Mickey Rooney

black and white image from the 1931 film

TCM Marks 90th Anniversary of Hollywood’s ‘Hays Code’ With Special Lineups in July 2024

Implemented July 1, 1934, and replaced by the modern rating system in 1968, the Hays Code impacted most films made during Hollywood’s golden age.
image of the MGM studio's opening logo during the 1950s, featuring the lion roaring in the center of a circle, around which reads:

TCM Celebrates MGM’s 100th Anniversary in April 2024

The legendary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio was founded a century ago, on April 17, 1924. Turner Classic Movies is celebrating each Monday in April 2024 with daylong lineups of legendary MGM films from across the various decades of its existence.
PINOCCHIO, from left: Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio, 1940

The Best & Worst of ‘Pinocchio’s’ Adventures

Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ hit the big screen on February 23, 1940, the amount of adaptations since are longer than his nose.
THE BIG SLEEP, from left: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, 1946

Hollywood’s Most Famous & Scandalous Couples of the Golden Age

In Tinseltown, Sometimes The Real Heat Begins After The Director Yells “Cut!”
American actor Mickey Rooney and his first wife American actress Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990) shortly before their wedding, January 1942.

The Many Wives of Film Star Mickey Rooney

The ‘Girl Crazy’ actor had 8 wives total, some with controversy and one recently died.
Mickey Rooney and Kelly Reno The Black Stallion (1979)

TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar: ‘The Black Stallion’ and Other Animal-Themed Films

The March 15 evening lineup also includes Born Free (1966), Lassie Come Home (1943), National Velvet (1944) and Sounder (1972).