
Turner Classic Movies continues their celebration of Spencer Tracy this month with an evening of five of his Academy-nominated performances, today, October 15. Tracy was nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, two of which he won (BOYS TOWN (1938) and CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (1937)). Three of Tracy's Oscar-nominated films were directed by Stanley Kramer and will be featured on the 29th of October when TCM will air all four films on which the two collaborated. Next week will feature several of the films Tracy made with Katharine Hepburn.
BOYS TOWN (1938): 8:00 pm EST
Genre: biography, drama
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Written by: John Meehan, Dore Schary, Eleanor Griffin
Co-Starring: Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson
"There's no such thing as a bad boy."