Mickey Rooney Movies

In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included....

The gang build their own airplane, and Mickey and Hambone go for a high-flying adventure when the plane supposedly starts to work.

This time it's Ben Turpin as the nominal announcer, and several well known performers appear, including Myrna Loy. Madge Bellamy sings "The Last Rose...

An early sound short, where Mickey and the gang put on another show.

Mickey Rooney -- credited as McGuire, as he would be through the run of the series -- inducts a new member into the gang, tries to put little brother...

Mickey and the gang get ready for a big game of football. But Stinky Davis has a few tricks up his sleeve to stop the gang from winning. Special...

Mickey and the gang go prospecting, but find themselves in a haunted house.

"Secrets of a Hollywood Star" is another documentary made after "Calling Hedy Lamarr" in 2006. It features interviews with Hedy's friends in both...

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

A Mickey McGuire comedy short starring Mickey Rooney.

Mickey, Stinky, and Billy all try to compete in an Ape Man contest.

A.K.A. "Mickey's Brigade". Mickey and the gang try to become explorers, "like Columbus and all them guys".

A collection of vintage erotica from Hollywood movies is intercut with street interviews and newsreel footage.

Rooney's second sound film. In it, we find Mickey and the gang putting on their own school performance.

Mickey and the gang play a game of football against Stinky Davis.

The second short from the "Mickey McGuire" film series. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip "Toonerville Trolley". "Mickey...

Mickey Rooney is interviewed by Robert Osborne.

Mickey and the gang come across a baby. Billy Barty plays a dual role.

Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy...