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The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney

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The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney

By: Richard A. Lertzman, William J. Birnes
Narrated by: Pete Cross
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Mickey Rooney began his career almost a century ago as a one-year-old performer in burlesque and stamped his mark in vaudeville, silent and talking films, Broadway, and television. He acted in his final motion picture just weeks before he died at age 93. He was an iconic presence in movies and the poster boy for American youth. Yet by World War II, Mickey Rooney had become frozen in time. His child-star status haunted him as the gilded safety net of Hollywood fell away, and he was forced to find support anywhere he could, including multiple marriages, affairs, alcohol, and drugs. This Old Hollywood biography presents Mickey Rooney from every angle, revealing the man Laurence Olivier once dubbed the best there has ever been.

©2015 Richard A. Lertzman and William J. Birnes (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV
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