Mickey Rooney: L'Incontournable Légende d'Hollywood

L’Étoile de Cinéma: La Vie de Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney était un acteur légendaire qui a commencé sa carrière à l’âge de deux ans et a joué dans plus de 300 films. Il est surtout connu pour son rôle emblématique d’Andy Hardy dans la série de films éponyme. Rooney a remporté de nombreux prix tout au long de sa carrière, y compris un Oscar d’honneur pour l’ensemble de sa carrière en 1983. Sa créativité sans fin et son charisme ont fait de lui l’une des stars les plus aimées de l’âge d’or d’Hollywood. Mickey Rooney restera à jamais une icône du cinéma.

1. Babes in Arms (1939)

• Synopsis: A group of talented youngsters put on a show to save their youth center.
• Actors: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger
• Release Date: October 13, 1939
• Box Office: $2.8 million

2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

• Synopsis: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
• Actors: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney
• Release Date: October 5, 1961
• Box Office: $14 million

3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

• Synopsis: A group of motorists find themselves competing in a wild race to locate a fortune in stolen money.
• Actors: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney
• Release Date: November 7, 1963
• Box Office: $60 million

4. National Velvet (1944)

• Synopsis: A young girl trains a horse she won in a raffle for the Grand National Derby.
• Actors: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp
• Release Date: December 19, 1944
• Box Office: $4.5 million

5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)

• Synopsis: Lovers’ lives are complicated when city life meets the forest in this adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play.
• Actors: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney
• Release Date: October 30, 1935
• Box Office: $840,172

6. Night at the Museum (2006)

• Synopsis: A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that the exhibits come to life at night.
• Actors: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney
• Release Date: December 22, 2006
• Box Office: $574.5 million

7. The Black Stallion (1979)

• Synopsis: A shipwrecked boy and a wild Arabian horse must learn to trust each other to survive.
• Actors: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr
• Release Date: October 17, 1979
• Box Office: $37.8 million

8. Boys Town (1938)

• Synopsis: A priest helps troubled boys in a home for delinquents which leads to success in life.
• Actors: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull
• Release Date: September 9, 1938
• Box Office: $4.1 million

9. Ruby Gentry (1952)

• Synopsis: A sexy but poor woman marries a rich but arrogant man in the American South.
• Actors: Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden, Mickey Rooney
• Release Date: June 27, 1952
• Box Office: $2 million

10. Bill (1981)

• Synopsis: A daytime drama bit player at a TV station gets good reviews while moonlighting in local theater.
• Actors: Mickey Rooney, Dennis Quaid, Largo Woodruff
• Release Date: December 11, 1981
• Box Office: $639,000