Hollywood
The studio portrait
Mickey Rooney in a studio publicity portrait.
Uncredited studio publicity photograph
Source record ↗THE ARCHIVE
The moments live on.
Photographs, performances, and stories from the Mickey Rooney archive.
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
A life in pictures.
Film
Mickey & Judy
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in a publicity photograph for Strike Up the Band (1940).
Uncredited publicity photograph
Source record ↗Film
The Andy Hardy years
Promotional artwork for Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940).
Uncredited promotional artwork
Source record ↗Wartime
Entertainment at the front
Mickey Rooney entertaining troops of the 44th Infantry Division in Kist, Germany, April 13, 1945.
T5c Louis Weintraub / US Army; National Archives, 111-SC-203412
Source record ↗Stage
Back to Broadway
Mickey Rooney with the cast of Sugar Babies, 1979.
Bernard Gotfryd / Library of Congress, LC-DIG-gtfy-03332
Source record ↗Film
An early screen credit
Advertisement for Orchids and Ermine in The Film Daily, March 4, 1927. The artwork features Colleen Moore; Rooney appears in the film.
First National Pictures / The Film Daily
Source record ↗Film
A different kind of role
Mickey Rooney and Jeanne Cagney in a publicity still for Quicksand (1950).
United Artists; photographer uncredited
Source record ↗Television
The television years
NBC publicity photograph for The Mickey Rooney Show (1954).
NBC Television; photographer uncredited
Source record ↗Later years
Mickey & Jan, 2000
Mickey and Jan Rooney attending a military concert in Beverly Hills, 2000.
Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service
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