Captains Courageous (film)
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| Directed by | Victor Fleming |
| Written by | Rudyard Kipling (novel) |
| Starring | Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Mickey Rooney John Carradine |
| Release date(s) | May 11, 1937 |
| Running time | 115 min. |
| Language | English |
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Captains Courageous is a 1937 film, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. The movie was produced by Louis D. Lighton and directed by Victor Fleming. Spencer Tracy won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in this film.
The movie was also nominated for three other Academy Awards:
- Best Picture - Louis D. Lighton, producer
- Best Film Editing - Elmo Veron
- Best Writing, Screenplay - Marc Connelly, John Lee Mahin and Dale Van Every
[edit] Plot
The film follows the adventures of Harvey Cheyne Jr. (Freddie Bartholomew), the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, who is washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks. Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the captain of the We're Here, Disko Troop, (Lionel Barrymore), offers him a job as part of the crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts.
Under the guidance of Manuel (Spencer Tracy), a good-hearted Portuguese fisherman, he thrives in the new rough life. Tragically, Harvey loses his surrogate father when Manuel is drowned in an accident. Eventually, the schooner returns to port and Harvey wires his father. He rushes to the fishing town and finds to his amazement that his child has become a mature, considerate young man.
| Victor Fleming | |
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| 1910s | When the Clouds Roll by (with Theodore Reed) |
| 1920s | The Mollycoddle | Mama's Affair | Woman's Place | The Lane That Had No Turning | Red Hot Romance | Anna Ascends | Dark Secrets | Law of the Lawless | To the Last Man | The Call of the Canyon | Code of the Sea | Empty Hands | The Devil's Cargo | Adventure | A Son of His Father | Lord Jim | The Blind Goddess | Mantrap | The Way of All Flesh | Hula | The Rough Riders | Abie's Irish Rose | The Awakening | The Wolf Song | The Virginian |
| 1930s | Common Clay | Renegades | The Wet Parade | Treasure Island | Reckless | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Captains Courageous | Test Pilot | The Wizard of Oz | Gone with the Wind |
| 1940s | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Tortilla Flat | A Guy Named Joe | Adventure | Joan of Arc |
| Productions | The White Sister (1933) |
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