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1940's, 6"x8" Sepia Tone print of Mickey Rooney, made by Screen Art Pictures

$ 8.95

Availability: 10 in stock
  • Condition: Used - EX-EX/MT
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Object Type: Print
  • Size: 6x8
  • Industry: Movies

    Description

    1940's, 6"x8" Sepia Tone print of Mickey Rooney, made by Screen Art Pictures
    1940's, 6"x8" Sepia Tone print of Mickey Rooney, made by Screen Art Pictures
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    1940's, Sepia Tone print of Mickey Rooney, made by Screen Art Pictures
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    Notes:
    Mickey Rooney (September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer, and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the silent-film era.
    At the height of a career that was marked by declines and comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 16 films in the 1930's and 1940's that epitomized American family values. A versatile performer, he became a celebrated character actor later in his career. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney "the best there has ever been". Clarence Brown, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles, National Velvet and The Human Comedy, said he was "the closest thing to a genius I ever worked with".
    Rooney was the top box-office attraction from 1939 to 1941 and one of the best-paid actors of that era, but his career would never again rise to such heights. Drafted into the Army during World War II, he served nearly two years entertaining over two million troops on stage and radio and was awarded a Bronze Star for performing in combat zones. Returning from the war in 1945, he was too old for juvenile roles but too short to be an adult movie star, and was unable to get as many starring roles.
    Nevertheless, Rooney's popularity was renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and The Black Stallion (1979). In the early 1980s, he returned to Broadway in Sugar Babies and again became a celebrated star. Rooney made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs, and talk shows, and won an Emmy in 1982 plus a Golden Globe for his role in Bill (1981).
    This piece of Movie Memoribilia is over 70 years old.
    Size: 6” x 8”.
    Back is blank.
    Condition: used, EX-EX/MT
    (see images).
    This item would make a great gift or nice addition to your collection
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