Word: mickey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shorty Bell (Sun. 9:30 p.m., CBS). A new show starring Mickey Rooney...
Killer McCoy (MGM) is a slum boy (Mickey Rooney) who becomes a ranking boxer. He falls in love with a finishing-school girl (Ann Blyth) who does not realize that her father (Brian Donlevy) is a big-time gambler. The rest of the story runs true to type. The hero's father is a no-account souse (nicely played by James Dunn); and whenever the laughter, tears or plot complications get too tiresome, there's always another fight to watch. The whole picture is so disarmingly old-fashioned that it is almost likable-but not quite...
...Mickey Rooney, who must play to a large following that knows what it wants, reminds one that horsing and hamming can be done with as much skill and power as real acting. His proficient use of his body, in the early fights, is reminiscent of Chaplin or Astaire. In flashes, he plays straight; then and throughout his performance, it is clear that one of the best actors in pictures is wasting his time for lack of roles worthy of him-for example, Studs Lonigan...
...Neville. Their political futures demand an inoperative government and a continuing stalemate. Although these men have had it within their power to elect one of themselves Mayor several times they have always split their vote. At one point Neville, having three anti-reform votes, received an unexpected CCA ballot. Mickey (the dude) Sullivan was last to vote and cast a ballot for John D, Lynch, one of his bitter political enemies. There was no Mayor elected that day. As long as the opposing factions in the reform camp insist on feuding, these men will be able to extend the filibuster...
...Mickey Rooney, 27, flouted the show-must-go-on tradition in London, prematurely flew home after a painful smallpox vaccination...