Sarah Thayer

A extremely heartwarming movie from 1938 about the life of a Catholic priest named Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) who starts a home - and later a town out in the countryside - for wayward boys despite the misgivings of friends. Costarring Mickey Rooney (a 1930’s child actor) as Whitey, the kid brother of a imprisoned man, this film is sure to tug on your heartstrings and to bring out the tears - it sure as heck did in me.