Mickey's Minstrels is a 1934 short film in Larry Darmour's Mickey McGuire series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Jesse Duffy, the two-reel short was released to theaters on January 11, 1934, by Post Pictures Corp.
Synopsis Mickey and the Gang help cheer up Jimmy, a little sick boy, by giving him a puppy that they found. Unknown to the kids, the puppy actually belongs to Stinkie Davis. Stinkie and his father make the kids pay $10.00 in order to make up for the stolen puppy. The kids build a big grinding organ, with Mickey acting as the organ grinder, and Billy acting as the monkey. Later, the kids put on a minstrel show in a local talent contest.
Cast In Order by Credits: Mickey Rooney - Mickey McGuire Douglas Scott - "Stinkey" Davis Marvin Stephens - "Katrink" Billy Barty - Billy McGuire (Mickey's Little Brother) Jimmie Robinson - "Hambone" Johnson Shirley Jeane Rickert - "Tomboy" Taylor Robert McKenize - Grocery Man (uncredited) Spencer Bell - Frightened Man (uncredited)
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