Boys Town

1938

Spencer Tracy played Fr. Edward Flanagan in this dramatization of the early years of Boys Town. Tracy gave the Oscar he won for his performance to Flanagan and it is on display in that institution's museum. A sequel, Men of Boys Town, followed 3 years later.


Link

IMDb.com

Book

L. and B. Keyser, Hollywood and the Catholic Church: The Image of Roman Catholicism in American Movies