Alicia Malone Intro - Boys Town (1938)

Boys' Town - (Re-issue Trailer)

Spencer Tracy won his second Best Actor Oscar in a row portraying Father Flanagan in Boys' Town (1938).

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Not To Obstruct Justice...

Having rushed into court to defend some of his charges, Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) persuades pawn-broker Dave (Henry Hull), merchant Kahn (Sidney Miller), and the judge (Addison Richards) that little harm was done, early in Boys Town, 1938.

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Go On Being Nothing

Pee Wee (Bobs Watson) greets financial backer Dave (Henry Hull) and Burton (Robert Emmett Keane) who find Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) trying to prevent newcomer Whitey (Mickey Rooney) from escaping, in MGM's Boys Town, 1938.

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Eternity Begins In 45 Minutes

One of the finest scenes for the overlooked Liverpool-born actor-turned-director Leslie Fenton as convict Dan, with the warden (John Hamilton), then Academy Award-winning star Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan, Roger Converse and Walter Young in support, opening the MGM hit Boys Town, 1938.

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) No Such Thing As A Bad Boy

Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) lobbies Nebraska newspaper magnate Hargraves (Jonathan Hale), a montage creates the buildings, and financier Dave (Henry Hull) frets, in MGM's Boys Town, 1938.

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Stop Acting Like A Kid!

Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy), sent by the convict brother of delinquent Whitey (Mickey Rooney), forcibly recruits him, in their first meeting in MGM's Boys Town, 1938.