Todd said, "...Good for Mickey!! I believe that Mickey Rooney is one of the
most talented stars...">
In the words of another great comic actor, Bert Lahr, "Ain't it da troof!?!!
AIN'T it da troof!" And it is indeed true that Mickey was Box Office Number 1
in the period that Todd mentioned.
I never saw "Sugar Babies" but I'm certain Rooney (along with Ann Miller, of
course!) was terriffic!
And Glenn is right about the "planned spontaniety" of that kind of on-stage
line delivery! If you can make it seem "spur-of-the-moment," you've pulled it
off!
Mickey maintained that Jackie Cooper was the greatest "boy" actor of their
day but look at any MGM retrospective. When any of the Mick's contemporaries,
including Jackie, are asked who was the greatest talent among them, the answer
is always, "Oh, Mickey!! He could do anything!"
One of my prize possessions is an original 1935 lobby card from "A Midsummer
Night's Dream," showing the teenaged Mickey as Puck with Olivia de Havilland in
her film debut as one of the two girls in the forest. A few years back (was it
1999?) when Olivia graciously lent some badly needed true Star Power to Oscar
night, Mickey was there. They met backstage and remarked to the press that it
was the first time they had seen each other since they were in "Dream."
Shows that maybe Hollywood's not such a small town after all!
Joe
PS-- Mick's performance in "Requiem for a Heavyweight" is Oscar-caliber!
Joe
PPS-- Jackie Cooper, another epitomizer of my Subject title, celebrated his
87th birthday last week! This guy went from boy star to sailor to stage star
(Pulver in "Mr. Roberts" tour) to tv actor and tv producer to character acting
to being Perry White in the Reeve "Superman" films to being just retired!!
Happy late birthday, Jackie!
Joe
--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Glenn Taranto <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Slightly OT--- Who says child stars aren't survivors???!!!
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:26 PM
Michael -
Hate to burst your bubble but those were planned ad-libs. I saw the show
several times and those same "ad-libs" appeared every time.
The genius of that is he made them look fresh every night and Ann Miller played
it like it was. Seriously, it takes a great talent to do it every night and
make it look fresh!
Glenn T.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael B
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Slightly OT--- Who says child stars aren't survivors???!!!
he was brilliant in SUGAR BABIES on broadway in the early 80s with Ann Miller.
(he and she made the show.) what made the show great was his ad-libs. Ann
Miller would frequently turn her back away from the audience because she was
laughing.
mbb
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Feiertag <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 9:59 pm
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Slightly OT--- Who says child stars aren't survivors???!!!
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Hey Joe,
Good for Mickey!! I believe that Mickey Rooney is one of the most talented
stars, if not, THE MOST TALENTED STAR to come out of Hollywood.
I believe Mickey was the most popular star in the World from about 1939 to 1941.
He did it all, from silent film, all the way up to today and is still working!
He's suppose to be at the CHILLER THEATRE CONVENTION in New Jersey next month.
Thanks for posting that Joe!
Best,
Todd
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:35:04 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] Sligh tly OT--- Who says child stars aren't survivors???!!!
To: [email protected]
Mickey Rooney is 89 years old today!!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001682/
Joe
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