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i Dynamic Mickey Rooney and Pat O’Brien are teamed in a swift moving drama of a disillusioned mite who becomes the mightiest of young athletes in the Thor Production, “The Fireball”, co-starring Beverly Tyler. Directed by Tay Garnett, who co-pro- duced with Bert Friedlob from a screen- play by the former and, Horace McCoy, the idea for the human story told in "The Fireball” was conceived by none other than the late great showman, Sid Grauman. Formerly titled "The Challenge”, this story deals with the adventures and rise of an under-sized orphan, reared in a Catholic Home For Boys superintended by Father O’Hara, who is portrayed by O’ Brien. Mickey Rooney Plays Johnny Casar, the waif who is fast developing a danger- ous infoeririty complex because of his in- ability to compete in athletics with larger boys, (Frustrated, he is brought to task by Father O’Brien who brings in a psychiatrist to Interview him. But, johnny, in anger, runs away from the orphanage. On his own for the first time in his life, Johnny steals a pair of roller skates, planning to sell them and buy food. But, the appearance of a policeman forces him to pretend the skates are his. Carryingout his deception, Johnny puts on the skates and precariously rolls away, suffering many falls, but finding out he likes skat- ing and suddenly hit by the idea that one does not have to be a six-footer to roller skate. Johnny, getting a job as a dish-washer, follows through and eventually feels he is as good as any on roller skates. At the skating rink he meets a professional and skating champion and takes an instant dis- like to him. But, it is through an insult he hurls at the chanp, that Johnny gets his first chance—and makes good. He develops into a sensational boxoffice star. He proves one of the roughest, toughest and dirtiest competitors of all. What he lacks in stat- ure, he soon makes ig) in ego. That ego almost loses him the love of a pretty skating instructress. But, soon an accident puts Johnny out of the picture, His career is blasted by an attack of polio, but, through the girl’s help, he recovers the use of his limb and, in a surprising climax, wins the biggest race of his life. Supporting Rooney, O'Brien and Miss Tyler in the cast are Ralph Dumke, Glenn Corbett, Milbum Stone and others, includ- ing some of today’s foremost roller skating stars. The Fireball