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- Boys Town. Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull. 41 votes. The devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people.
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn. 24 votes. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is an enduring stop-motion animated television special that serves as an origin story for Santa Claus.
- Men of Boys Town. Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson. 23 votes. Father Edward Flanagan (Spencer Tracy), head of the Boys Town home for troubled boys, attends the trial of young Ted Martley (Larry Nunn), a paraplegic charged with murdering a guard at the Marysport reformatory.
- Love Finds Andy Hardy. Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland. 26 votes. Young Andy (Mickey Rooney) expects a somewhat less than merry Christmas when he discovers his girlfriend, Polly (Ann Rutherford), is leaving town for the holiday.
- Babes in Arms (1939) Another “kids put on a show” film, “Babes” was MGM’s highest grossing film of 1939, a year known for more classic movies than any other, and scored Mickey Rooney an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor (19 at the time, he remains the second youngest actor to receive a nomination in this category).
- Boys Town (1938) “There is no such thing as a bad boy.” Loosely based on a true story, Spencer Tracy plays Father Edward Flanagan, a Catholic priest moved to build a sanctuary for wayward boys called “Boys Town,” and Rooney is one of the more rebellious boys, Whitey Marsh, a tough-talking, cigarette-smoking hoodlum whom Flanagan is determined to reform.
- A Family Affair (1937) This film was intended to be a one-off “B” picture, with the still-relatively-unknown Rooney in a secondary role. However, the story of moral-upright Judge Hardy (Lionel Barrymore, later played by Lewis Stone) fighting corruption during his reelection campaign, while also dealing with the antics of his two grown daughters and teenaged son Andy, became a huge hit, largely due to Rooney.
- National Velvet (1944) Although it’s largely remembered for being the vehicle to launch a young Elizabeth Taylor to fame, it was Rooney who was the major star of the picture and remains one of his most enduring roles.
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10 titles. Sort by List order. 1. National Velvet. 1944 2h 3m Approved. 7.3 (8K) Rate. 83 Metascore. A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes. Director Clarence Brown Stars Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor Donald Crisp. 2. Boys Town. 1938 1h 36m Approved. 7.2 (6.4K) Rate.
1. Babes in Arms. 1939 1h 34m Approved. 6.3 (2.9K) Rate. A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.
1. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) Largely considered to be the best of the Andy Hardy series, Love Finds Andy Hardy solidified Mickey’s on-screen persona as the excitable and slightly immature Andy Hardy.
Mickey Rooney filmography. Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) was an American actor of stage, film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. Beginning as a child actor, his career extended over 88 years, making him one of the most enduring performers in show business history. He appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving ...
