Yesterday was a house bound day but I did get caught up. Weather went from hot (yesterday) to chilly with the new front that brought rain and storms 3/4 of the day(yesterday). Lots of noise here as they are replacing sidewalk areas that are damaged etc on my street today.
Last week a film giant died. I remember him mostly from all those old movies I use to watch late night and more recently on AMC.
“Mickey Rooney was born Joe Yule Jr. in…1920 in Brooklyn, New York. He first took the stage as a toddler in his parents’ vaudeville act…at 17 months old…his first film appearance was in 1926. The following year, he played the lead character in…short film…. (next) A Family Affair, the film that introduced the country to Andy Hardy, the popular all-American teenager…character appeared in nearly 20 films and helped make Rooney the top star…in 1939, 1940 and 1941. Rooney also…in Boys Town…. In 1938, he was awarded a juvenile Academy Award.
“…Rooney also appeared in a string of musicals, including Babes in Arms (1939)… Strike up the Band (1940), Babes on Broadway (1941), and Girl Crazy (1943). …he also appeared… in…National Velvet (1944). Rooney …helped to entertain the troops and worked on the American Armed Forces Network….returned to Hollywood…in Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946), …Robert Taylor film…Killer McCoy (1947) and …Words and Music (1948).. also… Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)…in the dramatic role…in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962). 1979 film The Black Stallion…turned to the stage in 1979 in Sugar Babies …nominated for a Tony Award….he also portrayed the Wizard in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz…
“Rooney appeared in four television series’: The Mickey Rooney Show (1954-1955)…1964 …Mickey, One of the Boys in 1982…and the Adventures of the Black Stallion from 1990-1993. In 1981, Rooney won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of…Bill…More recently …in …Night at the Museum (2006) … and The Muppets (2011)….” http://mickeyrooney.com/index2.html#news
Nothing in my stuff but Google:
Various post cards of him in various scenes and still photos etc start at $2 and go to $9 Cuban one goes for $25
Lots of photos (starting at $6 for a reproduction and $99 – $150 for an autographed one)
Posters run from (alone) $12 to (with Garland) $25 up to (with a talking mule) $150. (interesting what sells highest) and finally with Liz Taylor in National Velvet $300
SIGNED original 1940 Time Magazine $199 (Signed Quicksand Theater Card Framed for $75 And Ann Miller Autographed Playbill Sugar Babies W/Mickey Rooney goes for $250).
Requiem for a Heavyweight Lobby Card signed by all stars including Rooney $2,625
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