Brilliant as Mr Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Nowadays, one or two whingers grumble about the inappropriate Japanese stereotyping. But, at the time, it was light hearted, innocent, affectionate, and superbly and hilariously performed by MR.
actually, the Variety review at the time - I just happen to have a copy to hand, as one does - says Rooney's performance in Breakfast at Tiffany's is "unnecessarily incongruous", with which I agree.
He's great in Pulp, though.
He said "I've been working all my life, but it seems longer."
Emmie, how can you even put Mickey Rooney and Bruce Forsyth in the same sentence (well you didn't actually) but you seemed to be comparing them. One a star, the other a has been.
/Are there any of the present day 'super stars' that can compete with these great stars of the past? /
Clearly the likes of Rooney and Garland came from a totally different environment based on vaudevillian/variety traditions.
And the movies they worked in were very different too.
And they were exceptions. Then as now, most screen performers specialised in just one area.
Today, people like Chris Walken and Hugh Jackman come from a musical theatre background of course and are talented singers and dancers, but I'm not sure we lose anything much today having great screen actors who can't play the drums.
maggie, perhaps you are not old enough to remember him on the Sunday night at the London Palladium, he was a wonderful all round entertainer.
I wasn't referring to now, besides Rooney hadn't worked in musicals for years,