''Stablemates'' is a 1938 American
sports
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Sam Wood
Samuel Grosvenor Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as ''A Night at the Opera (film), A Night at the Opera'', ''A Day at the Races (fi ...
and starring
Wallace Beery and
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 ...
.
Plot
Aspiring
jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used ...
Mickey idolizes hard-drinking former veterinarian Tom Terry, who shares advice about horses with Mickey. Tom tries to focus and collect his thoughts to perform a delicate operation on Mickey's beloved horse Lady-Q.
Cast
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Wallace Beery as Doc Tom Terry
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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 ...
as Mickey
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Arthur Hohl as Mr. Gale
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Margaret Hamilton as Beulah Flanders
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Minor Watson as Barney Donovan
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Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Shepherd
*Oscar O'Shea as Pete Whalen
See also
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List of films about horse racing
References
External links
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1938 films
1930s sports drama films
American black-and-white films
American sports drama films
Films directed by Sam Wood
Films produced by Harry Rapf
American horse racing films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films with screenplays by Richard Maibaum
1938 drama films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
Films about veterinarians
English-language sports drama films
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