MICKEY ROONEY JR. - CONTRACT SIGNED 11/01/1951 - HFSID 255742

MICKEY ROONEY
Mickey Rooney signs a contract to have the William Morris Agency to represent him for three years.
Contract signed: "Mickey Rooney", 1p, 8½x13. Beverly Hills, California, 1951 November 1. Rooney retains the William Morris Agency as his exclusive agent for three years, beginning 1952 February 20. Mickey Rooney, born in 1920, 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 creased at edges. File and staple holes at upper border. Otherwise, fine condition.