Word: mickey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hours, Mickey was questioned about his income. He finally admitted to a $40,000 home, $48,000 in furnishings, two Cadillacs and an armored car. But he insisted that he was really broke and owed about $300,000 to friends who frequently lend him large sums without collateral, security, or even a note, because "they just happen to like...
...Mickey allowed himself a smile. "It's getting very weak, Senator...
Although frequently nettled, Mickey completely lost his poise only once. When a committee lawyer began a question, "Is it not a fact . . . that you live extravagantly, surrounded by violence? . . ." Mickey roared: "What do you mean 'surrounded by violence?' People are shooting at me." Admonished to answer the question, Mickey said sullenly, "I don't like the way he asks them questions. There's two ways to ask a question and I say he isn't asking them right...
After a long, hard afternoon, the committee read Mickey a long list of gangsters, from Frank Costello to Charlie Fischetti. Mickey said he didn't know most of them, and was dismissed. As he left the room with a sneer on his face, old Senator Tobey remarked: "The committee must go into this matter further at a later date...
Favorite exhibit on a floating waxworks plying the rivers and canals of Belgium and France: a Pullman car scene, labeled "Honeymoon in Arizona," with Mickey Rooney in an upper berth, Judy Garland in a lower, both gazing at some painted Indians...