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The life and times of Mickey Rooney
- Title
- The life and times of Mickey Rooney / William Birnes and Richard Lertzman.
- Author
- Birnes, William J.
- Publication
- New York : Gallery Books, 2015.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lertzman, Richard A.
- Description
- xx, 601 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "A definitive biography of the iconic actor and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and his extravagant, sometimes tawdry life, drawing on never-before-seen excerpts from Rooney's diary and exclusive interviews with Mickey, and with those who knew him best, including his heretofore unknown mistress of sixty years"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Note
- Description based on hardcover edition.
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 551-570) and index
- Contents
- Foreword by Roger Kahn -- Introduction by Jeanine Basinger -- Prologue: The Last Movie -- 1: Born ina Trunk -- 2: Mickey McGuire -- 3: Ma Lawlor and Universal Studios -- 4: Selznick Rescues Mickey: The Start at MGM -- 5: A Midsummer Night's Dream -- 6: The Gates of Hell -- 7: Mickey and the Lion -- 8: The Make-Believe World of Andy Hardy's America -- 9: Mickey and Judy and the MGM Backyard Musicals -- 10: Mickey Goes Wil -- 11: Ava -- 12: The First Divorce -- 13: Mickey and the Pit Bull -- 14: Greetings -- 15: Rooney Inc. -- 16: The Lion Strikes Back -- 17: The Mick, the Duke, and the Deuce in the Coconut -- 18: Bigamy and Barbara Ann -- 19: The Mickey Jinx and the Murder in Brentwood -- 20: Career Swings -- 21: The Seventies: Aftermath of Tragedy -- 22: Escape from Los Angeles -- 23: Sugar Babies -- 24: Mickey's Back: The Oscars, and the Emmys, and Bill -- 25: Going Ungently into That Good Night -- 26: Time May Lie Heavy Between -- 27: The Last Years -- 28: His Revels Are Now Ended -- 29: It's a Wrap -- Afterword by Paul Petersen -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Mickey Rooney Filmography and Credits (in Chronological Order) -- Notes -- Index.
- Call Number
- MWES (Rooney, M.) 16-1963
- ISBN
- 9781501100963
- 1501100963
- 9781501100970
- 1501100971
- 9781501100987 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015022042
- OCLC
- 904812901
- Author
- Birnes, William J., author.
- Title
- The life and times of Mickey Rooney / William Birnes and Richard Lertzman.
- Publisher
- New York : Gallery Books, 2015.
- Edition
- First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Lertzman, Richard A., author.
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Rooney, M.) 16-1963