The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney
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Garland, Judy (née Frances Ethel Gumm; “Babe”), 140, 302
alcohol/drug use, 115, 148, 155–57, 168, 216, 401–2, 403
biography, 76
family background, 75–76
friendship with MR, 76
gossip about, 170
hospitalized, 401–2
marriage to David Rose, 154
marriage to Mark Herron, 403
marriage to Mickey Deans, 403
marriage to Sid Luft, 401, 403
marriage to Vincente Minnelli, 156–57, 401
on Mayer, 107
meets MR at Ma Lawlor’s, 74–76
MGM work schedule, 154–55
MR’s chemistry with, 149–52, 379–80
MR’s relationship with, xviii–xix, 148, 148–49, 156–58, 380, 401–2, 479
name change, 76
public image, 11
relationship with Betty Asher, 155–56
salaries earned, 149
suicide, 156–58, 401, 403
TV series, 379–80
vs. Berkeley, 152–53
—FILMS
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, 150
Babes in Arms, xviii, 150–54, 172, 185
Babes on Broadway, 150, 152–55, 172–73
Broadway Melody, 150
Girl Crazy, xviii, 150, 152, 154, 223, 226, 241–42, 384
Life Begins for Andy Hardy, 150, 193
Love Finds Andy Hardy, 150–51
Meet Me in St. Louis, 1
Strike up the Band, 150, 152–53
Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry, 150–51
Thousands Cheer, 150, 223, 228
The Wizard of Oz, 151
Words and Music, 150, 267, 279
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1946, 263
Garlin, Jeff, 374
Garrett, Diane, 306
Garrett, Oliver H. P., 82
Gassman, Vitorio, 375
Gatlin, Larry, 468
Gaumont Film Company, 45
Gazzara, Ben, 386
Geisler, Jerry, 116
Gelbart, Larry, 343, 351, 378, 465
George, Jimmy, 394
Gering, Marion, 127
Gibbons, Cedric, 132
Giesler, Jerry (“Get Me”), 163
Gilbert, John, 107
Gilbert, Leatrice, 212, 475
Gilford, Max, 347
Gjertsen, Ed, II, 6
Gleason, Jackie, 317–18, 372, 376–77, 414
Gleason, James, 70
Godsen, Freeman, 29
Gold, Sid, 25, 27–29, 67
Goodrich, Frances, 264
Gorcey, Leo, 211
gossip about teen vs. adult stars, 170–71
Gould, Elliott, 31
Grable, Betty, 202
Graham, Sheilah, 258
Grant, Cary, xiii–xiv, 236, 443
Granville, Bonita, 113
Gray, Fenton, 493
Gray, George, 53. See also McGuire series
Great Depression. See Depression
Green, Johnny, 306
Greenbaum, Gus, 333–36, 342
Greene, Jeri, 161, 413–14
Greene, Shecky, 161, 413
Greenspun, Roger, 377
Griffin, Eleanore, 160
Griffin, Merv, 438
Griffith, Andy, 184
Griffith, D. W., 51
Grimes, Scott, 464
Grot, Anton, 97
Gumm, Ethel, 76
Gumm, Frances Ethel (“Babe”). See Garland, Judy
Gumm, Frank, 75–76
Gumm/Garland Sisters, 76
Gwynne, Anne, 347
Hackett, Albert, 264
Hackett, Buddy, 371–74
Hackett, Sandy, 371–73, 564n25
Hadacol Caravan, 307
Haden, Sara, 139, 332
Hagopian, Kevin, 88–89, 95
Haley, Jack, Jr., 422, 465
Hall, Huntz, 211, 314
Hall, Theda and Emerson, 324
Hal Roach Studios, 35, 46, 48, 57
Hamilton, Margaret, 151, 426
Hamilton, Neil, 118
Hammerstein, Oscar, 119
Hanks, Tom, 20, 149
Harburg, E. Y. (“Yip”), 151, 153
Hardt, Eloise, 351–52
Harlan, Otis, 99
Harlow, Jean, 115, 117, 119–21, 168–70, 222
Harnick, Sheldon, 433
Harris, Julie, 486
Harrison, George, 392
Hart, Lorenz, 151
Hayden, Sterling, 90
Haydon, Julie, 133, 136
Hayes, Helen, 104–7
Haymes, Dick, 311
Hayward, Susan, 310
Hayworth, Rita, 266
Healy, Ted, 70, 115, 119, 268–69
Hendrickson, Floyd, 251, 282–83
Henry, Justin, 452–53
Hepburn, Katharine, 149
Herbert, Hugh, 99–100, 554n18
Herman, Al, 45, 48–50, 52–53, 73, 77. See also McGuire series
Herron, Mark, 403
Hervey, Wilna, 44
Heymann, C. David, 187
Hickman, Dwayne, 365, 375–76
Higham, Charles, 107–8
Hiller, Arthur, 386
Hilton, Paris, 490–91
Hinckley, David, 146–47
Hirschhorn, Clive, 157
Hitchcock, Alfred, 64, 279
Hobart, May, 170
Hockett, Carolyn (née Zack; MR’s wife), 415, 417, 420, 422, 479–80, 517
Hockett, Jerry, 415
Holden, Fay, 139, 284, 332
Holden, William, 202, 298, 322–23
Holiday, Billie, 229, 233
Holland and Knight, 496, 499, 511
Holloway, Jean, 265
Hollywood antitrust case, 45–46
Hollywood blacklist, 250, 373, 407
Hollywood Fairfax High School, 113
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 512–13
Hollywood Reporter, 249–51
Hollywood Victory Committee, 202
Holm, Celeste, 504
Holt, Jack, 60
Hooker, John Lee, 395
Hope, Bob, 144, 184–85, 228, 267, 277, 311–12
Hopper, Hedda, 166–67, 179, 182–84, 193–94, 201, 262, 269, 307
House Un-American Activities Committee, 407
Houston, Walter, 87
Howe, Caroline, 155
Howser, Fred, 261–62
Hubbard, Lucien, 131–32, 138
Hudson, Rock, 115
Hughes, Carol, 24
Hughes, Howard, 239–40, 282, 303, 336, 390, 395–99
Hullinger, Leota, 301
Hunt, Helen, 463–64
Hunter, Ian, 96, 99
Hyde, Johnny, 290–92, 302
Incubus, 351–52, 358
independent deficit financing, 284
Jack Reid’s Record Breakers, 18–19, 30
Jackson, Michael, 491
Jacobson, Max (“Dr. Feelgood”), 487–88
Jacobson, Thomas, 487–88
James, Harry, 266
Jamison, Bud, 38–39
Janssen, David, 371, 387
The Jazz Singer, 57
Jeep shows, 244–45
Jelke, Minot, 381
Jessel, George, 280
Jewish Mafia, 116, 230, 371. See also Lansky, Meyer
Jillian, Ann, 448
Johanson, Robert, 489
Johnson, Erskine, 272
Johnson, Richard, 508
Johnson, Van, 266, 409
Jolson, Al, 26, 29, 57
Jones, Buck, 60, 67
Jones, Conley, 408–9
Jones, Davy, 393–94
Jones, Edward, 168–69, 215–16
Jory, Victor, 99, 554n18
Jurow, Peter, 319–20
Kachel, Arthur, 74
Kahan, Gene and Sylvia, 325
Kahn, E. J., 199
Kahn, Roger, 221, 300, 382–84
Kalish, Austin (“Rocky”), 329, 338, 368, 463
Kalo
va, Lizette, 74
Kanner, Mack, 198
Kaplan, Marvin, 374
Katz, Efraim, 122
Katzman, Sam, 312
Keach, Stacy, 464
Kean, Jane, 464
Kearney, Janis F., 125
Keaton, Buster, 16–17, 375, 377
Keaton, Joe and Myra, 16
Keith-Orpheum vaudeville circuit, 56
Kelly, Gene, 151
Kelly, Grace, 322–23
Kenley, John, 378, 438, 464
Kennedy, John F., 261, 292, 487–88
Kennedy, Joseph P., 46, 50, 56, 294, 517
Kennedy, Robert, 487–88
Kenyon, Charles, 97
Kern, Jerome, 119
Kessel, Barney, 391–92
Kessel, Dan, 336, 390, 392–99
Kessel, David, 392
Kibbee, Guy, 121
King, Larry, 401–2
Kirsch, Robert, 383
Kitt, Eartha, 489
Kling, Woody, 416
Klugman, Jack, 379
Koch, Howard, 332
Koenig, Ben, 382
Komack, James, 299
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 91, 97
Kosloff, Alexander, 74
Kovacs, Ernie, 298
Koverman, Ida, 188
Kramer, Irving, 435
Kramer, Karen, 147, 372–74, 462, 472
Kramer, Stanley, xiii, 371–74
Kramer, Terry Allen, 434–35, 439–46, 448, 484–85, 495–96
Krieg, Jack, 472
Krim, Arthur, 310
Krofft, Sid and Marty, 410
Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 72, 78, 80–81, 83
Laemmle, Carl, Sr. (“Uncle Carl”), 61, 65, 69–71
Laemmle, Carla, 81
Laemmle family, 94, 112
LaGravenese, Richard, 509
Lahr, Bert, 31
Laine, Frankie, 337–38
Lake, Arthur, 235
LaMotta, Jake, 508
Lamour, Dorothy, 282
Lamour, Michele, 362
Landers, Pat, 344–46
Landon, Harry, 377
Lane, Burton, 153
Lane, Margaret (“Marge”; MR’s wife), 355
marriage to MR, 363, 403–7, 413–14. See also Rooney, Mickey—MARRIAGES
Lane, Nathan, 454–55, 508–9
Lang, Fritz, 291
Langtry, Lillie, 18
Lansing, Joi, 286
Lansky, Meyer, 116, 249, 335, 371
Lardner, Ring, Jr., 128
Lastfogel, Abe (“Uncle Abe”), 144–45, 188, 251
La Tour, Babe, 27, 67
Lauper, Cyndi, 441
Laurel, Stan, 377
LaVere, June, 39
Lawford, Peter, 209, 384, 422, 488
Lawlor, Viola, 73–74
Lawlor School for Professional Children (“Ma Lawlor’s”), 55, 73–76, 78, 149
Lawrence, Barbara, 286
Lear, Norman, 13, 454
Leary, Timothy, 261
Leave It to Beaver, 129
LeBlanc, Dudley, 307
Lee, Christopher, 453
Lee, Don, 39
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 17, 30, 430
Leeds, Peter, 436, 448
Lee Marvin v. Michelle Triola, 416–17
Leigh, Janet, 109
Lemmon, Jack, 298, 329–30, 384, 391
Lemmon, Leonore, 211
Leno, Jay, 338
Leonard, Sheldon, 318
Lerner, Sammy, 76
LeRoy, Mervyn, 39–40, 77, 167
Lertzman, Murray, 115–16, 230, 282
Lertzman, Rick, 403
Lessy, Ben, 333
Lester, Jerry, 410
Letterman, Dave, 339, 454
Levering, Joseph, 53. See also McGuire series
Levy, Shawn, 472, 485, 494, 504–7
Lewis, J. E., 192
Lewis, Joe E., 313, 564n25
Liberace, 337–38
Liebert, John, 294–95, 496
Linden, Eric, 133, 136
Linkletter, Art, 277, 394
Linkletter, Diane, 394
Lloyd, Harold, 45
Locke, Sam, 411
Logan, Josh, 244
Lohan, Lindsay, 490–91
Lombard, Carole, 146, 198
Long, Dermot, xii–xiii, 347, 382–83
Lopusina, Marko, 350
Lorre, Peter, 229, 253, 292
Louise, Anita, 99, 102
Loy, Myrna, 81–82, 87, 144
Lucas, George, 277
Luciano, Charles (“Lucky”), 249
Ludwig, Bill, 235–36
Ludwig, Ken, 468
Luft, Sid, 401
Lugosi, Bela, 211, 313
Lukas, Paul, 224
Lutz, Glen H., 192
Lyles, Andrew C., Jr. (“A.C.”), 7, 286, 288–89, 562n13
Lynn, Eleanor, 140
Lyons, Ben, 293
Mabley, Moms, 229
MacArthur, Douglas, 238
Mack, Charles, 29–30
Mack, Kerry Rooney (MR’s daughter), 5, 342, 364, 412, 416, 496, 513–14, 516
MacMurray, Fred, 277, 316
MacVicar, Frances and James, 286–87
Mafia. See mobsters
Maher, Bill, 339
Mahnken, Elaine (MR’s wife)
background, 323–24
marriage to Dan Ducich, 323–24
marriage to MR, 325–26. See also Rooney, Mickey—MARRIAGES
Mahnken, Fred, 326
Malcolm, Robert, 442–43, 445, 466, 469, 483, 485, 490–92, 497, 517
Maltin, Leonard, 44, 46
Malvin, Arthur, 434, 439
Mamoulian, Rouben, 263–65
Mandiuca, Ana-Maria, 37–38
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 82
Mannix, Joseph Edgar Allen John (“Eddie”)
amorality of, 108–9
on Andy Hardy films, 137–38, 140–41
background, 108
brothel opened by, 107–8
crimes/scandals covered up by, 115
as a fixer, 114–16, 168–69, 209–11, 250
Gardner on, 109, 189, 211, 216–17
Mafia connections, 109, 116
marriages, 211
and Mayer, 108
as MGM’s general manager and executive VP, 108, 114–15
as MGM’s security head, 10
on MR and Ava, 185–86, 189–90
on MR and Liz Taylor, 262
on MR’s military service, 213–14, 234, 237, 240
on MR’s postwar contract, 251, 267
teenage stars managed, 155, 162
on teen audiences, 143
Mansfield, Jayne, 115, 512
Manson, Charles, 390, 394
Maples, Marla, 469
Mara, Wellington, 472
March, Fredric, 322
Marconi Company, 57–58
Marill, Alvin H., 39, 122, 263
Markovic, Stevan, 350, 353
Markowitz, Marty, 508
Marsh, W. Ward, 269
Marshall, Garry, 379
Martin, Dean, 336
Martin, Frances Mae, 74
Martinson, Leslie, 317
Marx, Arthur, 380
on Jackie Gleason, 318
on Mayer, 186–87
on MR, 77, 101, 120, 192, 311–12, 384
on MR’s AWOL episode, 240
on Fred Pankey, 224
on Peterson, 169
on Joe Yule, Sr., 32
on Nell Yule, 146
Marx, Groucho, 108, 265, 376–77
Marx, Sam, 97–98, 130–32, 138
Mason, Dan, 44
Mason, James, 339
Matthau, Walter, 379
Maxwell, Marilyn, 311–12
Mayehoff, Eddie, 387–88
Mayer, Louis B. See also MGM
Americana portrayed in his films, 120, 131, 142, 263–64
amorality of, 106–9
on Andy Hardy films, 137–42
appearance, 110, 111
&nbs
p; background, 105–6, 131, 264
on Boys Town, 161
brothel opened by, 107–8
character/reputation, 97, 104–7, 109
on The Human Comedy, 223
and Mannix, 108
on A Midsummer Night’s Dream production, 88, 91
on MR, 84, 91, 94, 110, 132
on MR and Ava, 178–79, 185–89, 209, 212–13
MR loaned out by, 10–11, 83, 97–98
MR on, 83, 104
MR’s first meeting with, 110–12
on MR’s military service, 213, 240
on MR’s postwar contract, 251
and Peterson, 169
production control of MGM, 130
relationship with MR, 105, 111–12, 162, 167–69, 264, 275, 275, 280–81
on Rooney–Garland chemistry, 150–52
and Schenck, 198–99, 210, 517
and David O. Selznick, 81–82, 84, 91
on Skidding, 131–32
on teen audiences, 143
vision for MGM, 110
and Wilkerson, 250
Mayo, Archie, 71
McCall, Mary, Jr., 97
McCall’s, 305–6
McCarthy, Joe, 128
McClenathan, Pam, 242, 260, 285, 347, 371, 390–91, 420, 425, 514–16, 561n14
McClure, Melisa, 286
McCrea, Joel, 78
McDaniel, Hattie, 292
McDonald, Mary, 113–14
McDougall Alley Kids, 44
McDowall, Roddy, 109
McDuff, Doug, 471
McGavin, Darren, 453
McGowan, Jack, 151
McGowan, Robert, 40, 48, 50
McGuire, Mickey. See Rooney, Mickey
McGuire, Mickey (cartoon character), 44, 46
McGuire series (Darmour and Herman)
cast, 50–54, 58
characters licensed from Fox, 46, 59
creation, 44
decline, 62, 70
financing, 50
Herman’s role, 50, 52
McGowan’s role, 50
MR as McGuire character, 46–49, 53, 55–57, 60, 62
number of films produced, 54
sound introduced, 57
success, 50, 53, 56, 59–60, 62
McHugh, Frank, 99, 554n18
McHugh, Jimmy, 434
McIntyre, Andy, 222
McPhail, Douglas, 185
“meet cute” scenes, 19–20
Melcher, Terry, 394
Merman, Ethel, 372
Meyer, Johnny, 403
MGM
amorality of, 106, 115
brothel run by, 107–8, 115, 222
contract renewals for actors in military, 248–49
decline, 331
drugs given to actors, 115, 155, 168
efficiency/continuity at, 109–10
Little Red Schoolhouse at, 113–14
Mayer’s vision for, 110
MR’s attempted return, 301–2
MR’s contracts, 80, 112, 144–45, 282–83, 553n3
MR’s departure, 277–78, 281–82, 310–11
MR’s earnings for, 6, 11, 53, 122, 221–22, 517
MR’s indebtedness to, 224–25, 275, 282–83
on MR’s military service, 213–16
MR’s pension fund, 277
MR’s postwar contract, 249–54, 256, 267
MR’s resentment toward, 122, 276
MR’s suspension, 281
MR’s work schedule, 154–55