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Mickey Rooney As Mickey McGuire Silent Film from Late 1920's

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I found this silent film on a VHS tape which contained <b>old</b> footage from 8mm and 16mm home <b>movies</b> of my family from the 1940s. For some reason on the same tape this <b>old</b> silent film from the late 1920s was on it. I figured I'd share it with you. It stars Mickey Rooney as Mickey McGuire, which was a famous movie serial in the late 1920s to early <b>1930s</b>. A few of the scenes in this particular film do not seem very politically correct, but in those times were acceptable and not frowned upon. It's ...

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Mickey Rooney As Mickey McGuire Silent Film from Late 1920's

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  • Unforunately that's ...

    Unforunately that's not the case. An estimated 50% of all films made before 1950 are considered lost and among silent films that number rises to 80-90%.
    There's even plenty of television programming that has been lost over the years either because it was never recorded, was thrown away, was recorded over or because it was allowed to deteriorate.

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  • It does look a lot ...

    It does look a lot like the Our Gang series. I heard my dad talk about Mickey McGuire, but never seen any of the movies till now. That was great, thanx for the post.

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  • Occasioinally ...

    Occasioinally you'll see a silent movie on the Turner Movie Classics network, usually early in the morning. I have a few on vcr myself like The Sheik of Araby and Tillie's Fractured Romance. I was also lucky enough to find the Phantom Of The Opera on dvd for $1.00

    The majority of these films probably ended up in The Libary of Congress.

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    The Mickey McGuire short film series was produced from 1927-1934. There were 62 two reel films made altogether. The first 24 were silent films and the rest were talkies. The films were produced by Larry Darmour and based on characters in the Toonerville Trolley comic strip by Fontaine Fox.
    These were the most successful kid comedies competing against Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) kid comedies.
    Mickey Rooney usually played McGuire but Marvin Stephens also played McGuire in a few.

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  • looks like if ...

    looks like if mickey rooney was part of the Little Rascals gang?!?!?!

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  • glad you liked it : ...

    glad you liked it :)!

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    Thanks sooo much for posting this film. I've been a Mickey Rooney fan since I was a kid. I've seen many of his early movies but never had the chance to see him as Mickey McGuire. What a treat!

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  • great acting

    great acting

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  • Wow! That was so ...

    Wow! That was so cute. He was a great actor even when he was so young!

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  • what can i say ...

    what can i say except thank you. well done.......a bright spot in this night. edith

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