Silver Screen Icons: Spencer Tracy

SILVER SCREEN ICONS: SPENCER TRACY

Captain Courageous (1937) A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.

Boys Town (1938) Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story. Whitey Marsh comes there. He runs away but, hungry, returns. He runs away again but, when friend Pee Wee is hit by a car, returns. He runs away and joins his brother's gang. Flanagan and the boys capture the crooks and the reward saves the town.

Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde (1941) Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.