Mickey Rooney
Date of Birth: Sep 23, 1920
Country: USA
Biography: Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning more than 80 years...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 196 (Actor), 1 (Director)
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Larry spans the globe, while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever. (imdb)
With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon. (imdb)
A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008) - TV Movie
North Wind is plotting to get rid of Santa and claim Christmas as his own holiday, but when his plans go awry, Snow Miser and Heat Miser are blamed for Santa's mishap and their mother, Mother Nature, decides that a fitting punishment is to force the boys to work together and take Santa's place during the holiday rush. (Tami Horiuchi)
The Empire State Building Murders (2008) - TV Movie
A tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood golden age. It recaptures the time and place of New York in the 30's and 40s as well as plays with the codes and references of the genre. (imdb)
A Christmas Too Many (2007) - Direct-to-Video
A Hollywood legend invites her not-so-normal family home for the holidays. (imdb)
The Thirsting (2007) - Direct-to-Video
College students are given an assignment to research various pagan beliefs and compare them to Catholic figures. Despite the efforts of three Arch-Angels to warn them not to toy with the occult, they do. When the girls accidentally summon the Biblical Lilith, all hell breaks loose.
A Life in Words and Music (2007) - Direct-to-Video
Though the MGM Musical "Words and Music" celebrates the brilliant body of work by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, the studio misrepresented Hart by omitting his excessive drinking and homosexuality as well as Rodgers' crankiness and perfectionism.
A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc. (imdb)
"Secrets of a Hollywood Star" is another documentary made after "Calling Hedy Lamarr" in 2006. It features interviews with Hedy's friends in both Europe and Hollywood and her film/studio partners.
An explosive, richly detailed Civil War saga of fierce combat, honor and the will to risk all that's precious for love or country. (Strongbow Pictures)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) - Direct-to-Video
Seeking the freedom to be a wild dog, the son of Lady and the Tramp runs away to join a gang of junkyard dogs. (imdb)
Phantom of the Megaplex (2000) - TV Movie
17 year old Pete Riley works at the local 26-screen megaplex. He, the senior manager of the theater, and all the other employees are working to keep the theater neat for the giant premiere gala that night where they are going to premiere "Midnight Mayhem". He also has to keep his younger siblings out of the way for the premiere. He also has his girlfriend and her friend going to an early movie heading into the premiere. The movies are having major screw-ups like real tornadoes or title problems. (imdb)
An unwanted boy and a forgotten old lady find running away to join the circus is really coming home. (imdb)
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm. (imdb)
Henry, a New York taxi driver (Tim Roth) takes three French filmmakers to New England, where he gets so obsessed with a beautiful woman, named Fatima (Mili Avital), to the point of getting a job with her unbearable mother (Barbara Bain) in order to get near her. (imdb)
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998) - Short Film
Another of Martin Arnold's excellent "cine-seizures", the extension and repetition of action over time draws out and allows an eminent exploration of the cinematic space presented.
International news giant WNC wants to get the U.S. president re-elected for the third term by creating fake "Crazy Guru" story, about the fictional Japanese wacko who plans to drop nuclear weapons on half the planet in days. That fictional Guru is set to make his announcement in the African town of Katango, and WNC sends their naive Paris correspondent Michael Kael there to cover the story. (imdb)
The Red Baron returns in a toy plane to kill the former World War I ace that shot him down. (imdb)
Up in Heaven, the angelic supervisor Gideon sends the apprentice angel Maya down to Earth to earn her wings by sorting out the lives of a group of friends. When Jim learns that his good friend Bill has gone mad and now believes in an invisible talking bear called Oswald, he agrees to bring their group of friends back together for the first time in 12 years for a yacht trip. (moria.co.nz)
The year is 1492. Christopher Columbus, together with his friend, a lively woodworm named Pico, set out on the greatest journey of all time: an expedition to discover America.
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man. (imdb)
City councilor Susan takes bribes from Reevers and allows him to deposit his garbage illegally in an old mine. But when she learns that he also dumps toxic wastes which threaten the nearby water purification unit, she wants to cancel their agreement. She asks her ex-husband Steve, a cop, for help, but before he can do anything she's found dead. Her sister Sunny decides to take revenge with help of a couple of friends, who once formed a female martial fighting squad. (imdb)
Three children are kidnapped by escaped convicts and end up in a forrest, where they are released. They then have to elude the convicts when they return. They are aided by a wolf who is an Indian spirit who sometimes takes a human form. (imdb)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991) - Direct-to-Video
A young boy sees his father killed by a toy that was anonymously delivered to his house. After that, he is too traumatized to speak, and his mother must deal with both him and the loss of her husband. Meanwhile, a toy maker named Joe Peto builds some suspicious-looking toys, and a mysterious man creeps around both the toy store and the boy's house...but who is responsible for the killer toys? (imdb)
The Gambler Brady Hawkes is back and he's about to lose his primary means of livelihood, when a law banning gambling is about to be passed. But in honor of that there's going to be one last great poker game and all what one needs to join is one hundred thousand dollars. A madame named Burgundy Jones along with four other madames is willing to put up the money for Brady but first he has to compete against four other gamblers in the end it comes down to Brady and a man named Cantrell. (imdb)
Home for Christmas (1990) - TV Movie
Mickey Rooney plays an old thief who befriends a young child.
A young boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of until he unleashes a century old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself (imdb)
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life. (imdb)
The Care Bears live in a country high in the clouds, where they have a lot of fun together. But they also do care for the human children on Earth, who they watch through huge telescopes from the sky, and come to help whenever there is need. (imdb)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) - TV Movie
Mickey Rooney plays Mike Halligan, a retired cop from Manhattan living in California with his family who decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. (imdb)
Bill On His Own (1983) - TV Movie
Bill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife Beverly move away. Bill moves into a group home run by Mae Driscoll who teaches him how to read. Bill soon discovers his religious heritage, overcoming the fire that accidentally destroyed his small canteen business, and then travels to California to search for the Morrows.
This is a surreal little film about several children who befriend a potty old retired railroad engineer and end up actually breathing new life into an abandoned, rusting Pacific steam locomotive. (imdb)
One of the Boys (1982) - TV Series
An energetic grandpa is invited to move out of his retirement home and into the cool pad of his college student grandson and his roommate. (imdb)
Two childhood animal friends find themselves forced to become enemies. (imdb)
Leave 'Em Laughing (1981) - TV Movie
Mickey Rooney plays real-life clown Jack Thum. Thum and his wife cared for dozens of unwanted children. When Thum realizes he has terminal cancer, he falls apart and his wife must help him regain his innerstrength and deal with reality. (amazon.com)
Bill (1981) - TV Movie
Bill, a retarded man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city institution.. (imdb)
Senior Trip (1980) - TV Movie
A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis, an ambitious teen aiming for success in big business; David, an aspiring rock star; Judy Matheson, a stagestruck coed actress wannabe; Denise, a free-spirited girl hoping to obtain a degree of sophistication; Fred, a lotharo looking for any Big City woman to be with; and Jon Lipton, a would-be artist hoping to make it big. (imdb)
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that... (imdb)
An evil magician seeks to gain power by obtaining a magic rose. A peasant boy and a prince join forces to stop him. (imdb)
Long ago the Lady Borealis placed the evil Winterbolt under a magic spell, and put the last of her magic into the nose of a newborn reindeer: Rudolph. But now Winterbolt's awake. He gives Frosty's family magic amulets to keep them from melting until the Fourth of July so that Frosty and Rudolph can help Lilly's circus and Milton can marry his girlfriend on the high-wire, and Santa will use his sleigh to make sure everybody gets back to the North Pole in time... (imdb)
Lassie is legally wrested from freckled-faced Michael Sharrett by evil Pernell Roberts, who hopes that the kid's grandpa Jimmy Stewart will sell his valuable vineyards to "ransom" the dog. Roberts' scheme falls through, and Lassie makes her getaway, embarking upon a grueling trek to be reunited with her young master. (allmovie.com)
An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit. (imdb)
Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in prison for murder, he has hit rock-bottom. But one day a man in a three-piece suit visits him in prison, a man he has never seen before, and informs him that he can walk out of prison a free man if he will shoot someone for them, no questions asked. (imdb)
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers. (imdb)
Three kidnapping plots simultaneously target the same young woman. (imdb)
The Queen of England has been kidnapped! As you know who is dead, the British S.I.S. ask the French secret service for help, which comes with four bumbling secret agents, and a cleaning lady who is a perfect match for the Queen. The chase will lead them from Spain to Hong Kong with many broken cars, boats and planes along the way. (imdb)
The lust for gold and the reading of a will brings eleven visitors to a remote island retreat, but an unseen, seemingly unstoppable evil follows to stalk them one by one. The bodies don't stop dropping until the final shattering conclusion. Who - or what - is the intruder? One thing is for certain: it will not stop until it kills them all. (Harry Guerro)
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) - TV Movie
Mrs. Claus tells us about the time Santa had a bad cold and decided to take a vacation from Christmas. Two of his elves, Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells decided to go out (with Vixen) to find children to convince Santa that the Christmas spirit is still important to everybody else... (imdb)
Four women escape from a prison and wind up stranded in a swamp with a lecherous redneck after them. Meanwhile, an federal agent tracks a ring of heroin smugglers through the same swamp. (imdb)
While 'ghostwriting' an autobiography for Hollywood star Preston Gilbert, Mickey King ends up investigating a murder... (imdb)
Evil Roy Slade (1972) - TV Movie
The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him. (imdb)
An insane Hollywood makeup man kidnaps a woman, keeps her prisoner in his warehouse full of props. (imdb)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970) - TV Movie
A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus. (imdb)
Charley is the kindly but simple-minded blacksmith who sends a year's earnings back East for a mail-order bride. When he and the town turn out for the woman's arrival at the train station, he is embarrassed when she never appears. The saddened giant plans to leave town. The townspeople recruit the new saloon-girl Sadie to pose as the bride-to-be so the residents will retain the services of the blacksmith... (allmovie.com)
A fictionalized account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton. (imdb)
Lt. Commander Finchhaven (David Niven), a ghostly relic from the First World War, he had fallen down dead drunk on his first assignment and been consigned from the great beyond to sail the seas until a further opportunity arises to redeem his actions. During the Second World War, he is encountered by a quartet of American seamen that includes Lt. Morton Krim (Alan Alda) and cook W.J. Oglethorpe (Mickey Rooney)... (imdb)
A young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children. (imdb)
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard... (imdb)
A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas. (imdb)
Dissatisfied with the low movement lost souls in Hell, Beelzebub solves send one of his demons to earth to sow discord among mortals. So choose Belfagor for such a task, and the charge, along with his servant Adramalek, to provoke a new war between Rome and Florence.
Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee. (imdb)
This all-star crime caper stars Mickey Rooney as an American airline purser whose greed gets the better of him. During a 24-hour layover in Beirut, he transports a cache of stolen goods, which brings him to the attention of a smuggler (Walter Slezak). Lex Barker is the pilot who reluctantly tries to bail the avaricious Rooney out. (allrovi.com)
The Nazis imprison an Italian general who was planning to switch sides and turn over his army to the Allied side. Allied headquarters sends a small, somewhat misfit group of soldiers to spring the general from prison and carry out his plans. (imdb)
The dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find some treasure. (imdb)
Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round... (imdb)
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building. (imdb)
The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein. (imdb)
Two sailors sneak a talking duck on board their ship. Complications ensue. (imdb)
The Dick Powell Show (1961) - TV Series
Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting (episode: 'The Court-Martial of Captain Wycliff').
Film takes place at an exclusive military academy on Sabre Island (played by Catalina Island) attended by rich young delinquents who think money puts them above the law. Enter Steve Conway there to investigate the death of his son, whom he has been told died in an accident.
A tough hood goes wild when federal agents investigate him. (TCM)
Jail house tensions mount as a killer's execution approaches. (imdb)
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics. (imdb)
George "Babyface" Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger. (imdb)
Private Hogan must raise his ability to scheme and plot to a new level to put on a madcap dance to celebrate the closing of an Army surgical hospital in post WWII France while evading the stickler-for-details Captain Locke - and win the heart to the beautiful nurse Lieutenant Betty Bixby. (imdb)
The film traces the destinies of three American soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Fairchild (Corey) is an idealistic soul who doesn't believe in killing. Preacher is a religious bigot, who can't see anything in terms other than Good and Evil. The most intriguing (and entertaining) member of the trio is Dooley (Rooney), an inveterate gambler who runs a floating crap game up and down the Italian front. (imdb)
On a gloomy night outside the old MacLeod castle, Francis, a talking mule, witnesses the castle's curator, Mr. Jason, and handyman Hugo murder lawyer Roger Andrews. Much wackiness ensues (TCM)
Mickey Rooney and Jack Carson make an offbeat but somehow endearing team in the comedy-adventure Magnificent Roughnecks. Set in South American, the story concerns the exploits of oilmen Frank Sommers (Rooney) and Bix Decker (Jack Carson). The two brawling buddies come to blows over the affections of pretty oil expert Jane Rivers (Nancy Gates), but eventually one of our heroes settles for down-to-earth waitress Julie (Jeff Donnell). (allmovie.com)
Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension. (imdb)
An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld. (imdb)
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring. (imdb)
The Mickey Rooney Show (1954) - TV Series
The misadventures of an eager but somewhat bumbling young actor who gets a job as a page at a television studio in Hollywood while trying to break into show business.
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when Bullet gets drafted. Hogan's gangster partners "persuade him to enlist and keep an eye on the fighter, who is subsequently declared psychologically unfit for the Army. Enter Herbet Tuttle, a draftee eager to have Hogan turn him into a fighter. (imdb)
"Slight" is right: this harmless comedy programmer is as inconsequential as it is enjoyable. It's the tale of two Army buddies: go-getter Geechy Cheevers (Mickey Rooney) and sedate family man Freddie Clopp (Eddie Bracken). Inveigling his way into Freddie's household, Geechy drives everyone bonkers with his get-rich-quick schemes. (allrovi.com)
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls. (imdb)
Jazz drummer and aspiring actress become involved with racketeers, ending in violent tragedy.
A young man travels to Mexico in search of his brother, who has become involved with a dangerous gang. (imdb)
Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new waitress Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a fur coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. Thereafter, every means he tries to get out of trouble only gets him deeper into crime, while everyone he meets is out for what they can get. (imdb)
Johnny runs away from Father O'Hara's orphanage and becomes a roller skating star with the help of Mary Reeves. He becomes involved with women, including Polly, who only love him because he is a champion, not, as with Mary, out of love for him. Then he gets polio. (imdb)
Freddie Frisby is informed by Bob Sears that he can't marry Bob's daughter, Judy, as he is only a fumbling failure as an orange picker, and Judy can do better. Freddie's prospects brighten up when he learns his uncle has left him his entire estate, but he learns that the estate consists entirely of a magician's paraphernalia. He decides to become a magician with Judy as his assistant, but while they are rehearsing, they are kidnapped by a band of payroll robbers. (imdb)
Billy Coy comes to Garret. Red, Billy's late father's mechanic, hires Billy as a mechanic. Billy soon gets a job as a driver. Will he get to race the Indianapolis, the track where his father died? (imdb)
Fictionalized story of the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her. (imdb)
A lightweight boxer gets mixed up in murder. (TCM.com)
Andy Hardy goes to college after returning from World War II. He is in love with Kay Wilson this time. (imdb)
A group of young actresses reminisces about their days as part of a gang of kids, headed by Mickey McGuire. Their memories take the form of clips from episodes of the long running Mickey McGuire series of short comedies. (imdb)
Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel... (imdb)
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. Standish who are both headed for Wainwright. Andy likes Kay, but Dr. Standish also seems to take an interest in her. Things are going well at College with Kay, but the blonde is nice one minute and ignores Andy the next... (imdb)
Homer Macauley remains in a small town looking after his widowed mother and younger brother. Homer's older brother is fighting the war in Europe. (imdb)
Rich kid Danny Churchill (Rooney) has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray (Garland), who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. (imdb)
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars. (imdb)
A new college student lets romance get in the way of his studies. (imdb)
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter. (imdb)
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline. (imdb)
Mr. and Mrs. Maitland invite Whitey to their home on a trial basis. Whitey tries to visit a friend in reform school and inmate Flip is hiding in car as Whitey leaves. Flip steals money and both boys go to reform school. Father Flanagan exposes the conditions in the school and the boys are released to him. Ted's dog is killed but Ted can walk. The Maitlands work to pay off the debts threatening Boys Town. (imdb)
After four months of floundering attempts to get into a Broadway show, Tommy Williams grasps the opportunity to produce a charity show to take city orphans on a trip to the country. With his new girlfriend, Penny, he and his young friends produce a musical. But Tommy lets potential success go to his head, ready to pitch his friends and his ideals. (imdb)
Andy Hardy is about to graduate from high school and thinks he's pretty big stuff, so he hires a secretary, Kathryn Land. Kathryn and Polly Benedict, Andy's girlfriend, help him pass his English exam. (imdb)
With his high school graduation behind him, Andy Hardy decides that as an adult, it's time to start living his life. Judge Hardy had hoped that his son would go to college and study law, but Andy isn't sure that's what he wants to do so he heads off to New York City to find a job. Too proud to accept any help from Betsy Booth, Andy finds that living on his own isn't so easy. With perseverance he eventually finds a job and even gets to date the pretty receptionist in his office... (imdb)
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Toms only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things. (imdb)
Jimmy Connors and his girl-friend want to take part in Paul Whiteman's highschool's band contest, but they cannot afford the fare. But per chance the meet Paul Whiteman in person and are able to convince him, that their band is good enought, so he lents sem the money. But then one of their friends becomes seriously ill and had to be carried in a hospital per plane, they had to use Whiteman's money for this. (imdb)
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home. (imdb)
Rodeo Dough (1940) - Short Film
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star filled rodeo.
Judge Hardy teaches his son Andy a lesson about charity while used car shopping.
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation. (imdb)
Mr. and Mrs. Valduzzi come to see Judge James Hardy for advice on how to prevent the loss of their home. He senses the aged Italian immigrant couple has a grown daughter who is ashamed of her parents and has not kept in contact with them. Failing to locate her himself, he offers money to his teenage son, Andy, if he can locate her... (imdb)
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures. (imdb)
The struggle of two talented young artists, to make their own way in the show business. (imdb)
The Hardys find themselves millionaires overnight, or so they think. Trouble ensures when they move to the big city and start spending before the check clears.
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) (1939) - Short Film
Andy Hardy and the rest of the Hardy family wake up Christmas morning to gifts and give a holiday greeting to viewers. (imdb)
Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story. Whitey Marsh comes there... (imdb)
Andy's girlfriend Polly is planning to spend Christmas at her grandmother's, which puts a kink in his plans to take her to the country club Christmas party. He agrees (for a fee) to pretend to be the boyfriend of his buddy Beezy's girl Cynthia to discourage other suitors (Beezy is also leaving for the holidays), but Andy soon finds her too infatuated with him... (imdb)
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter. (imdb)
Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him. (imdb)
June Evans, clothing model, and Tommy Bradford, travel agent, both dream of being rich. When they meet at millionaire, J. Westley Piermont's daughter's wedding, they both assume each other is wealthy. Each being there to do errands. Piermont having a very poor memory unknowingly helps June and Tommy confirm their lies. The two begin to date, resulting in each other trying to outdo the other. But both have no money. (imdb)
Spoilt child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. He is befriended by model in-mate Terry O'Mulvaney but soon starts to get them both in trouble. (imdb)
Stablemates is a typically treacly vehicle for Wallace Beery, who goes through his usual slobbery paces as an eternally inebriated ex-veterinarian named Tom Terry. Aspiring jockey Mickey (Mickey Rooney) idolizes Tom, who reciprocates by passing along horsemanship advice to the boy. The film's dramatic high point is the scene in which Tom, his judgement benumbed by years of alcohol abuse, tries to pull himself long enough to perform a delicate operation on Mickey's beloved horse Lady-Q. (allrovi.com)
Love may be a headache, but without it, how would MGM programmers like this one ever have been made? Franchot Tone is cast as Winchellesque radio commentator Peter Lawrence, who becomes the unexpected savior of fading Broadway favorite Carlotta Lee (Gladys George). Suffering from a string of bad plays, Carlotta is vaunted back to public favor when she decides to adopt two orphans (Mickey Rooney and Virginia Weidler), a bit of "heart interest" exploited by the fast-talking Lawrence. (allmovie.com)
Hollywood Handicap (1938) - Short Film
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. (The group is played by the "Original Sing Band," which uses their mouths to sound like musical instruments.) They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event. (imdb)
Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns... (imdb)
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade. (imdb)
In this is the entry into the Andy Hardy series about a small town depression era family, Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned with everyone in the family and lends wisdom and calmness to all. (SM {smortens@ix.netcom.com})
The Hardy family goes to Catalina for a two week vacation, where Judge Hardy tries to catch a swordfish, Marian falls in love with a married lawyer-lifeguard, and Andy goes around with a "sophisticated" girl. (Wikipedia)
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. When a young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race, the plot breaks into a speeding gallop. Donovan is disqualified from racing, but Cricket springs into action and heads into the home stretch riding high! (imdb)
A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes. (imdb)
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie. (imdb)
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust. (imdb)
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school. (imdb)
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race. (imdb)
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic... (imdb)
Story of small-town life in turn-of-the-century America, and a young boy's problems facing adolescence. (imdb)
Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role. Here, Jim Hackler, local party-boss in a Wyoming county, has to decide to do what's right and lose the election, or what's wrong and win it. (imdb)
A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman who really loves him. (imdb)
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman. (imdb)
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.
Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him. (imdb)
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times? (imdb)
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher. (imdb)
Mickey's Minstrels (1934) - Short Film
In order to pay back Stinky Davis, Mickey becomes an organ grinder, and later put on a minstrel show.
Mickey's Rescue (1934) - Short Film
When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.
Mickey's Medicine Man (1934) - Short Film
The final Mickey McGuire comedy finds Mickey and the gang putting together a medicine show in order to help out Hambone's Uncle Nemo.
The all-purpose title Blind Date was trotted out in 1934 for this romantic trifle. Poor Kitty Taylor (Ann Sothern) just can't choose between wealthy Bob Hartwell (Neil Hamilton) and unwealthy mechanic Bill (Paul Kelly). When Kitty gets a modelling job thanks to Bob, she feels beholden to him, even though she still carries a torch for Bill. (allmovie.com)
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with Lions and Tigers for the first time. (imdb)
Prizefighter Jimmy Dolan accidentally kills a man at a party and escapes. He hides out at a health farm for invalid children and begins to lose his cynicism under the influence of the children and of Peggy and Mrs. Moore, who run the farm. When a detective recognizes him, Jimmy must decide whether to escape or stay and face his responsibilities to the children. (imdb)
A timid man (Ed Wynn) is thrust into the spotlight when his father is honored as a hero. He blunders into a series of adventures because of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) and becomes a hero himself. (imdb)
Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight. (imdb)
Mickey's Race (1933) - Short Film
Mickey and his gang of children enter a mule in a racing contest. (imdb)
Mickey's Ape Man (1933) - Short Film
Mickey, Stinky, and Billy all try to compete in an Ape Man contest.
Mickey's Touchdown (1933) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang get ready for a big game of football. But Stinky Davis has a few tricks up his sleeve to stop the gang from winning. Special guest star USC coach Howard Jones.
Mickey's Tent Show (1933) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang put on their own circus, but Stinky Davis and his pals constantly try to disrupt it.
Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang go prospecting, but find themselves in a haunted house.
A motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a syndicate that controls the gambling--and much of the justice system--in his town. When the killer is freed because of perjured testimony and the corrupt legal system, the dead officer's partner quits the force and vows to bring the killer to justice. (imdb)
Buck Jones took a break from his cowboy duties to play a speedway driver in this highly implausible but fast-paced action melodrama from Columbia Pictures. Jones plays Bill Toomey, a mechanic promising a fatally injured driver (Pat O'Malley) to care for his crippled son Buddy (Mickey Rooney). (allmovie.com)
A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty. (imdb)
The king of a European country, who is a child, meets the cowboy star of a traveling circus.
The Hunter (1931) - Short Film
In this cartoon, Oswald wears a shirt for the first time, therefore completing his outfit. Some plot elements in the cartoon would be used again in Carnival Capers. (imdb)
Mickey's Stampede (1931) - Short Film
A sound remake of "Mickey's Eleven", in which the gang play yet another game of football against Stinky Davis.
Mickey's Rebellion (1931) - Short Film
A.k.a. "Mickey's Revolution". Needing to raise money for their caddy friend, Mickey and the gang put on a show.
Mickey's Wildcats (1931) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang come across a baby. Billy Barty plays a dual role.
Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang wind up in Harold Lloyd territory, when the kids work as window washers on a dangerous skyscraper.
The Fisherman (1931) - Short Film
Oswald and his girlfriend start out on a fishing trip and end up on an island with all kinds of crazy stuff going on.
The Hare Mail (1931) - Short Film
A cat and his granddaughter have been robbed of their money. It's up to Oswald to get it back.
Radio Rhythm (1931) - Short Film
Oswald is running a one-rabbit radio station, and all the other animals are listening in on their forest radios. Oswald does the announcing, acting and other programming jobs. (imdb)
Hot Feet (1931) - Short Film
A Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released September 14, 1931.
Mickey's Luck (1930) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang become fire fighters. Features ridiculous stunts (including a car getting hit by a train, and Spencer Bell sharing a scene with a live lion). (youtube.com)
Mickey's Champs (1930) - Short Film
Mickey and the kids befriend a couple of tramps. But when the tramps are accused of stealing, Mickey and Hambone find themselves trying to expose who they think is the real crook: a doctor in a spooky house.
Mickey's Explorers (1930) - Short Film
A.K.A. "Mickey's Brigade". Mickey and the gang try to become explorers, "like Columbus and all them guys".
Mickey's Warriors (1930) - Short Film
A high society lady tries to bring peace between the Mickey's Scorpions and Stinky Davis' gang.
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8 (1930) - Short Film
This time it's Ben Turpin as the nominal announcer, and several well known performers appear, including Myrna Loy. Madge Bellamy sings "The Last Rose of Summer" in a very sweet voice, and there are a couple of canned gag sequences.
Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930) - Short Film
Mickey Rooney -- credited as McGuire, as he would be through the run of the series -- inducts a new member into the gang, tries to put little brother Billy Barty to bed for a nap, and wins a basketball game against Stinky Davis' team in this episode of the series.
Mickey's Great Idea (1929) - Short Film
The gang build their own airplane, and Mickey and Hambone go for a high-flying adventure when the plane supposedly starts to work.
Mickey's Northwest Mounted (1929) - Short Film
One of the last silent shorts in the series. Stinky invites Mickey and company to his rodeo. Plenty of lassoing, horse riding, and even a head-butting contest between Hambone and a goat!
Mickey's Surprise (1929) - Short Film
Mickey Rooney's second sound film. In it, we find Mickey and the gang putting on their own school performance.
Mickey's Mix-Up (1929) - Short Film
An early sound short, where Mickey and the gang put on another show.
Mickey's Big Moment (1929) - Short Film
The film finds Mickey and Hambone trying to dig up some dirt on Stinky Davis' father.
Mickey's Brown Derby (1929) - Short Film
A Mickey McGuire comedy short starring Mickey Rooney.
Mickey in School (1928) - Short Film
It's the first day back at school for Mickey and the gang, which means plenty of pain for the schoolteacher. But things really heat up when a fire breaks out in the schoolhouse.
Mickey's Movies (1928) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang decide to make their own movie. Guest starring Hannah Washington (a poor man's Farina of the 1920's).
Mickey the Detective (1928) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang play detective. Later, the dog gets stuck with a professor's time bomb.
Mickey's Big Game Hunt (1928) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang go game hunting, and come across a live lion. No, seriously, we see eight year old Rooney share a scene with a real lion.
Mickey Rooney and his gang play cowboys and indians out in the wild life.
Mickey's Pals (1927) - Short Film
The second short from the "Mickey McGuire" film series. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip "Toonerville Trolley". "Mickey McGuire" was a popular rival to Hal Roach's Our Gang series. Perhaps the most notable note about the series is that it launched Mickey Rooney's film career. The film follows Mickey McGuire (Rooney) and his pals as they start a "Pet Xchange". (youtube.com)
Mickey's Eleven (1927) - Short Film
Mickey and the gang play a game of football against Stinky Davis.
Mickey's Circus (1927) - Short Film
Mickey Rooney's first starring role.
