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Captains Courageous

1937 film by Victor Fleming
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Captains Courageous is a drama film and a film based on a novel[1][2]. It received the Academy Award for Best Actor[3] and was named to the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Actor[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: Victor Fleming[5]
  • Screenwriter: Marc Connelly[6], John Lee Mahin[7], Dale Van Every[8]
  • Composer: Franz Waxman[9]
  • Genre: drama film[10]
  • Based on: Captains Courageous[11]
  • Cast member: Freddie Bartholomew[12], Spencer Tracy[13], Lionel Barrymore[14], Melvyn Douglas[15], Mickey Rooney[16], John Carradine[17], Charley Grapewin[18], Charles Pearce Coleman[19], Charles Trowbridge[20], Christian Rub[21], Frank Sully[22], Jack La Rue[23], Jimmy Conlin[24], Oscar O'Shea[25]
  • Producer: Louis D. Lighton[26]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[27]
  • Director of photography: Harold Rosson[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Commons category: Captains Courageous[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[32], 95%[33]
  • Color: black-and-white[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1937[36]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[37], Netflix[38]
  • Narrative location: Massachusetts[39]
  • Main subject: seamanship[40]
  • Film editor: Elmo Veron[41]
  • Described by source: The 200 films to see before you almost grow up[42]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[43], Academy Award for Best Actor[44], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[45], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[46]
  • Title: Captains Courageous[47]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[48]

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Captains Courageous's after a work by is recorded as Rudyard Kipling[49].

Why It Matters

Captains Courageous has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did Captains Courageous receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actor[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

Cedric Gibbons film John Carradine Lionel Barrymore Massachusetts Melvyn Douglas Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mickey Rooney Netflix ship Spencer Tracy United States Victor Fleming

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  23. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Q117078425. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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