Mickey Rooney
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Language
English
Description
Dan is a nice guy who needs $20 for a hot date with a waitress. He sneaks the sum from his boss, intending to pay it back later by collecting from a buddy who owes him. The friend never makes good on the money, so Dan pulls a small con for the cash. However, this petty crime lands Dan in hot water, and he finds himself committing a more serious transgression to buy his way out of trouble.
2) Quicksand
Author
Language
English
Description
After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.
Author
Language
English
Description
In The Big Wheel, Mickey Rooney plays Billy Coy, a garage mechanic who matriculates into a champion race-car driver. On the way to the top, he steps on friends and foes alike. He even manages to briefly alienate his saintly mother (Spring Byington). The cocky Coy eventually kills another racer when he forgets that gas and alcohol don't mix. It takes some doing, but Billy finally redeems himself. The climax blends stock footage of the Indianapolis...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Join master of mystery Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) as he invites you into the transfixing world of fantasy, horror and science fiction. In its third and final season, Serling once again presents stories that still leave an undeniable chill, filled with restless spirits, murderous spouses and unidentified terrors that go bump in the night.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. As a last resort, Larry applies for a job as a night shift security guard at the American Museum of Natural History. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse causes the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life at night.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Holly Golightly is a carefree New York playgirl who is scouring Manhattan looking for a suitable millionaire to marry. However, when Paul Varjak, a struggling young writer, moves into her apartment building, she becomes interested in him. Paul gets swept into Holly's dizzying, delightfully unstructured lifestyle.
9) Riffraff
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
A fisherman and a cannery worker fall in love, but their life thereafter is hardly idyllic.
12) Reckless
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A Broadway star married for love. The tabloids say she murdered for money. ... [Jean Harlow] plays musical star Mona Leslie, the bride of a champagne-stewed blueblood. When he blows his brains out, Mona is suspected of his murder, igniting a media frenzy"--Container.
14) Classic duets
Author
Publisher
BFD
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Judy Garland Duets is a collection of archival performances from the 1960s CBS Judy Garland television series.
Author
Language
English
Description
This feature documentary takes a look at the phenomenon that is "The Wizard of Oz" using clips and interviews with such celebrities as Tommy Tune, Joan Leslie, Mickey Rooney, Dom DeLuise, Joel Grey, as well as three of the original munchkins from the classic 1939 film and its producer Mervyn LeRoy. THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD AND BEYOND tells the complete history of THE WIZARD OF OZ story, highlighting some of the earliest stage and screen adaptations....
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Series
Mike Hammer Private Eye volume 11
Language
English
Description
It's a rough night at the table for Mike and some of his buddies on poker night. A wild card named Angel thinks he's getting hustled and tries his luck by pulling a gun on Hammer. After the last hand, the night turns to threats, theft, and even murder. Mike looks for suspects and an alibi while Barry Lawrence harasses him, Skip Gleason, and his other friends with a new scorched-earth policy against gambling.