Get Free eBook Sample
Dominique Botha grew up on the farm Rietpan in the Viljoenskroon district of the Free State. She is a member of the Pirogue Collective and serves on the board of the Africa Centre and Yellowwoods Arts Trust, organisations that promote and support artistic endeavours in a broad range of fields. She earned her Masters in Creative Writing at Wits University. She lives in Johannesburg with her husband Adi and their four children.
The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney
eBook
$14.99
-
ISBN-13:
9781501100987
- Publisher: Gallery Books
- Publication date: 10/20/2015
- Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 624
- Sales rank: 238,145
- File size: 36 MB
- Note: This product may take a few minutes to download.
Available on NOOK devices and apps
Want a NOOK? Explore Now
14.99
In Stock
A definitive biography of the iconic actor and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and his extravagant, sometimes tawdry life, drawing on never-before-seen excerpts from Rooney’s diary and exclusive interviews with Mickey, and with those who knew him best, including his heretofore unknown mistress of sixty years.
“I lived like a rock star,” said Mickey Rooney. “I had all I ever wanted, from Lana Turner and Joan Crawford to every starlet in Hollywood, and then some. They were mine to have. Ava [Gardner] was the best. I screwed up my life. I pissed away millions. I was #1, the biggest star in the world.”
Mickey Rooney began his career almost a century ago as a one-year-old performer in burlesque and stamped his mark in vaudeville, silent films, talking films, Broadway, and television. He acted in his final motion picture just weeks before he died at age ninety-three. He was an iconic presence in movies, the poster boy for American youth in the idyllic small-town 1930s. Yet, by World War II, Mickey Rooney had become frozen in time. A perpetual teenager in an aging body, he was an anachronism by the time he hit his forties. His child-star status haunted him as the gilded safety net of Hollywood fell away, and he was forced to find support anywhere he could, including affairs with beautiful women, multiple marriages, alcohol, and drugs.
In The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, authors Richard A. Lertzman and William J. Birnes present Mickey’s nearly century-long career within the context of America's changing entertainment and social landscape. In addition to material from Mickey’s own diary, they chronicle his life story using little-known interviews with the star himself, his children, his former coauthor Roger Kahn, collaborator Arthur Marx, and costar Margaret O’Brien. This Old Hollywood biography presents Mickey Rooney from every angle, revealing the man Laurence Olivier once dubbed “the best there has ever been.”
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
-
- My Father's Daughter: A…
- by Tina SinatraJeff Coplon
-
- The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The…
- by Devin McKinney
-
- Elizabeth Taylor: The Last…
- by Kitty Kelley
-
- Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir
- by Joel Grey
-
- In Spite of Myself
- by Christopher Plummer
-
- Hellraisers: The Life and…
- by Robert Sellers
-
- The Girl Who Walked Home Alone…
- by Charlotte Chandler
-
- Seven Dirty Words: The Life…
- by James Sullivan
-
- The Hustons: The Life and…
- by Lawrence Grobel
-
- A Carlin Home Companion:…
- by Kelly Carlin
-
- American Legends: The Life of…
- by Charles River Editors
-
- Considering Doris Day: A…
- by Tom Santopietro
-
- I'm Hosting as Fast as I…
- by Tom Bergeron
-
- Sinatra and the Jack Pack: The…
- by Michael SheridanDavid Harvey
-
- Not the Girl Next Door: Joan…
- by Charlotte Chandler
-
- Hopper: A Journey into the…
- by Tom Folsom
