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Word: rooney (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mickey Rooney was voted biggest money-maker for the third year running by U.S. film exhibitors. Clark Gable, never first in the poll, ran second-only star to stay among the top ten since the poll was first taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 5, 1942 | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

Engaged. Cinemadolescent Mickey Rooney, 21; and Actress Ava Gardner, 18, Hollywood newcomer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 22, 1941 | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

...display at the local cinema is the umpteenth installment of the Hardy family saga. If you've liked its predecessors, you're sure to enjoy this one, too. This time Andrew Rooney goes out into the cold, cold world to seek his fame and fortune. At the end of a thirty-day trial period he is to report to his father as to whether he thinks he will continue working or take a four-year recess to go to college. We are happy to announce that he has decided in favor of an academic life. We are also happy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

Birthdays. King Christian of Denmark, 71; in Copenhagen. "These hard times proceed slowly, ' he said, "but everything is in God's hands." Oscar Tschirky ("Oscar of the Waldorf"), 75; on his farm near New Paltz, N.Y. Cinemadolescent Joe Yule Jr. ("Mickey Rooney"), 21; on a Hollywood movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 6, 1941 | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...only reason we'd vote "Henry Aldrich for President" is that we dislike his buddies even more than we do him. Mickey Rooney did the high school trouble-maker up checkered brown and red two years ago and he still beats all rivals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Hold Back the Dawn" | 9/23/1941 | See Source »

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