On Sept. 6, 1938, more than 15,000 people packed Omaha’s Union Station to watch the arrival of Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, here for the premiere of their movie “Boys Town.” Now ...

Like its predecessor Boys Town, this one carries socko entertainment ... Flanagan in his enterprise devoted to rehabilitation of wayward boys. Spencer Tracy again presents a sincere and human ...

While the institution was well-known regionally by the late 1920s, it took Hollywood to make Flanagan and Boys Town national names. In 1938, Spencer Tracy (as Father Flanagan) and a teenage Mickey ...

As he entered the elder statesman phase of his career, Spencer ... desert town. Hardly anyone ever gets off the train at ...

“There is no such thing as a bad boy.” — Servant of God Father Edward Flanagan, founder of Boys Town By 1937, the success of Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska, founded by Servant of God Father ...

Spencer Tracy, one of Hollywood’s great actors ... he took the award for playing the Rev. Edward J. Flanagan in “Boys Town.” His wife, former actress Louise Treadwell, once said that ...

Flanagan from the 1938 Oscar-winning film Boys Town starring Spencer Tracy. Now, a new documentary on the famous priest promises a deeper look into Father Flanagan’s life when it hits theaters ...

Boys Town eventually became so well-known – and so well-respected – that Hollywood and the U.S. President came calling. Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney starred in the 1938 movie "Boys Town ...