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Boys Town [videorecording] Warner Bros. Entertainment ; Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; producer, John W. Considine Jr. ; screenplay, John Meehan, Dore Schary ; directed by Norman Taurog.

Considine, John W., Jr., 1898-1961 (Added Author). Fenton, Leslie, 1903-1978 (Added Author). Griffin, Eleanore. (Added Author). Hull, Henry, 1890-1977 (Added Author). McGuinnes, James Kevin, 1893-1950 (Added Author). Meehan, John, 1890-1954 (Added Author). Reynolds, Gene, 1925- (Added Author). Rooney, Mickey. (Added Author). Schary, Dore. (Added Author). Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981 (Added Author). Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967 (Added Author). Veron, Elmo. (Added Author). Ward, Edward. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). Turner Entertainment Co. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Entertainment. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds. (Cast).

Summary:

Follows the story of Father Flanagan and his founding of Boys Town, a home for juvenile delinquents.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (199 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Full screen
  • Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Turner Entertainment Co. : [2005]
  • Distributor: Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
From an original story by Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.
Repackaged as a 2 disc set.
Special features: Vintage featurette "The city of little men"; Good news of 1939 radio show excerpt with Tracy and Rooney ; Girls and Boys Town promotional featurette ; Boys town and Men of Boys Town theatrical trailers.
Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:
[Disc 1]. Boys Town (93 min.) -- [Disc 2]. Men of Boys Town / Warner Bros. Entertainment ; Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; produced by John W. Considine, Jr. ; original screen play by James Kevin McGuinness ; directed by Norman Taurog (1941) (106 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editor, Elmo Veron ; music, Edward Ward.
Participant or Performer Note:
Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds.
Target Audience Note:
CHV rating: G.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD ; NTSC ; Dobly digital mono ; full screen.
Language Note:
English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; Closed-captioned.

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Subject:
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home > Drama.
Orphanages > Nebraska > Drama.
Genre:
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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