1922 TO 2014 MICKEY ROONEY MOVIE STAR ARCADE CARD--

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MOVIE STAR
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1922 TO 2014 MICKEY ROONEY
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1922 TO 2014 MICKEY ROONEY
.
Joseph Yule Jr.
, also known as
Mickey Rooney
and
Mickey Maguire
;
[1]
(September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the silent-film era.
[2]
He was the top box-office attraction from 1939 to 1941,
[3]
and one of the best-paid actors of that era.
[4]
At the height of a career marked by declines and comebacks, Rooney performed the role of
Andy Hardy
in a series of 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized mainstream America's self-image.
At the peak of his career between ages 15 and 25, he made 43 films, and was one of
MGM
's most consistently successful actors. A versatile performer, he became a celebrated character actor later in his career.
Laurence Olivier
once said he considered Rooney "the best there has ever been".
[4]
Clarence Brown
, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles in
National Velvet
and
The Human Comedy
, said Rooney was "the closest thing to a genius" with whom he had ever worked.
[5]
He won a
Golden Globe Award
in
1982
and an
Emmy Award
in the
same year
for the
title role
in a television movie
Bill
and was awarded
Academy Honorary Award
in
1982
.
Rooney first performed in
vaudeville
as a child actor, and made his film debut at the age of 6. He played the title character in the "
Mickey McGuire
" series of 78 short films, from age 7 to 13. At 14 and 15, he played
Puck
in the play and subsequent
film adaptation
of
A Midsummer Night's Dream
. At the age of 16, he began playing Andy Hardy, and gained first recognition at 17 as Whitey Marsh in
Boys Town
.
At only 19
, Rooney became the
second-youngest
Best Actor in a Leading Role
nominee and the first teenager to be nominated for an
Academy Award
for his performance as Mickey Moran in
1939 film adaptation
of
coming-of-age
Broadway
musical
Babes in Arms
; he was awarded a special
Academy Juvenile Award
in
1939
.
[6]
Rooney received his second Academy Award nomination in the same category for his role as Homer Macauley in
The Human Comedy
.
Drafted into the military during
World War II
, Rooney served nearly two years entertaining over two million troops on stage and radio, and was awarded a
Bronze Star
for performing in combat zones. Returning in 1945, he was too old for juvenile roles, but too short at 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) for most adult roles, and was unable to gain as many starring roles. However, numerous low-budget, but critically well-received
films noir
had Rooney playing the lead during this period and the 1950s. Rooney's career was renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as
The Bold and the Brave
(1956),
Requiem for a Heavyweight
(1962),
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963),
Pete's Dragon
(1977), and
The Black Stallion
(1979). For his roles in
The Bold and the Brave
and
The Black Stallion
, Rooney received Academy Award nominations for
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
in
1957
and
1980
respectively. In the early 1980s, he returned to Broadway in
Sugar Babies
, a role that earned him nominations for
Tony Award
and
Drama Desk Award
for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. He made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs, and talk shows.
The card was printed in the U.S.A. Approx. size is 3 1/4” X 5 3/8” inches.
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