A few favorites and recommendations from among the 70 films TCM is airing featuring December 2010 Star of the Month Mickey Rooney. Plus the complete schedule and a vintage movie card and collectible gallery.
Happy 90th Birthday Mickey Rooney, TCM Schedule, Collectible Gallery, More
A celebration of Mickey Rooney’s 90th birthday includes the complete TCM schedule of Rooney movies airing Thursday, a vintage movie card and collectibles gallery plus a peek inside Rooney’s auto-biography, Life Is Too Short, as I reach the 100 page mark.
A Family Affair (1937) Introduces Judge Hardy’s Family
A look at A Family Affair, the first installment of the Hardy Family series of movies released in 1937. While Mickey Rooney is on the scene as Andy Hardy, we have Lionel Barrymore playing Judge Hardy as well as some other casting we’re not used too.
First Impressions: Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary (1941)
Brief first impressions of Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary (1941) written shortly after first viewing. Starring Mickey Rooney with the Hardy clan and Kathryn Grayson.
The Beast of the City (1932) starring Walter Huston and Wallace Ford
A review of an under appreciated 1932 pre-Code classic, The Beast of the City, starring Walter Huston and with Jean Harlow.