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HOW LONG
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^ V MICKEY R 0 0 N E Y
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By JACK HOLLAND
MICKEY MAY BE SITTING ON A PLUSH CUSHION, BUT HIS FUTURE DEPENDS ON MICKEY ROONEY AS MICKEY ROONEY — NOT AS MICKEY ROONEY, THE ACTOR
MICKEY ROOXEY is undoubtedly the most popular ar "ii
the screen today. I le's resting on a plush cushion utter his terrific performance in Babes in Arms, and hi> work in the Hardy series have built 1 1 iiii an enviable position. Yet he's a lucky kid.
Unlike other child stars — though Mickey is hardly a child any more — he has managed to pass the danger period— that stage in a career when youngsters outgrow their appeal and begin to show all too obvious signs of the awkward age I begins to assen itself, Yet, Mickey has never had to worry about this. And all because he was given parts in the J Hardy series that carried him gracefully through the impressionistic era of youth, in fact. Aiidy Hardy has been a life-saver to Mickey, and they have a lot in common. Mickey has been lucky in other ways too. For the last few years, lie ha been credited with many escapades. He has been touted as the man-about-town type, and he has been accused of trying strenuously to he a man before lie was ready for manhood. Yet. in some strange way, he managed to retain his popularity despite devastating publicity.
All that, however, i^ past history. This story is concerned only with the Mickey Rooney of today as he shines through the pages of a peculiar past, the Mickey Rooney who's looking ahead and taking a slant at himself and his career thai it climax.
Mickey came from a family that breathed and lived in the armosphe the two-a-day or even the six-a-daj Since he was able to toddle on a paint has surged through his — -till .
it was an atmosphere that intrigued the youngster and sent him out in the w< rrouper [Continued on pag
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