Mickey Rooney

We all grew up watching Mickey Rooney, in one way or another.  I have two major memories.  One is his work in "The Black Stallion", a film that came out when I was 5, and in which he figured prominently.  The other is as one of the ensemble in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, in which he played one of the desperate treasure hunters who ends up on a plane with a drunk pilot.  He was a great talent.  He started making movies at such a young age that he really was a final link to a bygone era.  Here are the words of the LA Times' Kenneth Turan:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-mickey-rooney-appreciation-20140408,0,4196162.story#axzz2yCxWDN5a