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Mickey Rooney is having a Halloween party and of course all of his friends pitch in to bring snacks for the party. For the occasion his frequent co-stars Ann Rutherford and Judy Garland help Mickey’s mother make a cake. Or that’s what Modern Screen Nov. 1941 says. “Ann and Judy are helping read more

Mickey Rooney was one of the hardest working men in Hollywood; he made 400 movies in a career spanning 89 years! Hollywood’s most popular star during  the 1940s Rooney was a man people described as effortlessly charming and “grosser than he was cute.” A life of bad investments, mul read more

Mickey Rooney was one of the hardest working men in Hollywood; he made 400 movies in a career spanning 89 years! Hollywood’s most popular star during  the 1940s Rooney was a man people described as effortlessly charming and “grosser than he was cute.” A life of bad investments, mul read more

Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, and what the tabloids are getting wrong. October 13, 2015October 12, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Tabloid newspapers across the globe have been having a field day with a supposed incident that is written about in the upcoming book read more

Unusual Suspects Week 1: Mickey Rooney in Quicksand (1950) & Baby Face Nelson (1957) 06 Thursday Aug 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1950s, Crime, Drama, Romance ≈ 2 Comments Tags1950s, blogging101, Classic Cinema, Cree read more

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OK, so what is the Neutron Star Award? As I watched older selections through the year, I was frequently compelled to pick a film based on the fact that Vincent Price was in it. When I was younger I was very actor-oriented, more so than with directors. The fact that an actor had that kind of draw, an read more

                       Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland perform an energetic version of Good Morning in Babes in Arms (1939). The song was written by Babes in Arms producer Arthur Freed with Nacio Herb Brown. read more

Saintly Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) knocks some sense into juvenile delinquent Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney) in this clip from Boys Town (1938).  New York Times critic Frank Nugent gave Rooney a rare rave review for his performance in Boys Town. "Mickey is the Dead End gang ro read more

We continue our series on old Hollywood stars who passed away in 2014 with the legendary Mickey Rooney. Mickey Rooney was the ultimate show business survivor. He began his career as a child star of comedy shorts and he rarely slowed down in the 80 years since his debut. Rooney was the No. 1 box o read more

“There is no such thing as a bad boy” – Father Edward J. Flanagan That’s right, there’s no such thing as a bad boy — or is there?  Well, well, well…that brings me to my getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon pick: Boys Town. Why Boys Town? This should be an easy ques read more

“I SWEAR I saw a dragon!“ Even animated Rooney liked the ladies read more

  Mickey Rooney and The Unexpected Ascend to Manhood Mickey Rooney was a powerhouse of career longevity. From his earliest screen appearances as a baby during the silent era to his final performance in the still unreleased Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Rooney graced the big and little screen for nin read more

This is a special guest post by Maegan on a film directed by Stanley Kramer.  You can follow Maegan on Twitter @MaesMusings. ◊ Open on a car chase. Criminal out front. Cops behind. Criminal goes “sailing right out there” and literally kicks the bucket. Five guys hear the dying criminal’s last read more

Mickey Rooney: Andy Hardy cresceu! Um dos grandes desafios dos atores mirins de sucesso é continuar em destaque ao passarem para papéis adultos. Às vezes a idade adulta chega e leva embora a fofura da infância. Às vezes o ator é estereotipado e não tem papéis que o desafiem. Às vezes read more

Mickey Rooney: Andy Hardy cresceu! Um dos grandes desafios dos atores mirins de sucesso é continuar em destaque ao passarem para papéis adultos. Às vezes a idade adulta chega e leva embora a fofura da infância. Às vezes o ator é estereotipado e não tem papéis que o desafiem. Às vezes read more

Opening night.  The butterflies.  Checking those lines that refuse to stick in your brain.  Focus.  Focus.  Stop thinking about those fifty chores that have to wait.  Concentrate on the blocking.  You mustn't be an inch out of line.  It's not opening night on read more

Jack Lemmon got his first leading role in Richard Quine‘s OPERATION MAD BALL (1957), a screwball military comedy with an entertaining cast that includes Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O’Connell, Mickey Rooney, Dick York and James Darren. With a screenplay co-written by Arthur Carte read more

In April of this year the world lost Mickey Rooney, an entertainer whose career spanned an unbelievable nine decades.  Born in Brooklyn New York on September 23, 1920, Rooney was on the Vaudeville stage almost before he could talk and appeared in his first movie at the age of six.  From there the read more

Photo courtesy Getty Images. That’s me in the second row with a flower in my hair. Jessica of Comet Over Hollywood is to my left, Carley of The Kitty Packard Pictorial is on my right. Just a few days before the Turner Classic Movie Classic Film Festival kicked off, the film world lost one of i read more