| Captains Courageous | |
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| Directed by | Victor Fleming |
| Screenplay by | John Lee Mahin Marc Connelly Dale Van Every |
| Based on | Captains Courageous 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling |
| Produced by | Louis D. Lighton |
| Starring | Freddie Bartholomew Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | Elmo Veron |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million[2] |
| Box office | $3.1 million[2] |
Captains Courageous is a 1937 American adventure drama film starring Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore and Melvyn Douglas. Based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, the film had its world premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. Directed by Victor Fleming, it was produced by Louis D. Lighton and made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Filmed in black and white, Captains Courageous was advertised by MGM as a coming-of-age classic with exciting action sequences.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, with Spencer Tracy winning the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the simple but caring fisherman Manuel.
Backgrounds and exteriors for the film, which updated the story's setting to the mid-1920s, were shot on location in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Shelburne, Nova Scotia in Canada, and Gloucester, Massachusetts in the United States.[3]
- ^ "Captains Courageous". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".