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Rip Mickey Rooney
Passed away at the age of 93
Just seen a photo of him with Ava Gardner - how strange to think they were ever married
Just seen a photo of him with Ava Gardner - how strange to think they were ever married
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/we just have Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Doris Day./
don't leave out the lovely Luise Rainer
the first actor to win an Oscar two years running and still going song at 104
http:// www.imd b.com/n ame/nm0 707023/ ?ref_=n v_sr_3
don't leave out the lovely Luise Rainer
the first actor to win an Oscar two years running and still going song at 104
http://
/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.
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.