Mickey Rooney as Mickey McGuire Silent film from late 1920's

[filmfan192326]

@honeybee7700,

I know. It's kind of a shame to see that the only "tribute" he's been given in recent years is the Family Guy skit (sheesh, and I thought the show couldn't get any worse...).

[honeybee7700]

i love rooney it broke my heart to see him cry on the stand talking about the elder abuse he recently has suffered for years. a legend like him should be treated with only respect

[63filmbuff]

I believe thie is "Mickeys ' Menagerie" from 1929. I havs a very washed out copy from an old 8mm print of this., barely watchable.

[TheIWSP]

i have been a fan of Mickey Rooney for so long. and is it weird that i am only 14.My favorite was his serise Andy Hardy, i also particularly loved his role in "Boys Town" with Spencer Tracey i love to watch these oldies. all these new movies they make now are just stupid.

[inkey2]

if Rooney had been just a little taller you can just imagine all the roles he could have nabbed.........back then leading men were at least average height.......with only a few exceptions....like bogey and Alan Ladd

[avalanchesuperstar]

@inkey2 fuck yeah! mickey rooneys alive and well. hes not one of those old people always getting sick. hes still active and pretty fit.

[inkey2]

@avalanchesuperstar wow.....it seems that a few of these old time big talants lived to be pretty old.....George Burnes, Bob Hope......

[avalanchesuperstar]

@inkey2 yes, in face bob hope's wife is still alive...she's 101

[rmd99]

@inkey2 Yep that's him as a very little boy. He did a bunch of Mickey McGuire films before he became famous for Andy Hardy.

[toolkien]

@inkey2 mickey rooney holds the record for cinema actors at 84 years. He has acting roles in movies that are set come out in 2011 as well.

[ziggycat999]

Buster Brown outfits are very cute. I think all gangster leaders should wear them.

[scrabblemaster56]

As of Sept. 26, 2010, Rooney is the only living person who appeared in silent films.

[overvision]

This foot will bring yo-all luck - It done belonged to mah uncle wat was HUNG.  eeeeYIKES!!

[dgb751]

@newtsamson i met him last month at a comic convention in anaheim, ca. he looked good and is still sharp. i was honered.

[olddude521]

Don't forget Jean Darling. She's the only surviving member of the Our Gang kids from the silent era.

[CrazyAboutTiffanys18]

aww...those kids are so mean to him!...i love the mickey mcguire short films!

[Bartokne]

Very nice video :) Do you know the artist and the title of the second, panpipe song? I like it very, very much. Thank you.

[lilginger26]

Good Find

[JubalCalif]

And to think the Mickster is STILL going strong in his 80's! At one time he was the biggest star in Hollywood. And even though he's been married MANY times, I seriously doubt that rumor about the Los Angeles County Marriage Bureau naming a revolving door after him. THANKS for posting this delightful "blast from the past"! :)

[videofilo100]

Funny!!

[Hunterunc]

Mickey was so cute and they made him ugly with those black eyebrows.

[DirtyZ914]

that was kind of funny. that's cool you had that.

[neinsudtexas10]

Cool music

[Borgyboy09]

Kinky

[Borgyboy09]

That is so hawt

[bdaycakesrgr8]

wow, they ahd movies back then? i didnt know

that looks like shirly temple for some reson

[CrazyAboutTiffanys18]

@bdaycakesrgr8 oh my god ur stupid lol

[arkiecuz]

thanks for sharing

[originalfunkyfry]

This film is "Mickey's Initiation." Directed by Albert Herman, 1929.

[donnycarrin3d]

You should check and see if this is part of a "lost" silent film.Many silents thought to have been gone forever have been found this way.The films of the late 1920's are some of the rarest.

[asianxsmartie]

um theres no sound...-tosses popcorn at the scrreen- I WANT MEH MONEY BACK!!!!!! DX

[grabit1]

My last comment tonight is that I'm glad there were no cell phones in the 1920's.

Gangster murders would never have worked out without dial phones. Or no phones at all.

[grabit1]

And compared to some of the others (like Olivia DeHaviland and Joan Fontaine, sisters who are still very much alive and who I wish would make peace (and maybe they will, or have), Mickey Rooney is still going strong.

I think he knows that he's lucky to still be performing. And God bless him. He's not just a performer, but also one of the best film actors you will ever see.

He's a rare gift. Notwithstanding all of the wives. And the lawyers.

[grabit1]

Quite. He was born in 1920 and hasn't stopped yet.

After wives counting into perhaps the double digits (starting with Ava Gardner), how could he possibly stop?

[KristaAndMickey]

that kind of looks like shirley temple! i used to love shirley temple!

[grabit1]

But Mickey isn't the androgenous one with curls. He's the kid with the missing front tooth. Or teeth, depending on how much hooch you've had. The leader of the "gang." And the stogie.

Thankfully, his teeth got fixed (or fixed themselves) before he kissed Judy Garland.

Let alone Ava Gardner, when he married her.

[TLM80209]

I wonder who the other actors are? One looks like "Butch" from the Little Rascals. No title card?

[RachaelRussell2000]

He's still going strong and performing, he's in Pantomine in the UK right now.what a legend

[jacoboforlando]

He's definitely living. Mickey Rooney was in a movie recently. You didn't see Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller and Robin Williams?

[ColonelPhillipGreen]

Nothing UN-PC here Jack!

Their just kids being kids fro cripes sake.

[ColonelPhillipGreen]

no, your are just very prejudiced against real talent and also are too stupid to know it when you see it.

[sakara18235]

in the 1960s? these silents were released as a half hour syndicated show (chaplin comedies were released in same way).

[vrikey]

Re other kid stars still around from the Silent Era: I believe only 2 prominent members from the Our Gang silents are still alive: Mildred Kornman & Jean Darling.

Jean was the sassy girl with blond curls, she did both silent & talkie OG films.

Mildred was the younger sister of Mary Kornman, the lead lady in the earliest OG silents; Mildred always got the "baby sister" roles back then, she appears with Mary together in "The Fourth Alarm" seen here on youtube.

Mildred became a supermodel!

[vaiman777]

It does look a lot like the Our Gang series. I heard my dad talk about Mickey McGuire, but never seen any of the movies till now. That was great, thanx for the post.

[vaiman777]

Occasioinally you'll see a silent movie on the Turner Movie Classics network, usually early in the morning. I have a few on vcr myself like The Sheik of Araby and Tillie's Fractured Romance. I was also lucky enough to find the Phantom Of The Opera on dvd for $1.00

The majority of these films probably ended up in The Libary of Congress.

[jose1mas]

Unforunately that's not the case. An estimated 50% of all films made before 1950 are considered lost and among silent films that number rises to 80-90%.

There's even plenty of television programming that has been lost over the years either because it was never recorded, was thrown away, was recorded over or because it was allowed to deteriorate.

[jose1mas]

The Mickey McGuire short film series was produced from 1927-1934. There were 62 two reel films made altogether. The first 24 were silent films and the rest were talkies. The films were produced by Larry Darmour and based on characters in the Toonerville Trolley comic strip by Fontaine Fox.

These were the most successful kid comedies competing against Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) kid comedies.

Mickey Rooney usually played McGuire but Marvin Stephens also played McGuire in a few.

[hphippogriff]

looks like if mickey rooney was part of the Little Rascals gang?!?!?!

[daddylong25]

great acting

[MrsJimmyDean]

Wow! That was so cute. He was a great actor even when he was so young!

[edeann]

what can i say except thank you. well done.......a bright spot in this night. edith

[LoliLoli83]

Cute :)

[keegs09]

Where did you find the silent films of Mickey McGuire? I own the original 16mm films done when sound first came into being. Also star Billy Barty. We are trying to find the other names of the kids. We weren't sure they existed.

[convict13]

I too have been waiting to see a Mickey McGuire since reading Life's Too Short, great reading if you haven't read it btw. Thanks for posting

[LongIslandEddie]

I think that I saw Weezer and Farina in the film too.

This must have been produced by Hal Roach's studio, he was prominent in the filming of the kids films. Nice trip down memory lane, thanks.

[steve89z]

mickey rooney the quintessential! omg amazing!

[saskabush2006]

I don't think many people appreciate the longevity of Mickey's career. He appeared in silent movies -- he may well be one of the last surviving silent film actor -- and less than a year ago he was in Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller. Amazing!

[juanieboy12]

WOW! I didn't know he had a serial in the 1920s.

[Elfinesmom]

That was horrible. "My uncle that was hung?" That's what people got their entertainment from? *shivers with disgust at her ancestors*

[londonpenda]

An excellent find...Love it.Thanks.;o))) 5*

I'm glad he got his teeth fixed.!

[creamofcardstv]

I like your video clip and have rated it as awesome. Please check out my latest one on 1930's movie stars: Mickey Rooney, Johnny Davis, Mickey Rooney, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford...

[gotzou]

lol thanks! :D

[bestiaccia]

Very nice, thank you!

[jklproduction]

thats pretty cool!