Adventures in Autographs the "Other" Mickey

[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 Seems kind of outdated today but Rooney is really good in it.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.

[JimStinson]

My Favorite Movie with him in it was "Mad Mad World" , That movie is STILL hilarious today ! I was curious where they filmed it and he said in the mountains and deserts right outside of LA which was then desolate and now suburbs.
In answer to your question "Bob" was Mickey's agent
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[2dueces]

Great story!!

[RelicSports]

Great story, thanks for sharing Jim!

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

My Favorite Movie with him in it was "Mad Mad World" , That movie is STILL hilarious today !

Yup... and Sid Ceasar recently passed who was also great in that film.

[JimStinson]

Thanks guys...speaking of that movie I was doing a collectible show in Pasadena one weekend , and someone came up to my table , I turned around and it was Jonathan Winters ...I said hello and all I got was a "grunt" , Man was he GRUMPY !
Total opposite of what you would except from seeing him on the tube. I watched as he was leaving and someone asked him for an autograph and he looked at it like the guy was trying to hand him a "turd" and just kept on walking. Don't know if he was always like that or just having a bad day.
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