Boys Town

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American drama film film

Boys Town is a 1938 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, inspired by the real-life Father Flanagan’s home for troubled boys in Nebraska.

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Label Occurrences
Boys Town canonical 16
Boys Town (1938 film) 4
Men of Boys Town 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardsCeremony 11th Academy Awards ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Story
awardReceivedBy Spencer Tracy ⓘ
basedOn Boys Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harold Rosson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Norman Taurog ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Loew's Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Loew’s Inc.
editedBy Elmo Veron ⓘ
filmingLocation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
surface form: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasSequel Boys Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Men of Boys Town
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Town_(film) ⓘ
inspiredBy Father Edward J. Flanagan ⓘ
mainCharacter Father Edward J. Flanagan ⓘ
Whitey Marsh ⓘ
motionPictureRating Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ
musicBy Edward Ward ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Outstanding Production ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Father Flanagan’s home for troubled boys ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Mickey Rooney ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
producer John W. Considine Jr. ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1938-09-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1938 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenwriter Dore Schary ⓘ
Eleanore Griffin ⓘ
sequelReleaseYear 1941 ⓘ
setInLocation Nebraska ⓘ
Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
starring Addison Richards ⓘ
Edward Norris ⓘ
Gene Reynolds ⓘ
Henry Hull ⓘ
Leslie Fenton ⓘ
Mickey Rooney ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
title Boys Town self-link ⓘ

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Mickey Rooney → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
Boys Town → title → Boys Town self-link ⓘ
Boys Town → basedOn → Boys Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home
Boys Town → hasSequel → Boys Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Men of Boys Town
Spencer Tracy → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
Ninian Joseph Yule Jr. → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
subject surface form: Mickey Rooney
Joe Yule Jr. → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
Whitey Marsh → appearsIn → Boys Town ⓘ
Whitey Marsh → residence → Boys Town ⓘ
Whitey Marsh → partOf → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boys Town film series
Whitey Marsh → appearsIn → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Men of Boys Town
Father Edward J. Flanagan → founded → Boys Town ⓘ
Father Edward J. Flanagan → honoredIn → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Boys Town" (1938)
Father Edward J. Flanagan → subjectOf → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Boys Town"
Elmo Veron → knownFor → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boys Town (1938 film)
Elmo Veron → workedOn → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boys Town (1938 film)
Elmo Veron → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boys Town (1938 film)
11th Academy Awards → bestActorWinningFilm → Boys Town ⓘ
11th Academy Awards → bestOriginalStoryWinner → Boys Town ⓘ
Norman Taurog → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
Norman Taurog → directed → Boys Town ⓘ
Henry Hull → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boys Town (1938 film)
Dore Schary → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
Dore Schary → awardReceivedFor → Boys Town ⓘ
John Tracy → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
subject surface form: Spencer Tracy
Eleanore Griffin → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ