''Mickey's Eleven'' is a 1927
silent short film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
in
Larry Darmour
Lawrence J. Darmour (1895–1942) was an American film producer, operator of Larry Darmour Productions from 1926, and a significant figure in Hollywood's low-budget production community.
Career
Darmour was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. Aft ...
's ''
Mickey McGuire'' series starring a young
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...
. Directed by
Albert Herman
Albert Herman (1887–1958) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Herman was a prolific director, working mainly on low-budget movies for companies such as Producers Releasing Corporation. He is sometimes credited as Al Herman.
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, the two-reel short was released to theaters in November 1927 by
FBO.
Synopsis
Mickey and the Scorpions play a game of football against Stinky Davis and his team.
Notes
An edited version was released to television in the 1960s as a part of the ''Those Lovable Scallawags with Their Gangs'' series.
Cast
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Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...
- Mickey McGuire
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Jimmy Robinson - Hambone Johnson
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Delia Bogard - Tomboy Taylor
*Unknown - Katrinka
*Paul Gudelj - Stinky Davis
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Kendall McComas - Scorpions member
*Albert Schaefer - Chubby scorpions member
External links
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1927 films
1927 comedy films
American black-and-white films
Mickey McGuire short film series
1927 short films
Silent American comedy short films
1920s American films
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