The life and times of Mickey Rooney
By: William Birnes and Richard Lertzman
Contributors: Lertzman, Richard A., author
Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 601
ISBN-13: 9781501100963
Subjects: Actors; Biography
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (pages 551-570) and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Roger Kahn; title: Introduction / by Jeanine Basinger; title: Prologue: The last movie; title: Born in a trunk; title: Mickey McGuire; title: Ma Lawlor and Universal Studios; title: Selznick rescues Mickey : the start at MGM; title: A midsummer night's dream; title: The gates of hell; title: Mickey and the Lion; title: The make-believe world of Andy Hardy's America; title: Mickey and Judy and the MGM backyard musicals; title: Mickey goes wild; title: Ava; title: The first divorce; title: Mickey and the pit bull; title: Greetings; title: Rooney Inc.; title: The Lion strikes back; title: The Mick, the Duke, and the deuce in the coconut; title: Bigamy and Barbara Ann; title: The Mickey jinx and the murder in Brentwood; title: Career swings; title: The seventies: aftermath of tragedy; title: Escape from Los Angeles; title: Sugar babies; title: Mickey's back : the Oscars, and the Emmys, and Bill; title: Going ungently into that good night; title: Time may lie heavy between; title: The last years; title: His revels are now ended; title: It's a wrap; title: Afterword / by Paul Petersen; title: Appendix: Mickey Rooney filmography and credits (in chronological order).