Captains Courageous (1937)

Captains Courageous

HIGHLY recommend this seller - item arrived promptly - GREAT communication from the seller. Extra nice touch, bag of popcorn included with the movie! Neat! Great movie!! December 29, 2007

Spoiled little Rich kid snob saved from himself by gruff old fisherman

This is a timeless tale of the little rich kid snob saved from himself by the gruff old man.

Its pretty good and involves a rich kid sneaking beer and smoking cigars, getting sick, and then falling overboard while puking over the side of the luxury cruise ship. He gets picked up by a Nantucket fishing boat that is just going out and won't be back to port for like 3 months. He tells everyone how rich he is, and take him back to port now, and his father will pay for the lost fishing, but of course no one believes him so he is forced to do chores and interact with the crew and of course its the best thing that could have happened to the little fellow.

Spencer Tracy plays the part of a Portuguese fisherman, and does a good job except I found his fake accent very jarring and unlifelike, although this did not stop him from winning an award for his performance,

The only thing that I did not like about this movie was that it was on VHS not DVD. December 18, 2007

A film classic with humor, intelligent content and values

This is the first movie I remember seeing. I was probably five or six years old and the images in it have remained with me for the next 70 yrs. of life. Recently I saw it again for the first time and realized why it is such a "classic." The story is peopled by very human figures: a father and son who really care for each other but have disconnected through their affluent life style, the Grand Banks fishermen whose hardscrabble lives don't allow for any human warmth to show through, the simple faith of one of them who is strong in honor despite his great lack of more than subsistance living. Human compassion and its fleeting presence is etched against life on the rugged sailing ships completing their work no matter the hardship. December 18, 2007

Still Gripping

I first watched this as a boy in the 1950's. The film was old then and moved me. It still does.

I think in this modern day when so many boys have too much stuff and not enough father - that they too act out.

One of the most mythic searches of all is for the father who really cares for us and in caring also asks us to be a man.

Freddie Bartholomew was a genius. His transformation from the spoiled brat to the young man is one of the wonders of film. The real footage of the schooner life can never be replicated.

The redemptive power of the story and the characters are mythic - I think I will watch it again tonight November 5, 2007

CaptainsCourageous

This movie is an oldie but goodie. The story is well presented and I like this version. It doesn't have the type of special effects used in the modern movies, but the story hauls you in and you feel more of the emotional effects of the action taking place. It is a classic and gives you an appriecation of the old time movie making. July 7, 2007

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