications. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  15. ↑ US Coast Guard History Program. "Station Chicago, Formerly Station Old Chicago; Coast Guard Station #280" (PDF). US Coast Guard History Service. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  16. ↑ Motion Picture Almanac of 1929 (1929,2010-2014). Boylan, Malcolm Stuart. Moncavo. p. 68. Retrieved 8 July 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ↑ "Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club History". Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club. Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "California Yacht Club History". California Yacht Club. California Yacht Club. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  19. ↑ "Los Angeles Yacht Club: Humphrey Bogart". Los Angeles Yacht Club. Los Angeles Yacht Club. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  20. ↑ United Press (July 13, 1933). "Writers Organize Unique Yacht Club". Berkeley Daily Gazette. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  21. ↑ Tilley, John A. "History of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  22. ↑ Auxiliary XIX (1948). The Coast Guard at War (PDF). Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. pp. 2–3.
  23. ↑ Tilley, John A. "History of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  24. ↑ Auxiliary XIX (1948). The Coast Guard at War (PDF). Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. p. 3.
  25. ↑ Barlow, John F. "Grace Duffie Boylan Mini-Biography". IMDB. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  26. ↑ Motion Picture Almanac of 1929 (1929,2010-2014). Boylan, Malcolm Stuart. Moncavo. p. 68. Retrieved 8 July 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  27. ↑ Barlow, John F. "Grace Duffie Boylan Mini-Biography". IMDB. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  28. ↑ "Clover Roscoe (1880–1944) Writer". IMDB. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  29. ↑ "Who is Malcolm Stuart Boylan?". Omnilexica. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  30. ↑ California, County Marriages, 1850-1952. "Malcolm S Boylan and Josephine Fountaine, 01 Jun 1918". Index and Images FamilySearch citing p. 187, Los Angeles, California, United States; FHL microfilm 2074202. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  31. ↑ http://us-census.mooseroots.com/l/576725730/Colbert-L-Fountaine>
  32. ↑ http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/35594
  33. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=colbert-fountaine&pid=1026830
  34. ↑ http://www.arc4adr.com/drewry_anthony.html
  35. ↑ https://www.dailyjournal.com/caneutrals/Anthony_Drewry.html
  36. ↑ California, County Marriages, 1850-1952. "Malcolm Stuart Boylan and La Dessa Gibson, 05 Sep 1947". Index and Images FamilySearch citing p. 187, Los Angeles, California, United States; FHL microfilm 2074202. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  37. ↑ United States Census, 1930. "Malcolm S Boylan, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0125, sheet 10B, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 137". FamilySearch index and images. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

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