Adventures in Autographs the "Other" Mickey

[thetruthisoutthere]

Sad day indeed.

My favorite movie of Mr. Rooney was "The Big Wheel."

R.I.P.

[39special]

Great story Jim.

[r2678]

Great actor. Always wanted him on my "Requiem for a Heavyweight" script but now too late.

[djson1]

But what a great and fulfilling life he had. 93 years and most of it all in show biz and not a soul disliked him (I believe). You just can't ask for much more out of life.

[drcy]

I watch a lot of vintage movies and recently saw Mickey's first dramatic role, 1950's Quicksand. Shedding his wholesome Andy Hardy image, he played a garage mechanic who gets deeper into debt and trouble with the law. A pretty decent little B-style film noir and Rooney proved he was a good actor.



I've also seen a few of his 1930s-40s Andy Hardy movies that made him a star. Corny products of the time, but good harmless fun.

[bigtrain]

Mickey was a very fine actor. He was never better than in the 1943 film "The Human Comedy". My favorite Mickey Rooney movie, the film features Rooney as a teenage boy in a small town during World War II. His older brother is off to war leaving him to care for his widowed mother and younger brother. He works as a telegram delivery boy after school to help support the family and has to deliver messages from the War Department that nobody wants to receive. Its a picture about small town life in an America that really doesn't exist anymore, where everybody knows each other and no one locks their doors. Seems kind of outdated today but Rooney is really good in it.

[tazdmb]

I want to know who "Bob" is! All those autographs in the photo background are signed to him.