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MGM’s Hardy Family Series #4 – Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

December 8, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Love Finds Andy Hardy credits

The fourth entry of the Hardy Family series, Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), introduces Judy Garland as Betsy Booth. Andy dates Lana Turner as a favor to friend Beezy in this Christmastime set entry in series.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, betsy booth, Betty Ross Clarke, Cecilia Parker, Don Castle, Fay Holden, Gene Reynolds, George B Seitz, George P. Breakston, Hardy Family, Judge Hardy, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Lewis Stone, love finds andy hardy, marie blake, mary howard, Mickey Rooney, Raymond Hatton, Warner Archive

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #3 – Judge Hardy’s Children (1938)

December 1, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Mickey Rooney in Judge Hardys Children

The third entry of the Hardy Family series, Judge Hardy’s Children (1938), finds Judge Hardy called to Washington DC. Andy is interested in a French diplomat’s daughter, while Marian falls in with the wrong crowd.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Betty Ross Clarke, Cecilia Parker, donald douglas, Fay Holden, George B Seitz, Hardy Family, jacqueline laurent, janet beecher, Jonathan Hale, Judge Hardy, leonard penn, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, robert whitney, Ruth Hussey, Warner Archive, youre only young once

MGM’s Hardy Family Series #2 – You’re Only Young Once (1937)

November 30, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Hardy Family Youre Only Young Once

The second entry of the Hardy Family series, You’re Only Young Once (1937), sees the family vacation at Santa Catalina Island and features the first appearances of Lewis Stone, Fay Holden and Ann Rutherford in the parts they will reprise throughout the lifetime of the series.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Andy Hardy, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, charles judels, eleanor lynn, Fay Holden, frank craven, George B Seitz, Hardy Family, Judge Hardy, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, selmer jackson, Ted Pearson, Warner Archive, youre only young once

Stablemates (1938) – MGM Rides Seabiscuit to Hit with Beery and Rooney

May 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 17 Comments

Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery Stablemates Still Photo

MGM’s horse racing weepie Stablemates starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney released just three weeks before Seabiscuit’s match race vs. War Admiral. A look at time, circumstances and film.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1938, Arthur Hohl, Horse Racing, Margaret Hamilton, marjorie gateson, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Minor Watson, Sam Wood, seabiscuit, Sports, Wallace Beery

Freddie Bartholomew is Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

March 28, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Dolores Costello and Freddie Bartholomew

A look at Selznick International’s faithful 1936 screen adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, Adaptations, C Aubrey Smith, constance collier, David O Selznick, Dolores Costello, E.E. Clive, frances hodgson burnett, Freddie Bartholomew, Guy Kibbee, helen flint, Henry Stephenson, Hugh Walpole, Jackie Searl, Jessie Ralph, John Cromwell, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Mickey Rooney, Una O'Connor

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) Starring Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney

February 9, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Jonathan Hale in The Devil Is a Sissy

A somewhat bizarre gem released by MGM in 1936 The Devil Is a Sissy features Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney hitting their teens and finding trouble on the East Side.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1936, child star, Comedies, Dead End, Dorothy Peterson, Dramas, Etienne Girardot, Etta McDaniel, Freddie Bartholomew, Gangsters, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell, Harold Huber, Ian Hunter, Jackie Cooper, Jonathan Hale, katharine alexander, kathleen lockhart, MGM, Mickey Rooney, peggy conklin, The Devil Is a Sissy, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

An Obit, Plus Odds, Ends, Stylin’, and some ABCs

March 31, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

RIP Farley Granger with a movie card image and some links to more coverage followed by some fun with the Stylish Blogger Award and my Pre-Code Cinematic Alphabet.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Farley Granger, lists, Mickey Rooney, pre-Code, tv shows

Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011

March 23, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Remembering the late Elizabeth Taylor through press photos from National Velvet picturing a 12-year-old Liz with Mickey Rooney.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, National Velvet, obituary, press photos

Mickey and Judy … Press Photos!

March 21, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Images of 5 vintage Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland Press Photos that I recently acquired along with some information about why you want to collect Press Photos as opposed to other types of photographs (hint: They’re vintage!)

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, press photos

Press Photo Shows Mickey Rooney as Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg

March 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

James Montgomery Flagg was the illustrator responsible for the famed “I Want You” Uncle Sam posters during World War I. This press photo shows a later illustration of actor Mickey Rooney.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: illustrations, James Montgomery Flagg, Mickey Rooney, press photos

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