Mickey Rooney Movie Rankings
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New York playgirl Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) puzzles a writer (George Peppard) who lives in her building. When she meets the sober, handsome, nice guy, she begins to gradually re-think her anything-goes, high-living life style. ... more about Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Andy's girlfriend Polly is planning to spend Christmas at her grandmother's, which puts a kink in his plans to take her to the country club Christmas party. ... more about Love Finds Andy Hardy
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Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. ... more about Captains Courageous
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After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careers over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go down to help. ... more about It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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After Mike Taylor, a headstrong English ex-jockey, is soured on life by a serious accident, he plans to steal from the country family that has taken him in. However, his resolve is weakened by the kindness of a young woman and the two find a common bond in their love of horses. ... more about National Velvet
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Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story. Whitey Marsh comes there. He runs away but, hungry, returns. He runs away again but, when friend Pee Wee is hit by a car, returns. ... more about Boys Town
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After Babe's great victory in the shepherding contest, Farmer Arthur Hoggett turns down all offers to make money with his pig's talents. But when he gets hurt severely in the well, his wife has to take up farming. ... more about Babe: Pig in the City
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Mickey Moran, son of an old vaudeville-team puts on his own show to avoid being sent with other vaudevillians' children to a work farm, but that isn't that easy. ... more about Babes in Arms
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Pete, a lonely orphaned boy, leaves his abusive foster family and arrives in a small fishing village in Maine where he is befriended by a dragon named Elliott. ... more about Pete's Dragon
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Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension. ... more about Bridges at Toko-Ri
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After the death of Cedric ('Ceddie')'s English father, he and his mother live together in Brooklyn. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, had disowned Cedric's father when he married an American. ... more about Little Lord Fauntleroy
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A young fox named Tod is taken in by an old woman after his mother is killed by a hunter. Full of mischief, Young Tod befriends Copper, a hound dog pup. ... more about Fox and the Hound
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King Theseus is going to marry Hyppolyta, his officer Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermina loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. ... more about Midsummer Night's Dream
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Homer Macauley remains in a small town looking after his widowed mother and younger brother. Homer's older brother is fighting the war in Europe. ... more about Human Comedy
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Spoilt child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. ... more about Lord Jeff
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Tommy Williams desperately wants to get to Broadway, but as he is only singing in a spaghetti house for tips he is a long way off. ... more about Babes on Broadway
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MGM musical numbers from the introduction of sound in the late '20s through to the 1950s, possibly with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Judy Garland getting the most coverage. ... more about That's Entertainment!
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While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. ... more about Black Stallion
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. ... more about Young Tom Edison
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Claude Pierce is delighted to move in with his father, Jay Pierce, a struggling architect living in lower Manhattan, for the six months the divorce agreement of his parents specified. ... more about Devil Is a Sissy
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The Museum of Natural History is enchanted with an unusual curse. Every night the inhabitants come alive. When new security guard, Larry Daley, loses the instructions to a mischievous monkey, he must retain order on his own terms. ... more about Night at the Museum
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Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter. ... more about Judge Hardy's Children
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Andy Hardy is about to graduate from high school and thinks he's pretty big stuff, so he hires a secretary, Kathryn Land. Kathryn and Polly Benedict, Andy's girlfriend, help him pass his English exam. ... more about Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
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Jockey Snapper Sinclair has been having a hard time living down the reputation of his father, a crooked jockey. Patricia Barrington agrees to take custody of Snapper, who was sentenced to one year in the state reformatory for stealing when he was hungry. ... more about Down the Stretch
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Poor Andy, all he wants to do is get to town and continue to woo his girl and ask her hand in marriage. ... more about Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
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Mr. and Mrs. Maitland give crippled Ted a dog and offer to provide him with an operation but they adopt Whitey. Whitey tries to visit a friend in reform school and inmate Flip is hiding in car as Whitey leaves. ... more about Men of Boys Town
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Judy Garland stars as the precocious Cricket West, a hopefull actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. ... more about Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
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A timid man (Ed Wynn) is thrust into the spotlight when his father is honored as a hero. He blunders into a series of adventures because of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) and becomes a hero himself. ... more about Chief
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Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. ... more about Death on the Diamond
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Another installment in the Frankie and Dee Dee beach adventures. Among the musical numbers, the story involves Frankie going on reserve duty. However, he gets jealous, thinking that Dwayne will steal Dee Dee. ... more about How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
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The Nazis imprison an Italian general who was planning to switch sides and turn over his army to the Allied side. Allied headquarters sends a small, somewhat misfit group of soldiers to spring the general from prison and carry out his plans. ... more about Secret Invasion
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Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht. ... more about Skidoo
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Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. ... more about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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George "Babyface" Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1920s Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger... ... more about Baby Face Nelson
Actor Awards
Laurel Awards - Top Male Action Star
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Bob is a struggling artist who paints for his own amusement. Julie is a rich society girl. When they meet, it is cute and they are soon married. Living in a small apartment with the constant company of close friend Oscar, they are poor, but happy. ... more about Live
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Young idealist Richard Miller is selected as valedictorian for his New England high school commencement class of 1906 and intends to inject modern anti-capitalistic ideas into his speech. ... more about Ah
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Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. ... more about Thousands Cheer
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Three children are kidnapped by escaped convicts and end up in a forrest, where they are released. They then have to elude the convicts when they return. They are aided by a wolf who is an Indian spirit who sometimes takes a human form. ... more about Legend of Wolf Mountain
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Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round. ... more about Requiem for a Heavyweight
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Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From _Hollywood Revue of 1929, The (1929)_ (qv) to _Brigadoon (1954)_ (qv) , from the first musical talkies to 'Gene Kelly (I)' (qv) in _Singin' in the Rain (1952)_ (qv) , are examined. ... more about That's Entertainment! III
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A fictionalized account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. ... more about Comic
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Billy Coy comes to Garret. Red, Billy's late father's mechanic, hires Billy as a mechanic. Billy soon gets a job as a driver. ... more about Big Wheel
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1.6894
Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigible crashes into the jungles of the island. ... more about Lost Jungle
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A young boy sees his father killed by a toy that was anonymously delivered to his house. After that, he is too traumatized to speak, and his mother must deal with both him and the loss of her husband. ... more about Silent Night
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Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new waitress Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a fur coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. ... more about Quicksand
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Eddie Shannon (Mickey Rooney) is an undersized, sports-car mechanic who dreams of racing an expensive car in a European meet. He meets and falls in love with Barbara Mathews (Diane Foster), and thinks she loves him. ... more about Drive a Crooked Road
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Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighbourhood with his family. ... more about Summer Holiday
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Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. ... more about Domino Principle
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The Care Bears live in a country high in the clouds, where they have a lot of fun together. But they also do care for the human children on Earth, who they watch through huge telescopes from the sky, and come to help whenever there is need. ... more about Care Bears Movie
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A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring. ... more about Atomic Kid
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Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life. ... more about Erik the Viking
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A young boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of until he unleashes a century old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself. ... more about Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
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Once he fought in the name of honor, now he will fight in the name of family. His glory days behind him, Grandpa Spencer appears doomed to sit in his wheelchair and watch his family come apart. ... more about Revenge of the Red Baron
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Nevada police take into custody drifter Mark Jonah (Wayne Newton), although he claims he was an innocent hitchhiker, after the crash of a stolen car in which hoodlum Jerry Taggart (Sal Mineo)is killed. ... more about 80 Steps to Jonah
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Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. ... more about Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
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Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home. ... more about Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
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Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. ... more about Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
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Frankie, a young prizefighter, wins a fixed boxing match as part of a crime boss's plan to have him build up a following and then have him throw a championship fight. ... more about Big Chance
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Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter. ... more about Courtship of Andy Hardy
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In this is the entry into the Andy Hardy series about a small town depression era family, Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. ... more about Family Affair
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The daughter of a wealthy businessman has been kidnapped, and the chief of police, under a lot of pressure to find her as soon as possible, assigns officers Kopek and Broom to track her down and bring her back safe and sound. ... more about Find the Lady
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Johnny runs away from Father O'Hara's orphanage and becomes a roller skating star with the help of Mary Reeves. He becomes involved with women, including Polly, who only love him because he is a champion, not, as with Mary, out of love for him. ... more about Fireball
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Rich kid Danny Churchill (Rooney) has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. ... more about Girl Crazy
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Freddie Frisby (Mickey Rooney) is informed by Bob Sears (William Demarest) that he can't marry Bob's daughter, Judy (Terry Moore), as he is only a fumbling failure as an orange picker, and Judy can do better. ... more about He's a Cockeyed Wonder
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June Evans, clothing model, and Tommy Bradford, travel agent, both dream of being rich. When they meet at millionaire, J. Westley Piermont's daughter's wedding, they both assume each other is wealthy. Each being there to do errands. ... more about Hold That Kiss
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A new schoolteacher arrives in the town of Ainsley, which is in the middle of a milk strike that has caused heated feelings among the local dairy farmers. One of the teacher's new students is a cynical boy who is prone to fighting. ... more about Hoosier Schoolboy
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Mr. and Mrs. Valduzzi come to see Judge James Hardy for advice on how to prevent the loss of their home. He senses the aged Italian immigrant couple has a grown daughter who is ashamed of her parents and has not kept in contact with them. ... more about Judge Hardy and Son
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Moving from one scam to another Arnold Rothstein quickly becomes rich, and settles into the life of owning big-town gambling joints. ... more about King of the Roaring 20's - The Story of Arnold Rothstein
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The outlaw El Tigre and his gang have been repeatedly crossing the border into Texas, robbing and killing. In Border City, a ranger is asked to break up the gang, and he heads to Mexico. ... more about My Outlaw Brother
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The King of a small European country, just a boy, takes an interest in Tom Reed's wild west show. Tom puts on a special show just for the King and the two become friends. ... more about My Pal
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Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when Bullet gets drafted. ... more about Off Limits
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A motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a syndicate that controls the gambling--and much of the justice system--in his town. ... more about Officer Thirteen
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Private Hogan must raise his ability to scheme and plot to a new level to put on a madcap dance to celebrate the closing of an Army surgical hospital in post WWII France while evading the stickler-for-details Captain Locke - and win the heart to the ... more about Operation Mad Ball
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Re-issued in 1964 as "Trouble At Sixteen" by Cinema Associates as part of a double-bill with "Girls Town" (now called "The Innocent and the Damned" and a rather descriptive title considering the cast), this film takes place at an exclusive military ... more about Platinum High School
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Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie. ... more about Riffraff
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A young boy (Ryan Slater) is taught to use his imagination by his grandfather who casts him in a great adventure back in time. ... more about Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
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Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade. ... more about Slave Ship
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Upon the headstones of Robert Adams and Eveline McCord Adams are written their telling epitaphs; Robert's reads - "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well." Eveline's reads - "To know her was to love her. ... more about Strike the Tent
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Jimmy Connors and his girl-friend want to take part in Paul Whiteman's highschool's band contest, but they cannot afford the fare. ... more about Strike Up the Band
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Reverend Macklin is headed for Lodestone where his father was killed 25 years before when the Indians burnt down the church. ... more about Twinkle in God's Eye
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Singer Patricia Paradise (Dee Wallace Stone) has everything: beauty, fame, success, money... Though her 40th birthday inevitably approaches, she more and more feels desperate to get the only thing missing in her life: a child. ... more about Paradise
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