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Mickey Rooney Dies at 93
| April 7th, 2014 at 12:23:39 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | So what, some of you are saying. Mickey Rooney was the last living star of the silent film era. He was a movie star before movies even had sound. For years in the late 30's he was Hollywood's biggest money maker. He could do anything, sing, dance, act. I grew up in the 50's watching his movies on TV. Him and a young Judy Garland were amazing together. But what has always held my admiration is, he married a gorgeous Eva Gardner when she was 22 years old. He couldn't keep her on the ranch, and neither could Frank Sinatra. Even Hemingway had a thing for Eva. I don't know what she had, but she had enough to go around.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| April 7th, 2014 at 12:49:56 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Mickey Rooney had turned age 7 just before the Jazz Singer was released, so he was a child star. Olivia de Havilland and Eli Wallach were both age 11, but Olivia did not start making movies until she was nearly 19 and Eli until his 30's. These screen stars are older than Mickey Rooney 01 Carla Laemmle (10/20/09) credits for Mansion of Blood still filming 02 Luise Rainer (1/12/10) 03 Mártha Eggerth (4/22/12) 04 Eli Wallach (12/7/1915) 05 Olivia de Havilland (7/1/1916) 06 Kirk Douglas (12/9/1916) 07 Zsa Zsa Gabor (2/6/17) 08 Danielle Darrieux (5/1/17) 09 Movita (12/4/17) 10 Baby Peggy (10/26/18) 11 Michèle Morgan (2/29/20) 12 Setsuko Hara (6/17/20) 13 Maureen O'Hara (8/17/20) |
| April 7th, 2014 at 7:55:19 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Mickey was a bonefied silent film star, a well known name, and none of those on the list were. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| April 8th, 2014 at 4:02:38 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | And later he married younger women and during some tv appearance about it he denied having "spats" and proudly proclaimed that they had fights! |
| April 8th, 2014 at 1:02:27 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Mickey was the most talented person in show biz until he was about 30. He could do everything very well. Sing, dance, do serious and comic acting, and make it all look effortless. He had enough energy for 5 people. Then things changed around 1950 and his style went out of fashion. Watch some of the films he made with Judy Garland, he's mesmerizing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |