(Bonus) Boys Town Film




Paul Harvey Podcast show

Summary: Boys Town is a 1938 biographical drama film based on Father Edward J. Flanagan's work with a group of underprivileged and delinquent boys in a home that he founded and named "Boys Town". It stars Spencer Tracy as Father Edward J. Flanagan, and Mickey Rooney with Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, and Gene Reynold. The film was written by Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin and John Meehan, and was directed by Norman Taurog.