The Big Wheel, 126, 234, 281, 284, 291–92
Bill, xviii, 14, 295, 449, 449, 456–59, 460–63, 465, 522
Bill: On His Own, 463–64
The Black Stallion, xviii, 449–53, 456, 463, 470
Blind Date, 118
The Bold and the Brave, xviii, 329
Bon Baisers de Hong Kong, 426
Boys Town, 100, 117, 160–61, 302, 425, 472
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, xviii, 367–71
The Bridges at Toko-Ri, 298, 306, 322–23, 328
Broadway to Hollywood, 77
Captains Courageous, 123
Care Bear Movie, 464
Chained, 118
The Chief, 77
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County, 409
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble, 71
The Comic, 377, 407
Convict Women, 426
The County Chairman, 98, 118–19
The Courtship of Andy Hardy, 195, 197, 210–11, 223
Death on the Diamond, 118
The Devil Is a Sissy, 121–22
Donovan’s Kid, 453
Down the Stretch, 83, 123, 450, 553n3
Drive a Crooked Road, 315–16
Driving Me Crazy, 503–4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, xviii, 1–3, 14
80 Steps to Jonah, 377, 407
The Emperor of Peru, 453
Everything’s Ducky, 338, 371–72
Evil Roy Slade, 409–10
The Extraordinary Seaman, 376, 407
A Family Affair, 120, 124, 128, 131–37, 139–40
Fast Companions, 65, 70–71
Film Daily, 119
Find the Lady, 426
The Fireball, 302–3
The First of May, 486–87
The Fox and the Hound, 453
Francis in the Haunted House, 299, 329
Girl Crazy, xviii, 150, 152, 154, 223, 226, 241–42, 384
The Godmothers, 410
Half a Sinner, 78
The Healer, 119
He’s a Cockeyed Wonder, 303
Hide-Out, 84–85, 118
High Speed, 60, 67
Hollywood Blue, 409–10, 414
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, 365, 367, 375–76, 455
The Human Comedy, xviii, 14, 214, 223–24, 452
I Like It That Way, 78
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, 464
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 367, 371–75
Jaguar, 322
Journey Back to Oz, 426
Judge Hardy’s Children, 141, 164
Killer McCoy, 268, 274, 278–79
The Kindling, 60
King of the Roaring ’20s, 371
The Last Mile, 329
The Last Parade, 60
Leave ’Em Laughing, 453
The Legend of O. B. Taggart, 51
Life Begins for Andy Hardy, 150, 193
The Life of Jimmy Dolan, 77
Little Lord Fauntleroy, 121
Little Spies, 464
Love Birds, 78
Love Finds Andy Hardy, 150–51
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy, 279
Magnificent Roughnecks, 329
Manhattan Melodrama, 81–82, 85
The Manipulator, 409
Men of Boys Town, 161
Mickey’s Circus, 50–54, 56
Mickey’s Race, 51
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, xviii, 94–99, 100–101, 103, 117
My Kidnapper, My Love, 453
My Outlaw Brother, 310
My Pal, the King, 61
National Velvet, xviii, 223, 234, 450, 452
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed, 329
Night at the Museum, xviii, 5, 475–76, 497, 504–7
Not to Be Trusted, 38
Officer Thirteen, 71
Off Limits, 311
Operation Mad Ball, 298, 329–30
Orchids and Ermine, 39, 42, 67
Platinum High School, 329, 338, 367
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, 329, 338, 367–68
Pulp, 410
Quicksand, 234, 281, 287, 290–93
Rachel’s Man, 426
Reckless, 119
Reform School, 71
Requiem for a Heavyweight, xviii, 367, 372
The Return of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, 464
Richard, 410
Riffraff, 67, 120–21
The Secret Invasion, 350–51, 375
Skidoo, 376–77, 407
A Slight Case of Larceny, 302, 312, 415–16
Sound Off, 308–9, 311
Strike up the Band, 150, 152–53
The Strip, xviii, 297, 302, 308, 310–11
Summer Holiday, 259, 262–67, 274, 279
That’s Entertainment, 422, 426
Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry, 150–51, 450
Thousands Cheer, 150, 223, 228
24 Hours to Kill, 375
The Twinkle in God’s Eye, 322, 329
Upper World, 81
Words and Music, 150, 267, 279
The World Changes, 77
A Yank at Eaton, 122, 203, 209, 213, 223, 228
Young Tom Edison, 129, 223, 248, 275
You’re Only Young Once, 138–41, 144, 221
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1946, 263
—MARRIAGES
Ava Gardner, xiv–xv, 172, 177, 189–97, 201. See also Gardner, Ava
Ava Gardner, courtship, 154, 173–80
Ava Gardner, divorce, 216–19, 236
Ava Gardner, engagement, 180–89
Ava Gardner, marital troubles, 203–13
Ava Gardner, post-divorce, 228–29, 236, 239, 242–43, 257, 274, 315, 447–48
Ava Gardner, wedding/honeymoon, 190–92, 194–95, 211
Barbara Ann Thomason, xiii–xiv, 340, 342, 342, 347, 358–59
Barbara Ann Thomason, courtship, 344–45
Barbara Ann Thomason, marital troubles, 350–51, 354–56, 384
Betty Jane Rase, 238, 243–46, 255, 257–59, 273–74
Betty Jane Rase, courtship, 241–43
Betty Jane Rase, divorce, 268, 270–73, 285, 289
Betty Jane Rase, marital troubles, 260–62, 264–66
Carolyn Hockett, 415, 417, 420, 422, 479–80
Elaine Mahnken, 325–27
Elaine Mahnken, courtship, 324–25
Elaine Mahnken, divorce, 327–28, 342, 347–48
Elaine Mahnken, marital troubles, 343–44, 346–47
Jan Chamberlin, 7, 9–10, 12, 412, 427–28, 483–84
Marge Lane, 363, 403–7, 413–14
Martha Vickers, 7, 203, 287–90
Martha Vickers, courtship, 286–87
Martha Vickers, divorce, 307–9
Martha Vickers, marital troubles, 297, 299–301, 303–6
number of, xix
—RADIO, 266–67, 548
“The Hardy Family,” 284–85
Hollywood on the Air, 71
Hollywood Showcase, 280
Shorty Bell, 267, 279–80, 291
—STAGE, 547–48. See also Sugar Babies
appearance tours/dinner theater, 268–71, 273, 407–11, 416, 422–24, 436, 489
Flamingo hotel shows, 322
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 343, 351, 366, 378, 464–65
George M! 379, 407, 410
Hide and Seek, 410
in Las Vegas, 333–34, 336, 338, 378–79, 407
Lend Me a Tenor, 468
Let’s Put on a Show! 490, 500–501, 507–9
Mickey Rooney in Mickey Rooney, 465–66
Mickey Rooney’s Christmas Memories, 490
at Mickey Rooney’s Tabas Hotel, 408
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 85, 86–94, 105, 554n18
The Mind with the Naughty Man, 489
The Odd Couple, 379, 461
OK-USA, 246
The One Man, One Wife Show, 490
panto debut, 491–93
Rainbows, Witches and Ruby Red Slippers, 489–90
The Sunshine Boys, 46
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Three Goats and a Blanket, 410, 416, 420, 423–24, 433, 464
Two for the Show, 467
Up in Central Park, 246
W.C., 411
The Will Rogers Follies, 118, 319, 468–69
The Wizard of Oz, 489
—TV APPEARANCES, 539–47
The Adventures of the Black Stallion, 469–70, 484
Alcoa Premiere, 386
Arrest and Trial, 386
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, 386
Burke’s Law, 386
Checkmate, 385
Combat!, 386
Dan August, 410
Dateline Tokyo, 316–17
The Dick Powell Show, 386
ER, 486
Fol-de-Rol, 410
Frontier Circus, 386
The Fugitive, 387
Full House, 486
Garland’s TV series, 379–80
General Electric Theater, 385
The Golden Girls, 486
Hennesey, 385–86
Hey, Mulligan/The Mickey Rooney Show, 315, 317–22, 328, 338, 380
The Investigators, 386
The Jean Arthur Show, 387
Kraft Suspense Theatre, 386
The Love Boat, 486
The Lucy Show, 387
The Many Sides of Mickey Rooney, 385
Mickey, 380–81, 384–85
Mike Hammer, 486
Mr. Broadway, 379
Murder, She Wrote, 486
Naked City, 386
The Name of the Game, 410
Night Gallery, 410
Norm, 486
O’Malley, 486
One of the Boys, 454–56
Pete and Gladys, 386
Rawhide, 386
Return of the Original Yellow Tornado, 387–89
Revlon Revue, 385
The Rooneys, 502
Rudolph and Frosty, 454
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, 410, 454
The Simpsons, 486
Tonight show, 338–41
The Twilight Zone, 386
Wagon Train, 385
A Year at the Top, 454
The Year without a Santa Claus, 454
Rooney, Mickey, Jr. (né Joseph Yule III, MR’s son), 246, 253, 255, 257, 297, 330–31, 391–93, 424, 494, 515
Rooney, Theodore Michael (“Teddy”; MR’s son), 300
alcohol/drug abuse, 304, 391
as an actor, 332, 385, 391
birth/childhood, 303–4, 307–8
marriage/children, 516
musical talent, 391–93, 515–16
relationship with MR, 391, 516
Rooney, Timothy Hayes (“Timmy”; né Yule; MR’s son), 482
as an actor, 393–94
birth/childhood, 271–72
illness/death, 242, 390–91, 515
on The Mickey Mouse Club, 330
on MR and Carolyn, 420
musical talent, 331, 390–93, 515–16
relationship with MR, 297, 371, 381, 390, 510, 515
Rooney Brothers, 391–95, 515. See also Rooney, Mickey, Jr.; Rooney, Theodore Michael; Rooney, Timothy Hayes
Rooney Inc.
challenge to postwar MGM contract renewal, 248–51
establishment, 233–34
failure of, 293, 305
functions/investments, 234
Marsh on, 269
MR’s indebtedness to, 260, 262, 271, 291
Sam Stiefel’s management, 253, 255–57
Rooney v. Thomason, 416–17
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 199, 201
Rose, David, 154
Rosenstein, Sylvia, 324
Rosher, Charles, 264
Ross, Bruce, 496
Rothstein, Arnold (“the Brain”), 371
Rouverol, Aurania, 127. See also Skidding
Rowland, Roy, 278
Rudin, Scott, 316
Russell, Andy, 229, 253, 255
Russell, Jane, 409
Russell, Mavis, 286
Russell, Rosalind, 202
Rutherford, Ann, 133–34, 139, 156, 159, 331
Ryan, Meg, 20, 149, 454–55
Rydell, Bobby, 408
Sabini, Lou, 52–53, 58, 77, 153, 223, 449
Sabu (the Elephant Boy), 322
Sackter, Bill, 449, 456–59, 462
Saint James, Susan, 410
Salt, Waldo, 129
Salzburg Festival, 86
Santell, Al, 39
Sarnoff, David, 56–58
Saroyan, William, 223
satire, racial, 368–71
Saturday Evening Post, xiii–xiv
Savkovic, Dusan, 350
Schallert, Edwin, 36, 38, 385
Schallert, William, 36, 385, 528–29
Schary, Dore, 107, 160, 301–2, 331
Schenck, Nicholas, 108, 130, 162, 198–99, 210, 301, 517
Schlieske, Herm, 352–53, 355, 361
Schneider, Herbert J., 289
Schoenbaum, Charles Edgar, 264
Schoendienst, Red, 345
Schulberg, Budd, 184, 290
Scott, Douglas, 150
Sedgwick, Edward, 118
Seitz, George B., 123–24, 132, 136, 138, 141
Seligman, Selig, 380, 385
Selznick, David O., 81–84, 91, 94, 119, 121–22, 286, 329
Selznick, Myron, 45
Selznick International Pictures, 121
Semon, Larry, 53. See also McGuire series
Sennes, Frank, 338
Sennett, Mack, 45
Serling, Rod, 367, 372, 386, 410
Sevano, Nick
on Hyde, 290, 292
introduces MR to Vickers, 286
on MR’s lifestyle, 270, 297, 304
as MR’s manager, 281–82, 302, 307, 312, 316
on MR’s talent, 160
Shaffer, Paul, 454
Shakespeare, William. See A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shatner, William, 331–32, 351–52
Shaw, Artie, 257, 266
Shawn, Dick, 373–74
Shearer, Douglas, 132
Shepherd, Richard, 370
Sherlock Holmes series, 235
Sherman, Eddie, 229, 231
Shore, Dinah, 266
Shostak, Stuart, 377
Siegel, Benjamin (“Bugsy”), 116, 230, 249, 311, 333–35
Silver, Joel, 316
Silverman, Fred, 454
Silvers, Phil, 16, 164–65, 374
Simkins, Michael, 476
Simon, Neil, 28
Sinatra, Frank, 144
on The Dick Powell Show, 386
in Higher and Higher, 287
lifestyle, 485
marriage to Gardner, 312
on Mayer, 109
mob connections, 336
and Monroe, 292
on MR, 160
popularity, 266
Sinatra, Frank, Jr., 408
Sinclair, Ronald, 150
Singleton, Penny, 235
Sirmons, Paul, 486
Skelton, Red, 31
Skeritt, Tom, 410
Skidding (Rouverol), 124, 127–28, 130–33, 135
Skolsky, Sidney, 167, 240, 259
Sloan, Lloyd, 272
Smith, Alfred E., 29, 67
Smith, Douglas, 363
Smith, Mrs. (pseud.; MR’s mistress), 563n17
on MR’s death, 481
on MR’s depression, 309–10
on MR’s relationship with Garland, 156
on MR’s wives, 326–27, 479–80
relationship with MR, 477–81
Snell, David, 132
song-and-dance combinations, 148–49
Sothern, Ann, 118, 410
sound in movies, early, 53–54, 57–58
Spaar, David, 498
Spector, Phil, 390, 392
Spelling, Aaron, 316
Sperling, Milton, 411
Spielberg, Steven, 277
Stack, Robert, 261, 310
Stacy, James, 453
Stallone
, Sylvester, 285, 441
Stanwyck, Barbara, 386
Stapleton, Maureen, 386
Starr, Jimmy, 41–42, 60–61, 119–20
Stephens, Marvin, 57, 66
Steppe, Harry (né Abraham Stepner), 16–17, 22
Stern, David, 291
Stevens, Leslie, 351–52
Stewart, Eleanor, 169, 197
Stewart, James, 20, 202, 210, 286
Stiefel, Jay Robert, 231–32, 517
Stiefel, Samuel H.
background, 229
film-business aspirations, 231–32, 252, 293
home in Bel Air, 233
mob connections, 230, 233
and MR, 229–33, 235, 246
on MR and Betty Jane, 272
at MR and Martha’s wedding, 290
MR conned by, 256–57, 259, 277, 294
as MR’s business manager, 251–56, 258–59, 262, 267–68, 276, 278–84, 335. See also Rooney Inc.
MR’s split from, 290–93, 297, 518
parties hosted, 255
theaters built/owned, 229
wealth, 230
Stiller, Ben, 5, 504–6
Stompanato, Johnny, 116, 162–63
Stone, Lewis, 11, 125, 138–39, 141, 224–25, 284–85, 331–32
Storm, Tempest (pseud. of Anne Banks), 30, 311–12, 430
Strickling, Howard, 107
as a fixer, 114–16, 163, 168–69, 250
media/publicity controlled by, 119, 132, 162–63, 170–71, 266, 297. See also Peterson, Les
on MR, 135
on MR and Ava, 182–85, 190, 193–94, 210
strippers, 17, 30
Stritch, Elaine, 508
Stromberg, Hunt, 185–86
Stuart, Gloria, 78
Stuart, Jay, 448
Sugar Babies, 429, 465, 474
budget/production, 434–35
cast, 433–36
choice of title, 434
choreography, 434–35
MR recruited, 432–33
MR’s Broadway debut in, 411, 440
MR’s earnings from, 6, 442–43, 469, 484
MR’s triumph in, 419, 439–41, 446, 455–56
music, 433–34
success, 439–41, 446, 453, 462, 466
on tour, 439–40, 447–48, 469
Sullavan, Margaret, 20
Sullivan, Ed, 198, 338
Summerhays, Jane, 448
Summerville, Slim, 78
Sunrays, 392
Sutherland, Myrtle, 34–35
talkies, 53–54, 57–58
Taps, Jonie, 308, 311, 315
Tarr, Larry, 192–93
Tate, Sharon, 394
Taylor, Elizabeth, 268, 422
in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 332
in Lassie, Come Home, 129
and MR, 260–63, 265, 347, 413–14
in National Velvet, 223, 267
on radio, 267
sexual precociousness, 260–61
Taylor, Rip, 446, 474
Taylor, Samuel, 279
Teasdale, Veree, 102
Ted Healy and His Stooges, 70
television sponsors, 318–22, 328, 381
Temple, Shirley, 125
Thalberg, Irving, 94, 110, 128, 130, 210, 263
Thau, Benny, 185–87, 251–52, 267, 282, 331–32
Theilade, Nini, 91, 99
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