Sacrificing itself this time around to
Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions is the 1950 film ...
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... as opposed to slowsand, or even kind-of-fast sand. |
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Our hero is Mickey Rooney, as a short-but-honest auto
mechanic. It's the perfect job for him -- he doesn't need
a grease rack to get under the car! |
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One day Mickey is at the diner with future Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd
when something catches his attention -- |
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It is his dream girl -- a woman who looks just like
James Cagney in drag! |
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Upstaged by the innuendo on a lousy box of candy,
Mickey nevertheless asks female James Cagney out on a date... |
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...where he learns that she has very expensive tastes. |
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This causes Mickey to leave his old
girlfriend, Liv Tyler, behind ... |
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... and embark on a life of petty theft.
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Mickey's crime spree involves buying a watch on time
(Ha ha! See what I did there?) and then hocking it. |
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And he also holds up a guy just because he
doesn't like straw hats. |
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This gets him mixed up with female James Cagney's old
boss, Ugarte from "Casablanca," who has returned from
the dead to run a penny arcade on the Santa Monica pier. |
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He and Mickey become fast friends ... |
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... but Mickey draws the line at playing peek-a-boo, so
Ugarte blackmails him over the straw hat guy robbery. |
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Now Mickey is really in a spot. He has to steal a
car for Ugarte AND buy him a straw hat. His nerves are on edge. |
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This leads to a tense meeting with the boss. |
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Happily, Mickey is shot by the cops and
reunites with Liv Tyler.
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Then he realizes his father-in-law will be Steven Tyler,
and he starts thinking about female James Cagney again. |
Ha ha! I love this one! Jeanne Cagney does look an awful look like James, and it took me several minutes to get past this when I first saw the film.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Are you on Twitter? I have been posting links to some of your posts on Twitter, but don't have your handle so I haven't notified you...
Yes, I am on Twitter at @incredibleinman. Thanks for posting the links and thanks for the comments! Happy new year!
DeleteThat was hilarious, David.
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