MICKEY ROONEY - DOCUMENT SIGNED 10/30/1939 - HFSID 48473

MICKEY ROONEY
Mickey Rooney signs a document giving his permission to use his doodle and name in a daily newspaper in 1939.
Document signed: "Mickey Rooney", 8½x11. No place, 1939 October 30. In letter form to Miss Dorothy Hoffman, New York City, New York. In full: "You have my permission to use, without charge, my doodle and my name, and a favorable analysis made from my doodle, in your daily newspaper feature series entitled Doodlegrams, for purposes of trade. I understand that a doodle analysis will be offered that public so that they may see in what way their personality traits resemble or parallel the outstanding people of the day. the (sic) same to be offered for a small fee to cover the cost of handling." Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) was the son of vaudevillians who put him into their act when he was 15 months old. He debuted onscreen in the silent short Not to Be Trusted in 1926 at the age of six. In 1998, 72 years later, Rooney appeared in Babe: Pig in the City and a later film, The Fighting Temptations, was released in 2003. During the course of his career, Rooney received four Academy Award nominations: two for Best Actor (Babes in Arms, 1939; The Human Comedy, 1943) and two for Best Supporting Actor (The Bold and the Brave, 1956; The Black Stallion, 1979). He was awarded special Oscars in 1938 "for significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as a juvenile player setting a high standard of ability and achievement" and in 1982 "in recognition of his 60 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances". Rooney, who also won a Golden Globe Best Actor award for his performance in the TV movie, Bill, starred in 16 films as Andy Hardy, the wise-cracking son of a small-town judge, from 1937 to 1958. He made his debut on Broadway in 1979, receiving a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actor for the musical Sugar Babies. Lightly toned at left edge. Light surface creases. Stray ink mark on right margin. Soiled on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.