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Captains Courageous (1937) Starring Freddie Bartholomew and Spencer Tracy

February 9, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew

MGM Golden Age classic Captains Courageous is highlighted by a heavily modernized and modified adaptation of Kipling’s novel that provides opportunity for Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew to shine in the leading roles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, action, Adventures, at sea, Charley Grapewin, Freddie Bartholomew, John Carradine, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Rudyard Kipling, Spencer Tracy, Victor Fleming

A Yank at Eton (1942) Starring Mickey Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew

January 26, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney

All-American boy Mickey Rooney is plucked from his native shores and set loose at Eton where he quickly runs afoul of his British classmates. A Yank at Eton (1942) pairs Rooney with Freddie Bartholomew for the final time.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Alan Mowbray, Edmund Gwenn, Freddie Bartholomew, George Oppenheimer, Ian Hunter, Juanita Quigley, Marta Linden, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Norman Taurog, Peter Lawford, Raymond Severn, Warner Archive

Remembering Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) on Screen, Especially 1937-1944

April 11, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Mickey Rooney 1951 Artisti del Cinema Trading Card

Remembering Mickey Rooney with a look at his peak years. From Andy Hardy to Boys Town and the Judy Garland pairings. Plus previewing TCM’s April 13 tribute to Rooney.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Andy Hardy, Hardy Family, Mickey Rooney, obituary

The Human Comedy (1943) Starring Mickey Rooney

August 13, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Mickey Rooney and Frank Morgan

An old movie I found a bit too old-fashioned, though Mickey Rooney does give one of his best performances in MGM’s The Human Comedy (1943). Story by William Saroyan. Produced and directed by Clarence Brown. Also includes strong acting from Frank Morgan and James Cra

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, barry nelson, Clarence Brown, clem bevans, darryl hickman, don defore, Donna Reed, dorothy morris, fay bainter, Frank Morgan, jackie jenkins, james craig, John Craven, Marsha Hunt, mary nash, Mickey Rooney, Ray Collins, Robert Mitchum, Summer Under the Stars, suts 2013, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Van Johnson, Warner Archive, william saroyan, World War II

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #8 – Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

July 27, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Lewis Stone and Mickey Rooney

The eighth entry in the Hardy family series, Judge Hardy and Son, sees one family member struck down with illness, three Universal horror actors in supporting roles and Andy’s hunt for a girl whose middle name begins with the letter “V.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, carey wilson, Cecilia Parker, egon brecher, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, George P. Breakston, Hardy Family, Henry Hull, Judge Hardy, June Preisser, Leona Maricle, Lewis Stone, Louis B. Mayer, margaret early, Maria Ouspenskaya, martha odriscoll, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, Warner Archive

Death on the Diamond (1934) – Baseball, Murder and Robert Young

July 7, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Death on the Diamond

MGM’s baseball murder mystery Death on the Diamond (1934) stars Robert Young and Madge Evans. A decent mystery and a strong baseball movie at the same time. Directed by Edward Sedgwick and also featuring David Landau, Paul Kelly, Nat Pendleton and Ted Healy.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Baseball, C. Henry Gordon, cortland fitzsimmons, David Landau, death on the diamond, DeWitt Jennings, Edward Brophy, edward sedgwick, Joe Sawyer, Madge Evans, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Murder, Mysteries, Nat Pendleton, Paul Kelly, robert livingston, Robert Young, st louis cardinals, Ted Healy, Willard Robertson

Eric Linden Comes of Age in MGM’s Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

July 4, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Ah Wilderness 1935

Eric Linden loves Cecilia Parker in Ah, Wilderness! (1935), but his passion threatens to take him down the same road that has doomed Wallace Beery with Aline MacMahon. MGM adapts Eugene O’Neill’s “comedy of recollection.” Directed by Clarence Brown.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Ah Wilderness, Cecilia Parker, Charley Grapewin, Clarence Brown, Eric Linden, Eugene O'Neill, Lionel Barrymore, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Spring Byington, Wallace Beery, Warner Archive

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #7 – Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

December 21, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Helen Gilbert in Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939) presents a less carefree Andy when he falls in love with his dramatics teacher played by former cellist Helen Gilbert. Starring Mickey Rooney and directed by W.S. “Woody” Van Dyke rather than series regular George B. Seitz.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Addison Richards, Andy Hardy, andy hardy gets spring fever, Ann Rutherford, byron foulger, Cecilia Parker, erville alderson, Fay Holden, George P. Breakston, Hardy Family, helen gilbert, John T. Murray, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, stanley andrews, terry kilburn, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #6 – The Hardys Ride High (1939)

December 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Mickey Rooney in The Hardys Ride High

In The Hardys Ride High (1939), the sixth movie of MGM’s Hardy Family series, Judge Hardy and family fly to Detroit to claim a two million dollar inheritance. Andy Hardy sets his sights on a showgirl and Aunt Milly may have found love at last.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1939, Aileen Pringle, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, donald briggs, dusty king, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, george irving, Halliwell Hobbes, Hardy Family, john king, John T. Murray, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Marsha Hunt, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sara Haden, the hardys at home, the hardys ride high, Virginia Grey, Warner Archive, william orr

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #5 – Out West with the Hardys (1938)

December 13, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Out West with the Hardys DVD at Amazon

The fifth entry of the Hardy Family series, Out West with the Hardys (1938), puts focus on each of the core family members in a Western setting. Virginia Weidler is Mickey Rooney’s sidekick in this one. Sara Haden returns as Aunt Milly.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, Don Castle, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, gordon jones, Hardy Family, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, love finds andy hardy, MGM, Mickey Rooney, nana bryant, out west with the hardys, ralph morgan, Sara Haden, thurston hall, tom neal, Virginia Weidler, Warner Archive

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