On September 23 1920 Mickey Rooney was born-known for his many earlier films as Andy Hardy... Rooney also starred in a number of other notable movies. With this in mind, the theme for today will be films with Mickey Rooney-enjoy!
1 Captains Courageous (1937) Director: Victor Fleming
Based on the classic novel about a wealthy young man (Freddie Bartholomew) who falls overboard from an ocean liner and is rescued by a fishing boat, and ends up making an unlikely friend (Spencer Tracy) while waiting to be reunited with his family; Tracy won an Academy Award for his performance...
2 Boys Town (1938) Director: Norman Taurog
Movie about a priest(Spencer Tracy) who attempts to help a group of youth who are going down the wrong path; Film won Oscars for Best Writing and Best Acting for Spencer Tracy...
3 The Black Stallion (1979) Director: Carroll Ballard
Film about a young man who, with the help of a great trainer (Mickey Rooney) work together to train a stallion to become a world renowned race horse; Rooney was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance...
As I have seen only one film from the above list (Captains Courageous) I look forward to your feedback-enjoy!
Dianezy
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Boys Town is very dated, but as a kid I found one part disturbing (most of the film is uplifting and wholesome), where Ronney and another kid are sent to reform scholl and subjected to cruelty, which probably wouldn't disturb anyone now.
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