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CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS

May be rented only for educational purposes where no admission is charged. Weekly rental $3. A specially prepared excerpt from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film. A ten-year-old boy is rescued from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman and is brought aboard a fishing schooner. By sympathetic discipline the fisherman teaches the boy the value of fair play in his dealings with others.

Credits

Directed by
Victor Fleming
Written by
Marc Connelly, Dale Van Every, John Lee Mahin
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Billy Gilbert, John Carradine, Freddie Bartholomew, Melvyn Douglas, Wally Albright, Leo G. Carroll, Charley Grapewin, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Wade Boteler, Edward Peil, Oscar O'Shea, Christian Rub, Charles Trowbridge, Don Brodie, Jack La Rue, Jimmy Conlin …
Produced by
Louis D. Lighton
Cinematography
Harold Rosson
Music
Franz Waxman
Edited by
Elmo Veron
Complete catalog record
Series: (fish-hook sequence) (Human relations series)
Dewey number: 170
Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Guide
Format/cost: 16-sd-rent $1.50
Distributors / rental: American Museum of Natural History; College Film Center $1.50; Teaching Film Custodians, Inc

More in Human Relations Film Series

  1. ANIMAL KINGDOM
  2. ARROWSMITH; excerpt
  3. CEILING ZERO; excerpt (Davis sequence)
  4. CEILING ZERO; excerpt (Payson sequence)
  5. FAMILY AFFAIR
  6. FURY
  7. GOOD EARTH; excerpt (famine sequence)
  8. GOOD EARTH; excerpt (locusts sequence)
  9. HIT AND RUN DRIVER; excerpt
  10. STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
  11. STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR: EXCERPT
  12. IF I HAD A MILLION 1932
  13. CRADLE SONG. 1933
  14. LA MATERNELLE 1933
  15. Bordertown. 1934
  16. WEDNESDAY'S CHILD 1934
  17. Alice Adams. 1935
  18. LAST OF THE PAGANS. 1935
  19. OIL FOR THE LAMPS OF CHINA. 1935
  20. SPLENDOR. 1935
  21. YOUR UNCLE DUDLEY. 1935
  22. EDUCATING FATHER. 1936
  23. THE DEVIL IS A SISSY. 1936
  24. THE WHITE ANGEL. 1936
  25. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS 1937

Related films

Sources

  1. Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q241876 ↗ — year, color, country, genre, credits

Record added 2026-07-02 14:42:44