Mickey Rooney

SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN, from left: Tanta Kringle, Kris Kringle, The Kringle Elves, 1970

When is ‘Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town’ Airing This Year?

This Mickey Rooney classic will play on network TV only once this season.

THE GOLDEN GIRLS, Estelle Getty, Mickey Rooney, Rue McClanahan, Betty White, Bea Arthur, 'Larceny and Old Lace' (Season 3, epis. #321, aired February 27, 1988) 1985-92

7 Surprising ‘Golden Girls’ Guest Stars You Probably Forgot

George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Burt Reynolds and many others made a trip down to Miami.

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Why Weren’t Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers in the Very First Episode of ‘All in the Family’?

The legendary comedy wasn’t a hit from the start.

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Have You Ever Heard of the Juvenile Oscar? All About the Discontinued Award Shirley Temple Once Won

This rare award was only given out a dozen times in Oscar history.

Elizabeth Taylor (seated at a table on left) and Mickey Rooney (to her left, on right of photo) in a scene from

Weekly Wayback: Pop-Culture Anniversaries for Jan. 25-31, 2025

Movies, TV, music and more celebrating notable anniversaries the week of Jan. 25-31, 2025, including “National Velvet,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “We Are the World,” “Before Sunrise” and others.

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Day-by-Day Guide to TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar 2025

Check out all of the films, categories and stars featured during the 2025 installment of Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar.

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Mickey Rooney, TCM’s Star of the Month

The Hollywood icon had a legendary career … and a legendary love life.

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Free! Printable Daily Turner Classic Movies December 2024 Schedule Plus Star of the Month!

Mickey Rooney is Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month for December 2024.

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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).