{"id":11423,"date":"2025-05-06T11:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=11423"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:24:43","slug":"captains-courageous-victor-fleming-1937-second-of-my-most-favorite-25-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=11423","title":{"rendered":"Captain&#8217;s Courageous- Victor Fleming 1937   (second of my most favorite 25 films)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">My 25 Favorite Films by release date, earliest to latest<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Captain&#8217;s Courageous 1937 directed by Victor Fleming<\/span>&#8230;. Having viewed over 5,000 films that I have cataloged, on this site, Letterboxd, the twenty five films that I would consider my top echelon favorites, my second movie is an all-time great with a stellar cast.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">One of the best films of 1937 staring Spencer Tracy with great support from a fine cast including Lionel Barrymore, Freddie Bartholomew, and Melvin Douglas. The father, son relationship between Douglas and Bartholomew is touching yet quite sad as of why fathers sometime do not understand their importance in having a meaningful relationship with their sons. With another father figure taking his place in the fisherman Tracy, Bartholomew grows up from a boy to a young man dealing with someone that actually cares and takes time to teach the values of a true human bonding. A very emotional film and Tracy&#8217;s take of a Portuguese fisherman is spot on. .Children are so missing out on having caring men to ground them in the morals of humanity, as demonstrated by Tracy, and Barrymore&#8217;s ship captain played by Barrymore. When the ships captain hits the young boy for being a little turd, which he deserved,\u00a0 we are shocked,\u00a0 Yet in today&#8217;s society, such actions are not tolerated.\u00a0 \u00a0To bad they are not.\u00a0 Highly recommended&#8230;..have the DVD&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_11423\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"11423\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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