Spencer Tracy Academy Award. Captains Courageous 1937 When spoiled Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew) is suspended from boarding school, his businessman father (Melvyn Douglas) takes him to Europe on a business trip. When the rebellious lad falls overboard from the steamship, he is saved from death by humble fisherman Manuel Fidello (Spencer Tracy) and forced by the captain of the fishing schooner (Lionel Barrymore) to become a low-ranking member of the ship's crew alongside the captain's own s

Spencer Tracy's reserved, natural charm meshes nicely with Katharine Hepburn's crackling wit to put an appealing spin on a familiar story about a strong relationship suddenly put to the test in ADAM'S RIB ('49). See it tonight at 8pm ET. #SummerUnderTheStars | Turner Classic Movies: TCM