Captains Courageous (1937 film)

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American film adventure drama film film

Captains Courageous (1937 film) is a classic American adventure drama based on Rudyard Kipling’s novel, following a spoiled rich boy transformed by his time aboard a New England fishing schooner.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
adventure drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
academyAwardRecipient Spencer Tracy ⓘ
academyAwardYear 1938 ⓘ
basedOn Captains Courageous (1937 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Captains Courageous

novel by Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
characterPortrayed Captain Disko Troop by Lionel Barrymore ⓘ
Harvey Cheyne Jr. by Freddie Bartholomew ⓘ
Manuel Fidello by Spencer Tracy ⓘ
cinematographer Harold Rosson ⓘ
composer Franz Waxman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Victor Fleming ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
distributorRegion theatrical release in the United States ⓘ
editor Elmo Veron ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre adventure film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTheme class differences ⓘ
coming-of-age ⓘ
seafaring life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Captain Disko Troop ⓘ
Harvey Cheyne ⓘ
Manuel Fidello ⓘ
narrativeFocus spoiled rich boy transformed by life on a fishing schooner ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Louis D. Lighton ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1937-06-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1937 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 117 ⓘ
screenwriter Dale Van Every ⓘ
John Lee Mahin ⓘ
Marc Connelly ⓘ
setIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
New England ⓘ
settingElement New England fishing schooner ⓘ
starredActor Freddie Bartholomew ⓘ
Lionel Barrymore ⓘ
Melvyn Douglas ⓘ
Mickey Rooney ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ

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Rudyard Kipling → notableWork → Captains Courageous (1937 film) ⓘ
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