Boys Town

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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them.

Spencer Tracy in Boys Town

Boys Town

film by Taurog [1938]

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Catholic imagination
Catholic imagination in film
In the heartwarming Boys Town (1938), Spencer Tracy won his second consecutive Oscar for best actor for his role as Father Flanagan, a priest who believes that all people can be redeemed and all children are worthy of love. Bing Crosby starred as a priest in two Leo…
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In the heartwarming Boys Town (1938), Spencer Tracy won his second consecutive Oscar for best actor for his role as Father Flanagan, a priest who believes that all people can be redeemed and all children are worthy of love. Bing Crosby starred as a priest in two Leo…
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Norman Taurog
Musical comedies and Boys Town
…success, the sentimental but effective Boys Town (1938), with Mickey Rooney as a rebellious teenager who needs a firm but loving hand and Spencer Tracy as the caring priest who supplies it. It was based on the true story of Father Edward J. Flanagan, the founder of Nebraska’s Boys Town.…
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…success, the sentimental but effective Boys Town (1938), with Mickey Rooney as a rebellious teenager who needs a firm but loving hand and Spencer Tracy as the caring priest who supplies it. It was based on the true story of Father Edward J. Flanagan, the founder of Nebraska’s Boys Town.…
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Spencer Tracy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer years
…founded the eponymous facility in Boys Town (1938).
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…founded the eponymous facility in Boys Town (1938).
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Boys Town
…attention after a motion picture, Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, was made in 1938. Inc. 1936. Pop. (2000) 818; (2010) 745.
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…attention after a motion picture, Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, was made in 1938. Inc. 1936. Pop. (2000) 818; (2010) 745.
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