Captains Courageous (1937 film)

Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous
	Film poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Written 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	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release dates	May 11, 1937 (New York); June 25, 1937 (U.S.);
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.6 million
Box office	$3.1 million

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 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.^[2]

^ ^a ^b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ "AFI|Catalog".

[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[2] "AFI|Catalog".

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