In 1938, while filming Boys Town, Spencer Tracy met Father Edward Flanagan, the real-life founder of the famous orphanage. Deeply moved, Tracy demanded the movie stay true to Flanagan’s mission of helping abandoned boys. After winning the Oscar for Best Actor, Tracy publicly declared that the award truly belonged to Father Flanagan. Though the priest refused to take it, Tracy secretly ordered a duplicate and personally delivered it to him. This remarkable gesture showed how much Tracy valued sin
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In 1938, while filming Boys Town, Spencer Tracy met Father Edward Flanagan, the real-life founder of the famous orphanage. Deeply moved, Tracy demanded the movie stay true to Flanagan’s mission of helping abandoned boys. After winning the Oscar for Best Actor, Tracy publicly declared that the award truly belonged to Father Flanagan. Though the priest refused to take it, Tracy secretly ordered a duplicate and personally delivered it to him. This remarkable gesture showed how much Tracy valued sin
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