Mickey and the late Robert Strauss clown around with a model DG-7 Geiger counter in this publicity still for Republic Pictures' 1954 sci-fi film "The Atomic Kid"
Posted on 09/23/2005 1:00:59 PM PDT by M. Espinola
What a talented guy he was-----thanks!
I agree. The only funny guy on the scene today who is competent at more serious stuff is Steve Martin.
Nell Carter? Wasn't she an African-American actress of the loudmouthed, large girthed variety?
If you remember Jerry Lewis in "King of Comedy" with Robert DeNiro, he portrayed a real jerk very convincingly. So much so that I suspect he was playing himself.
People who know him personally also know him to be a pompous ass...little man syndrome.
Yep I remember it well and yes he was very good doing that serious role. That movie was supposed to star Johnny Carson and probably would have been even better if Johnny was in it!
And yes, I suspect Lewis was playing himself. For years people had insinuated that his 'Buddy Love' character was an extended rip on Dean Martin. Years later Lewis said in an interview that it wasn't true, that the basis for Buddy Love was himself when he was at his absolute worst.
Lewis takes a lot of heat but I always liked his movies. I suspect he is a dreadful person to work with and be around.
Mickey and the late Robert Strauss clown around with a model DG-7 Geiger counter in this publicity still for Republic Pictures' 1954 sci-fi film "The Atomic Kid"
Thanks for the info. I had forgotten what show it was but now I remember it was "The Naked City".
Thanks...I love these old movie/movie star threads, some real knowledgeable folks.... Is there a "ping" list?
Yes indeed!
"He's a bit angry these days, mostly at what has happened to his old industry. He is embittered at how they treat religious people, and how spoiled and self-righteous the new generation of Hollywood is."
Mickey is right on target. Look at him in Andy Hardy having those father & son talks with Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), in relation to the absolute trash pushed on the American public today. I don't blame him for being ticked off.
The only thing the leftist media types understand is a sharp tongue. That crowd would instinctively hate Mickey since he played so many wholesome real American parts.
I was impressed that he was at Reagan's funeral in California. Was also shocked to see Scott Bao there as well.
It's a good question on a ping list. I am not sure.
How could his marriages to Rase and Gardner overlap?
Mickey Rooney, born September 23, 1920
Nell Carter, born September 13, 1948.
-Dan
Nice touch. It really was amazing at how teary-eyed people got over a man who died in his 90s. It seems like years ago that all those folks lined up in DC and California just to walk by his coffin.
Do you know if it's possible to buy a DVD of all the Reagan funeral coverage?
In Bud and Lou's "Pardon My Sarong" the boys were pursued by Demarest as bus-company troubleshooter 'Kendall'.
Can you imagine the Bermuda suspect and his judge father having an "Andy Rooney" moment?
"Say, pop. What if you accidentally murdered a vacationing coed and still had her body in the rumble seat of the DeSoto?"
Nell Carter was very talented. She was great on Broadway in 'Ain't Misbehavin' also doing TV's "Gimme a Break!".
She struggled with diabetes over the years and had a brain aneurysm in the 1990s and passed away far too young in 2003.
Typo. I think the Gardner marriage ended in '43.
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