If you want to see a very young Mickey Rooney acting like a tiny mob boss, this is for you. Honestly, most people today will probably find it too loud and a bit much. It is 1930, so the audio is... well, it is crunchy. You can hear the hiss of the early sound equipment over every shout. Mickey plays Mickey McGuire he...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"If you want to see a very young Mickey Rooney acting like a tiny mob boss, this is for you. Honestly, most people today will probably find it too loud and a bit much. It is 1930, so the audio is... well, it is crunchy. You can hear the hiss of the early sound equipment over every shout. Mickey plays Mickey McGuire here. He has this gang called the Scorpions. They basically spend eighteen minutes yelling and building things out of actual trash. It is a very specific kind of energy that you do n..."
E.V. Durling, Fontaine Fox
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