| Edition |
First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xx, 601 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Description based on hardcover edition. |
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Includes bibliographic references (pages 551-570) and index |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Roger Kahn -- Introduction / by Jeanine Basinger -- Prologue: The last movie -- Born in a trunk -- Mickey McGuire -- Ma Lawlor and Universal Studios -- Selznick rescues Mickey : the start at MGM -- A midsummer night's dream -- The gates of hell -- Mickey and the Lion -- The make-believe world of Andy Hardy's America -- Mickey and Judy and the MGM backyard musicals -- Mickey goes wild -- Ava -- The first divorce -- Mickey and the pit bull -- Greetings -- Rooney Inc. -- The Lion strikes back -- The Mick, the Duke, and the deuce in the coconut -- Bigamy and Barbara Ann -- The Mickey jinx and the murder in Brentwood -- Career swings -- The seventies: aftermath of tragedy -- Escape from Los Angeles -- Sugar babies -- Mickey's back : the Oscars, and the Emmys, and Bill -- Going ungently into that good night -- Time may lie heavy between -- The last years -- His revels are now ended -- It's a wrap -- Afterword / by Paul Petersen -- Appendix: Mickey Rooney filmography and credits (in chronological order). |
| Summary |
"A definitive biography of the iconic actor and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and his extravagant, sometimes tawdry life, drawing on never-before-seen excerpts from Rooney's diary and exclusive interviews with Mickey, and with those who knew him best, including his heretofore unknown mistress of sixty years"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Rooney, Mickey.
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Actors -- United States -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.
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Rooney, Mickey. (OCoLC)fst00157989
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Actors. (OCoLC)fst00796296
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Lertzman, Richard A., author.
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| ISBN |
9781501100963 (hardback) |
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1501100963 (hardback) |
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9781501100987 (ebook) |
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9781501100970 (paperback) |
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1501100971 (paperback) |
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