These are guys
| Movie | |
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| German title | These are guys |
| Original title | Men of Boys Town |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Norman Taurog |
| script | James Kevin McGuinness |
| production | John W. Considine Jr. |
| music | Herbert Stothart |
| camera | Harold Rosson |
| cut | Fredrick Y. Smith |
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These are guys (Original title: Men of Boys Town ) is an American feature film from 1941 directed by Norman Taurog . Spencer Tracy played again, as in hotshots , Father Flanagan , a Catholic priest who Sensitive cares for homeless boys. Even Mickey Rooney as orphan Whitey Marsh was back on the field again.
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The Catholic priest Edward J. Flanagan has to confess to Dave Morris, who campaigns for the priest's interests and raises capital for the "home" Boys Town founded by Flanagan , that he has spent around $ 200,000 on new buildings, etc. Payment is still pending. Dave Morris pulls his hair out, but still wants to do everything in his power to raise the money. When Flanagan tells him that he would like to build more youth villages, he says Edward should bring him 250 more Flanagans and he would build 250 more villages. In a trial, young Ted Martley is found guilty of manslaughter. The boy is immobilized on a stretcher. He is charged with killing a guard at the reformatory he was in. Ted remains silent and is sentenced to a prison term. The abused boy is also initially silent towards Father Flanagan. Ted is afraid that the other boys in the correctional facility will have to pay for it if he speaks. "The guard broke his spine, that's why he killed him," he suddenly bursts out. But he doesn't want Flanagan to tell the judge. Ted comes to Father Flanagan's home in Boys Town . When Flanagan wants to have him examined because of his paralysis , he doesn't want to know anything about it, as he has only had bad experiences with doctors, which resulted in complete paralysis. The boys in the youth village try everything to make Ted laugh, but he remains stubborn and doesn't change his face. Whitey Marsh, an older boy and "Mayor" of Boys Town , is disappointed. Still trying. When he uses a small dog for his project, he can finally reach Ted's heart. The boy gently strokes the little animal. When Whitey tells him that the dog is now his, Ted thanks him profusely and is very touched. Flanagan and Whitey manage to get the affluent couple Maitland, who actually owns the little dog, to give it to Ted. Now Father Flanagan also succeeds in persuading Ted to be examined again by a doctor because of his inability to move. It turns out that there is help for the boy and Dr. Fellows, formerly a successful soccer player, now an equally successful surgeon , wants to operate on Ted. Ted agrees, because he wants to walk his little dog Roland himself soon.
The Maitlands want to adopt Whitey Marsh. Father Flanagan is troubled by this fact, since he considers Whitey to be particularly important for the Boys Town project , but he wants to leave the decision to Whitey and has him called. Mrs. Maitland explains to Whitey that they lost their own son two years ago and, since he reminds her of their son, would like to take him with them. Whitey wants to push the decision on to Father Flanagan, but he doesn't want to take it away from him and so Whitey tearfully agrees. Before he leaves, Ted tells him to visit Miles Fenely, a friend from his old home. Saying goodbye will be very difficult for everyone. In his new home, Whitey is confronted with the life of a suddenly rich boy who is high up in society. He goes to dance events, plays golf, has his own car and is served by staff. Even so, Whitey misses Father Flanagan and his Boys Town companions . He stays in touch with them by radio and lets little Pee Wee, who is a very special friend, tell him everything that's going on there. For the third time he tries to get into the Maryport Reform School to visit Miles Fenely on behalf of Ted. The more than unfriendly guard keeps rejecting him and this time tells him that Fenely is in solitary confinement and demands that he should not come back. When Whitey drives off in his car, a boy who escaped from the asylum jumps up. The little one is called Flip Brier. He tells Whitey that they beat him up there and put salt on his wounds. Whitey takes him to his new home first. He wants to take him to Father Flanagan, in a home where there are no fences, no beatings and no guards. When Whitey briefly leaves the room, he finds on his return that the boy is gone. Flip, who has a big mouth, is nuts and wants to commit a robbery. Whitey manages to find him, but the man at the gas station where Whitey meets him has noted Whitey's car number, because Flip has already taken money with him. Just as Whitey is about to bring it back with Flip, the police come and take both boys to the station. Whitey's adoptive father, Mr. Maitland, is notified, who wants to speak to Whitey alone. It turns out that Whitey's bond with Father Flanagan is much closer than it can ever be with the Maitlands.
Whitey is sent to the Maryport Reform School as punishment, where he meets Flip again. The guards there harass the children in the worst possible way. There is one guard who excels in particular, he is a sadist of the worst proportions. He deliberately provokes the children so that he can then chastise them. The boys saw Miles Fenely beaten to death. You don't want to be silent any longer. However, the director of the educational institution and the guard want to cover up the case. Shortly thereafter, Father Flanagan appears in the reformatory and demands to be taken to Whitey. The director and guard want to stop him, but Flanagan persists and is finally allowed to see Whitey. Miles Fenley's mother asks Flanagan to stay, that this terrible school must go, and then her son would not have died entirely in vain. Flanagan then gave a fiery speech against the existing system, especially against the “bad reform schools”. Then he also initiates a youth village there.
Of course he takes Whitey with him when he goes back to Boys Town , and Flip is allowed to come too. There, however, there is a threat of foreclosure. Whitey wants to sacrifice himself and go to the Maitlands again in the hope that they will then generously support the youth village. It doesn't come to that anymore, Flanagan loses his youth village, he is still allowed to manage it, but it no longer belongs to him. Then something very sad happens, the little dog Roland is run over. Pee Wee is beside himself. Father Flanagan has to deliver the bad news to Ted, who is already asking about his dog. Ted desperately wants to attend his little friend's funeral. Flanagan carries him out; Ted takes his first steps towards the grave of his beloved dog. The little animal is ceremoniously adopted.
Then the Maitlands arrive, they have realized what Whitey was actually doing with his call. Maitland promises to help with the financial problems of the youth village. Another year is bid farewell and Father Flanagan gives one of his special speeches. More than 4,000 boys have now passed through here and none of them have disappointed him. A proud record.
Production and Background
It is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film that was shot in MGM studios in Culver City , California and in the real Boys Town near Omaha , Nebraska . Filming began in November 1940 and ended on December 18, 1940. The film premiered on April 10, 1941 in New York . It was first shown in the Federal Republic of Germany on March 24, 1953, and in Austria in June 1953. The ZDF showed the film for the first time on 24 March 1973. Reference Title: father of his thugs .
Norman Taurog filmed the story of Father Flanagan in 1938 in the film Teufelskerle . Spencer Tracy's achievement won an Oscar in 1939 . This film is a sequel to the story, in which several characters from Hell Bucks reappear. MGM expected this film to be as successful as the Teufelskerle , as Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney were two of the most successful stars of the time. In the end, however, the film was only moderately successful.
Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886-1948) was a Catholic clergyman. He is the founder of what is probably the best-known US youth welfare organization called Girls and Boys Town, originally just Boys Town, near the city of Omaha, Nebraska.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films judged that “the continuation of the film Teufelskerle ( Boys Town ) is a typical second infusion”, “sentimental and dull. Only Spencer Tracy plays lively and touching again. "
Variety said that Spencer Tracy was again "a very sincere and human portrayal of the priest" and that Mickey Rooney was playing "with the necessary restraint". The director Norman Taurog was able to "demonstrate his unique talent in dealing with the young actors".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ These are guys at Turner Classic Movies
- ↑ See Heyne Filmbibliothek Spencer Tracy His films - his life by Romano Tozzi, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1979, No. 32/9, p. 105.
- ↑ These are guys. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Excerpt from a review of Men of Boys Town in: Variety from 1941 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
