Word: rooney
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Imagine indeed. As sex symbols go, Riggs is almost too outrageous even for these confused times. To be kind, if a movie is made of the life of Bobby Riggs, the part will probably not go to Warren Beatty. In fact, it should likely fall to Mickey Rooney-who has already offered his services. Riggs stands 5 ft. 7½ in., and, with that peculiar waddle and a well-tinted Cesare Borgia haircut that verges on the grotesque, he seems unsuited for the role of either athlete or bon vivante. But the girls are around, and, since he travels...
Holden came to the U.S. after 30 years on the British stage and played with such leading men as Clark Gable, Alan Ladd and Walter Pidgeon. But it was not until she fretted over Mickey Rooney in the Andy Hardy series that she acquired mythic-mother status. She played the role in 15 Hardy pictures...
...chosen profession. No sooner has Mickey polished off his newest thriller, The Organ Grinder, than he is approached by an unlikely p.r. type named Ben Dinunccio (Lionel Stander) with a mysterious proposition that turns out to be a commission to ghostwrite the autobiography of Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney). Gilbert is a runt who grew into Hollywood's No. 1 celluloid hoodlum and who, boasts Dinunccio, "boffed every leading lady he ever worked with...
Always an adept actor, Caine is splendid here. His King, quintessentially seedy, strikes just the proper balance between calculated mediocrity and droll detachment. As Gilbert, Mickey Rooney is equal parts Robinson, Cagney and miniature tornado. It is a broad performance, but Hodges draws firm boundaries for it, which Rooney straddles occasionally but never oversteps. The performance, like the movie itself, deserves to become some crazy kind of minor classic...
Sophomore Gerry Heslinga assisted his older brother Steve for the third Winthrop goal, as Steve beat goalie Howie Rose with a 20-foot shot from the left side. Captain Art Page and Jim Rooney collected the final two goals to make the winning margin...