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Mickey Rooney: Sugar Babies
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Rooney continued to work on stage and television through the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the acclaimed stage play Sugar Babies with Ann Miller beginning in 1979. He starred in the long-running TV series The Adventures of the Black Stallion, reprising his role as Henry Daily from The Black Stallion film and toured Canada in a dinner theatre production of The Mind with the Naughty Man in the mid-1990s. He played The Wizard in a stage production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with Eartha Kitt at Madison Square Garden. Kitt was later replaced by Jo Anne Worley. He ... appeared in the documentary That's Entertainment! III.
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In the late '40s Rooney formed his own production company, but it was a financial disaster and he went broke. To pay off his debts, he was obliged to take a number of low-quality roles. By the mid-'50s, though, he had reinvented himself as an adult character actor, starring in a number of good films, including the title role in Baby Face Nelson (1957). Rooney continued to perform in both film, television, stage, and even dinner theater productions over the next four decades, and debuted on Broadway in 1979 with Sugar Babies. Although his screen work was relatively erratic during the '90s, he managed to lend his talents to diverse fare, appearing in both Babe: Pig in the City (1998) and the independent Animals (And the Tollkeeper) (1997).
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In 1979, Mickey achieved a new triumph, which took him to the cover of "Life" magazine, the starring role in the theatrical production of "Sugar Babies". The show ran successfully on Broadway for three years and had a record breaking eight-year run. In 1988, Mickey wowed London's West End audiences in "Sugar Babies".
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Rooney showed off his versatility, alternating between musicals and dramatic films through the 1950's. His major musicals, including Babes in Arms, Strike Up the Band, Babes on Broadway, and Girl Crazy, featured Rooney opposite the legendary Judy Garland. The success of the movies made Rooney and Garland a top romantic pairing in Hollywood.
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[I]n 1979, Rooney was back on stage in a big way, as the star of ''Sugar Babies," a Broadway hit that ran for three years. As his theatrical career was re-blossoming, Rooney won on Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1983.
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Rooney seldom talks about the low periods, preferring to dwell on the good times. Nominated four times for an Oscar, including his supporting role in 1979’s "The Black Stallion," he enjoyed a sensational seven-year run in theater’s "Sugar Babies" in the 1970s and ‘80s, and won an Emmy and Golden Globe for his portrayal of a mentally retarded man in the 1981 TV movie "Bill."
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