#174 - Why Doesn't The World Remember Mickey Rooney Was Great?

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We discuss the career of a man whose career as box office draw spanned two whole decades - Mickey Rooney - and focus on LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY, BABES IN ARMS, REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT and DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD. This week on the Patreon episode we watched HUDSON HAWK. Become a Patreon subscriber for $5 a month and get an exclusive episode every week! www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Justin the Clooner, here today with Will Sloan.
0:07.7	And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.
0:10.3	And today, we're talking about everyone's favorite Mickey Rudy.
0:15.2	The man who, when Sir Lawrence Olivier was asked, who is the greatest actor in the world said,
0:21.5	Mickey Rooney, he can do anything.
0:23.4	And that is an actual quote, not a joke, which is usually the way that Mickey Rooney is treated.
0:30.2	It's certainly the way that we've treated him over the years.
0:32.1	Yes.
0:32.4	Mickey Rooney has come up on this podcast a number of times.
0:35.2	As a punchline.
0:36.0	Always as a punchline.
0:37.2	Usually it's us talking about his reality show that he shot a pilot for.
0:43.2	Has anyone talked about Mickey Rooney, our age, without mentioning his appearance in The Simpsons?
0:49.5	I was the biggest star in the world from 1939 to 1940.
0:53.6	Wow, two whole decades. And it's actually until 1941. biggest star in the world from 1939 to 1940. Wow!
0:55.8	Two whole decades!
1:00.9	And it's actually till 1941, and he was the biggest star.
1:02.3	Like, that's not even a joke.
1:06.6	In a time where Gone With the Win was coming out, and all those classic films in 1939,
1:08.7	Mickey Rooney was on top.
1:12.5	Mickey Rooney, I think, was the longest lasting star.
1:20.7	I mean, he was only on top for a little while, but from the early 30s to 2014, he was active.
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