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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 .
There were ten nominees for Best Picture: The Awful Truth (also director [win], actress and supporting actor), Captains Courageous (also actor [win]), Dead End (also supporting actress), The Good Earth (also director and actress [win]), In Old Chicago (also supporting actress [win]), Lost Horizon (also supporting actor), One Hundred Men and a ...
Captain Blood: 1935: 1987: Turner Entertainment [115] [116] Captain January: 1936: 1994: 20th Century Fox [117] The Captain's Pup: 1938: 1988: Turner Entertainment [118] Captains Courageous: 1937: 1989: Turner Entertainment [119] Carbine Williams: 1952: 1987: Turner Entertainment [120] Carnival of Souls: 1962: 2004: Legend Films [121 ...
Although his name is not mentioned, he is referred to in J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, as a figure whom Holden Caulfield looks like – specifically, Bartholomew's most iconic role as Harvey Cheyne in Captains Courageous (1937), referred to by the character Sunny as the kid in the movie "who falls off [a] boat". [46]
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, from nine nominations.
Captains Courageous, The Musical was a 1999 Off Broadway production at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Episode 89 of The Triplets is based on Captains Courageous and follows the plot very closely. Other adaptations: The Billion Dollar Boy by Charles Sheffield is a retelling of Captains Courageous in a futuristic science fiction setting.
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
April 23, 1937 The Good Old Soak: April 23, 1937 Nobody's Baby: A Hal Roach Feature Comedy April 30, 1937 Night Must Fall: May 7, 1937 They Gave Him a Gun: May 7, 1937 The Thirteenth Chair: May 11, 1937 Captains Courageous: Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture: May 21, 1937 Pick a Star: A Hal Roach comedy June 4, 1937 Parnell: June 11 ...