ginnyfan Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Ginny and the gang at the settlement house remembered to get Mickey a present. Did YOU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangstagator Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 happy birthday mickey! maybe robert osborne can get you to make an appearance as a guest host one of these days. best wishes and much admiration always. thanks for posting this, ginnyfan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I think that TCM should honor Mickey Rooney in the same way that baseball is honoring Jackie Robinson after Mariano Rivera's retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hope he got rid of his bullying stepson. Happy Birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hurray for Mickey! Meet you under the "Big W" and lets dig up that loot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimred99 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 One of his stepsons sold some of his stuff on ebay recently. Happy Birthday Mick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Mickey Rooney is the most talented person alive...Happy Birthday! I'm sure glad his talent has been captured on film for several generations to enjoy! We love you, Mick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I assume that by now, his rate of "conquering" Hollywood females has slowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnyfan Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Finance, Mickey's Facebook page mentioned that he went into this birthday as a single man, so who knows whether he's slowed down or not. So I do guess that means he got rid of both stepson and stepson's mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimred99 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 According to the stepson who is selling his stuff, Mickey lives with him but is separated from the mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 It appears 90 is the New '80' ! Mickey Rooney has nine children of his own, it seems odd that he would be living with one of his step-children instead of one of his own. This is also the child of the wife (before she married Rooney) that he is now seperated from, which makes it seem even more bizarre. Talk about a 'Soap Opera' ! Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 They're also saying that 20 is the new 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 finance wrote: << They're also saying that 20 is the new 10. >> Imagine 20 still being a toddler! http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/01/22/20-year-old-woman-trapped-childs-body This is Eniko Mihalik a 21 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I always loved Steve Martin's jab at Mickey at the Oscars one year,,, "Mickey Rooney was once the biggest box office star in all 38 STATES!" Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 How about that famous photo of Mickey with Jayne Mansfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Sometimes it pays to be short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 "They" are almost like a pillow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I should remember that Mickey is in one of my favorite films, *The Bridges At Toko-Ri* , and he plays a very good part in that one. In 1932 , when Mickey was only about 12, he costarred with Tom Mix in *My Pal, The King* . Mickey was the "king" and his aunt was played by my main gal, Noel Francis. I wonder if he would remember anything about that movie and working with her? I have that movie on DVD and I'm sure that TCM played it recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimred99 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well from the females point of view it sometimes pays to be taller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im4movies2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 When you see Mickey playing the piano, drums, bass or guitar he isn't faking it. He is an accomplished musician and can play all those instruments for real! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Listen. When Mickey goes, it truly WILL be the end of an era. There are really no people in the business today that can encapsulate the multi talent that he has, or many other from "his" time did. There is NO ONE in movies these days that have the same amount of many different talents that Rooney has. Yes, the drumming, piano playing, the dancing and singing, the propensity for both drama AND comedy. That's one of the things I love about that "golden age" of movie making. Not only Rooney, but many other "stars" from that era were multi talented. Yeah, I know, the "studio system" made most of them through relentless training sessions, but there HAD to be something to work with in the beginning. Many others sent to the rigorous training sessions didn't make it, and became stilted in roles that didn't challenge their limits. HEIGHT was Rooney's only REAL challenge, and often his perfomances made you forget about even THAT! He IS, and always WILL BE truly "one of a kind". Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Sepiatone, I APPLAUD this last post of yours. Mickey Rooney's an American Treasure. He gave us countless hours of pure entertainment. Wishing him the Happiest and Healthiest of Birthdays. Many of us here Love and Admire Mickey so much. Thanks Mickey for ALL the GREAT entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 He takes a lot of shots, but nobody had a resume like his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I wonder if he has any recollection of working with Colleen Moore in 1927 or not for ORCHIDS AND ERMINE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingFan Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 In MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS, Mickey's fellow child actor and sometime co-star, Freddie Bartholomew, talked about how Mickey could sing, dance, play any instrument, and make you laugh or cry. Freddie was only slightly exaggerating (given that Mick probably couldn't really play every instrument) -- the guy really could do just about everything as an entertainer. My favorite Rooney role is undoubtedly Andy Hardy, where his irrepressible nature truly came through, but his deeply felt dramatic acting ability is also on display in films like THE HUMAN COMEDY and NATIONAL VELVET. His singing and dancing are front-and-center in the great musicals he made with Judy, and as someone else pointed out, he really played those instruments on screen -- from tickling the ivories with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in STRIKE UP THE BAND, to jamming on drums with possibly the greatest jazz musician ever, Louis Armstrong, in THE STRIP. (Apparently, Ava Gardner's newly published autobiography describes how, during their marriage, Mickey would leave her sitting at a nightclub table while he played drums for hours with groups like the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.) The Motion Picture Academy should, as it did with Irving Thalberg and Jean Hersholt, name a permanent award after the great Mr. Rooney -- perhaps for displaying multiple talents during the course of a career (and not limited to just multi-talented actors -- maybe writer/directors, etc., too). There's no doubt that the man himself would have to be the first -- and most deserving -- recipient of the honor. Happy (belated) birthday, Mr. Rooney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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