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The Resource Boys Town

Boys Town

Label
Boys Town
Title
Boys Town
Title variation
Men of Boys Town
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film distributor
Film producer
Presenter
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Follows the story of Father Flanagan and his founding of Boys Town, a home for juvenile delinquents
Member of
Awards note
Academy Awards, 1939, for Boys Town: Best Actor, Spencer Tracy; Best Writing, Original Story, Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Boys Town (Motion picture)
  • Men of Boys Town (Motion picture)
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Credits note
  • Boys Town: Screenplay, John Meehan and Dore Schary, from an original story by Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin ; director of photography, Sidney Wagner ; editor, Elmo Veron ; music, Edward Ward
  • Men of Boys Town: Screenplay, James Kevin McGuinnes ; director of photography, Harold Rosson ; editor, Frederick Y. Smith ; music, Herbert Stothart ; art director, Cedric Gibbons
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
  • MPAA rating: Not rated
  • CHV rating: G
Language note
English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B6985 2005
PerformerNote
  • Boys Town: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds
  • Men of Boys Town: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn, Darryl Hickman, Henry O'Neill, Mary Nash, Lee J. Cobb
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1981
  • 1898-1961
  • 1890-1954
  • 1893-1950
  • 1900-1967
  • 1890-1977
  • 1903-1978
  • 1923-2020
  • 1930-1999
  • 1891-1961
  • 1884-1976
  • 1911-1976
  • 1896-1971
  • 1895-1988
  • 1885-1949
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  • Taurog, Norman
  • Considine, John W.
  • Meehan, John
  • Schary, Dore
  • McGuinnes, James Kevin
  • Tracy, Spencer
  • Rooney, Mickey
  • Hull, Henry
  • Fenton, Leslie
  • Reynolds, Gene
  • Watson, Bobs
  • Nunn, Larry
  • Hickman, Darryl
  • O'Neill, Henry
  • Nash, Mary
  • Cobb, Lee J.
  • Wagner, Sidney
  • Veron, Elmo
  • Ward, Edward
  • Griffin, Eleanore
  • Rosson, Harold
  • Stothart, Herbert
  • Smith, Fredrick Y.
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Turner Entertainment Co
Runtime
199
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  • Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
  • Orphanages
  • Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
  • Orphanages
  • Nebraska
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Boys Town
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Full screen
  • From an original story by Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin
  • Repackaged as a 2 disc set
  • Boys Town originally released as a motion picture in 1938
  • Men of Boys Town originally released as a motion picture in 1941
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • [Disc 1]
  • Boys Town
  • Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; screen play by John Meehan and Dore Schary ; musical score by Edward Ward ; photographed by Sidney Wagner ; film editor, Elmo Veron ; directed by Norman Taurog ; produced by John W. Considine, Jr.
  • (1938; 93 min.)
  • [Disc 2]
  • Men of Boys Town
  • Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; produced by John W. Considine, Jr. ; original screen play by James Kevin McGuinness ; director of photography, Harold Rosson ; musical score, Herbert Stothart ; film editor, Fredrick Y. Smith ; directed by Norman Taurog
  • (1941; 106 min.)
Control code
ocn726740419
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Standard version 2 disc set.
Extent
2 videodiscs (199 min.)
Isbn
9781419818639
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929201921
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 67714
  • 2000052616
  • 2000052543
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)726740419
System details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dobly digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Boys Town
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Full screen
  • From an original story by Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin
  • Repackaged as a 2 disc set
  • Boys Town originally released as a motion picture in 1938
  • Men of Boys Town originally released as a motion picture in 1941
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • [Disc 1]
  • Boys Town
  • Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; screen play by John Meehan and Dore Schary ; musical score by Edward Ward ; photographed by Sidney Wagner ; film editor, Elmo Veron ; directed by Norman Taurog ; produced by John W. Considine, Jr.
  • (1938; 93 min.)
  • [Disc 2]
  • Men of Boys Town
  • Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; produced by John W. Considine, Jr. ; original screen play by James Kevin McGuinness ; director of photography, Harold Rosson ; musical score, Herbert Stothart ; film editor, Fredrick Y. Smith ; directed by Norman Taurog
  • (1941; 106 min.)
Control code
ocn726740419
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Standard version 2 disc set.
Extent
2 videodiscs (199 min.)
Isbn
9781419818639
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929201921
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 67714
  • 2000052616
  • 2000052543
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)726740419
System details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dobly digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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