CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS1937
Captains Courageous
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 3.5 (out of 5) (101 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
Written while living in Brattleboro, Vermont in the mid 1890s, Captains Courageous, originally published in McCall's as a serial in 1896, was Kipling's second novel. His family doctor helped him with nautical terms and sailing details.
John Lee Mahin, a frequent collaborator with director Victor Fleming and screenwriter for such films as Treasure Island (1934), Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Marc Connelly and Dale Van Every received an Academy Award nomination for Writing (Screenplay).
Director Detail
DIRECTOR DETAIL
- Victor Fleming
- American Film Manufacturing
- (1912-1914)
- Triangle Film
- (1915)
- Fine Arts Film
- (1916)
- Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
- (1917-1920)
- Joseph M. Schenck Productions
- (1921)
- Famous Players-Lasky
- (1922-1926)
- Paramount Pictures
- (1927-1929)
- Fox Film
- (1930)
- MGM
- (1933-1945)
- Sierra Pictures
- (1947-1948)
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
1 hour, 55 minutes
A spoiled rich kid falls off a cruise liner and is picked up by a fishing boat where he learns some life lessons. Spencer Tracy stars.
Film Awards
FILM AWARDS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
OSCAR NOMINEE
WINNER
Outstanding Production- (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Writing (Screenplay)
- (John Lee Mahin)
- (Marc Connelly)
- (Dale Van Every)
- Actor
- (Spencer Tracy)
- Film Editing
- (Elmo Veron)
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
No rating
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1937 Domestic Box Office Rank: #10
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $233
