Members Eric83 Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2014/04/06/mickey-rooney-dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Winchester91 Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Inevitable, but he sure did bring much to the entertainment industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 RIP! Think I'm gonna watch Boys Town! Tearjerker if I've ever seen one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Mickey was quite a character, not to all tastes, but when he was at his peak he had true star quality. You couldn't take your eyes off him. He represented the typical American boy to many in the public in those years. An idealized, aw-shucks one, but one that the country needed at the time. I enjoyed his movies with Judy Garland. They worked well together and they were kindred spirits - they were never allowed to be children, and as a result I'm not sure either of them ever got to grow up. The whole "hey kids, let's put on a show!" will forever make me smile, back before musicals started taking themselves a little too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 It's too bad his final years were said to be unhappy. I believe he accused his caregiver of abuse. Not sure of the exact details. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Oh my Lord, we were JUST talking about him yesterday in rehearsal. "The biggest star in the worrrllld..." May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 One of those people you think of as being around forever, as impossible as that is, it's just something you believe. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 His final years were unhappy, but Mickey's treatment of some of his children long before he became ill was equally heinous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Jeanine Basinger's wonderful book The Star Machine has a lot in it about the progression and evolution of not only Mickey Rooney as a juvenile star but also the Andy Hardy films, IIRC - that's sort of a lost art in films today, following a family through the years, film after film. In a way it's a side-set to soap opera, although the Andy Hardy films were of course very traditional and cossetted in their worldview. I still see that family saga model from time to time in some very popular foreign film series in Asia, but over here that basic outline in mostly relegated to Adam Sandler ATM-hit comedies today. It's too bad. I know Rooney these days mostly from his work when he was very young. It's impossible not to remember him best, though, with Judy Garland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reallyhateskateonlost Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 He did an episode of The Golden Girls playing Sofia's boyfriend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Yes, and had all of that money. That was a great eppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 It was fairly rare for American films even then. I guess MGM was its own bubble. No one today would try that type of project, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 RIP There aren't that many of the old Hollywood stars left now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reallyhateskateonlost Posted April 8, 2014 Members Share Posted April 8, 2014 TCM remembers Mickey Rooney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCC7ax92Yoo On Sunday they are showing his movies starting at 6am: http://www.tcm.com/this-month/movie-news.html?id=971487&name=April-Schedule-Change-for-Mickey-Rooney-Tribute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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