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Watch: Boys Town 1938 123movies, Full Movie Online – When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn’t have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to take action. An advocate of child rights and an opponent of the severe approach to juvenile delinquency at the time, Flanagan genuinely believes that there is no such thing as a bad boy. Starting with just a few boys in a rented house, Father Flanagan eventually establishes Boys Town on 200 acres of land 10 miles outside of Omaha, Nebraska. Much of the film focuses on Flanagan’s attempts to influence one boy, Whitey Marsh, who will become a hoodlum if he doesn’t change his ways. When Whitey is implicated in a bank robbery, it puts all of Boys Town at risk. Throughout it all Flanagan has to fight prejudice in those who believe delinquents should just be locked up and the never-ending shortage of money to accomplish his goals..
Plot: Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father’s tough-love system.
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Tribute To A Remarkable Man & Place
Father Flanagan courageously fights against all odds to see his dream of BOYS TOWN become a reality.

Pulsing with real life, here is a family film which not only entertains but informs – bringing back to our attention one of the most vibrant personalities of the 20th Century, Father Edward Flanagan. Excellent production values – with outdoor filming that actually appears to have taken place on location at the authentic Boys Town – help tremendously with the viewer’s enjoyment.

Earning his second Oscar in two years, Spencer Tracy is magnificent as the good Father. He gives us a hero of patience & grace, one who values prayer & faith, but one who is also quite ready to land a few powerful punches for a good cause. Tracy’s own private life was anything but tranquil, which only makes his performance here all the more impressive.

Admirably cast as a nasty little punk, young Mickey Rooney breezes through an important role which would help propel him into becoming Hollywood’s top star within a couple of years. Like a junior version of Tracy himself, the two are wonderful together, striking several dramatic sparks off their characters’ personalities. While Tracy plays his role with quiet humor & dignity, Rooney hams it up magnificently.

Henry Hull offers good support as Tracy’s pawnbroker friend who nervously gets to worry about all of Boys Town’s financial woes. Little Bobs Watson as Pee Wee, the Town’s youngest resident, is cute without being too cloying.

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After an education in Rome, Irish-born Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886-1948) came to America in 1904. Ordained a priest in 1912, Father Flanagan was sent to Omaha, Nebraska, where he established the Workingmen’s Hotel for derelict men in 1914.

Soon, however, his great calling and the purpose for his life’s ministry became clear – the work with abandoned & abused boys. In 1917 Father Flanagan opened the Home for Homeless Boys in a large old house. Outgrowing their facilities, in 1921 Father Flanagan moved his young charges to a farm site 10 miles from Omaha, capable of housing hundreds of youths. Quickly becoming more of a living community than just a school, the boys voted in 1926 to rename the place Boys Town.

Eventually covering some 1300 acres of farmland, dormitories, workshops, classrooms & playing fields, Boys Town incorporated itself as a sovereign township in 1936. Largely governed by the young men themselves, the institution is open to boys of all religions, colors & creeds and strives to provide healing for all manner of emotional & physical abuses.

Girls were first brought into the program in 1979.

By far, one of the best biographies ever made
I absolutely adore this film. Spencer Tracy is simply magnificent in his Oscar-winning role of Father Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town. But I think the guy who really steals the show is Mickey Rooney. He was only 18, but he was so talented! In this, he really shows the audience what an incredible actor he is. I think he should have won an Oscar too!

My favorite part of “Boys Town” is when Pee Wee gets hit by a car, and Whitey really shows his emotions for the first time. This part really just rips my heart out, to see a tough kid like Whitey just fall apart. Pee Wee was the only boy who stood by Whitey right from the start: his only true friend. But thank goodness Pee Wee lives!~

“Boys Town” is a movie that really defines the Golden Era of Hollywood by displaying a wonderful cast and a beautiful story. So I give it a 10, hoping that it brings up the IMDb score of a low 7.2. It deserves much better than that!!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (West Germany), 1 hr 33 min (93 min) (DVD)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Biography, Drama, Family
Director Norman Taurog
Writer John Meehan, Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin
Actors Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull
Country United States
Awards Won 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length (9 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm