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Bupp Filmology
Week Twenty-Seven

"Captains Courageous" 1937

MOVIE NAME: CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
STUDIO: METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
PRODUCER: LOUIS D. LIGHTON
DIRECTOR: VICTOR FLEMING
DATE: 1937
TYPE: ADVENTURE,DRAMA
CAST:
FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW as Harvey Cheyne , SPENCER TRACY as Manuel Fidello, LIONEL BARRYMORE as Capt. Disko Troop, MELVYN DOUGLAS as Mr. Cheyne , CHARLES GRAPEWIN as Uncle Salters , MICKEY ROONEY as Dan Troop, JOHN CARRIDINE as "Long Jack", OSCAR O'SHEA as Cushman, JACK LaRUE as Priest, WALTER KINGSFORD as Dr. Finley, DONALD BRIGGS as Tyler , SAM McDANIELS as "Doc", BILLY BURRUD as Charles, TOMMY BUPPand WALLY ALBRIGHT as Boys on ship

SONGS:"Ohh What A Terrible Man," "Don't Cry Little Fish," "Blow The Man Down" and "What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?"
SOURCE:A F I, Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940
STORY: Harvey, the spoiled son of millionaire Cheyne, is suspended from boarding school. Although a loving parent Mr. Cheyne, a widower, is too busy to notice his son's bullying and snobbishness. Hoping to change things he takes Harvey on a boat trip, but on the first day he falls overboard from sickness after drinking too many sodas in a childish bet with two other boys. He is picked up by a Happy-go-luckyPortuguese fisherman named Manuel, who brings back his "Little Fish" to a schooner out of Gloucester. Because they have no radio, Harvey must stay on board until after the summer catch. The men dislike him and call him "Jonah," but he becomes a hard working, friendly shipmate under Manuel's gruff guidance. Affection grows between Harvey and Manuel, and Harvey looks forward to being with his friend when they reach land. On the return trip to port, Manuel is critically injured and pulled under with the rigging. Back in Gloucester, Mr. Cheyne tries to talk to Harvey, but he prefers to cry in Manuel's dinghy. At a dedication of a Monument to Men Lost at Sea, Harvey and his father thow wreaths into the water and clasp hands. Harvey tells his father fishing stories as their limousine pulls away towing Manuels dinghy.
Note: Spencer Tracy received the Academy Award for his performance and Captains Courageous was nominated as Best Picture. The Movie was listed as one of the Ten Best films of 1937. "Captains Courageous," was written by Rudyard Kipling.

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