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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Observed surface forms (2)

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Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home 1
Men of Boys Town 1

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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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
Joe Yule Jr. → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
Mickey Rooney → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
subject surface form: Mickey Rooney
Spencer Tracy → notableWork → Boys Town ⓘ
Boys Town → title → Boys Town self-link ⓘ