Mickey's Medicine Man (1934) | Mickey Rooney Jimmy Robinson

Mickey's Medicine Man 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 May 18, 1934 by Post Pictures Corp. It was the last film in the Mickey McGuire series.
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After Hambone's Uncle Nemo gets in a car accident, the kids decide to take over his taxi cab service. After accidentally wrecking Nemo's taxi, the kids decide to raise money by creating medicine, and putting on a medicine show. - Wikipedia
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[@mikekennedy4572]

Wow, I never knew Mickey Rooney made shorts like this. This is the first time I have seen this. It was also interesting to see a young Billy Barty playing Mickey's little brother.

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

Billy Barty was also in silent era mickey mcguire shorts

[@LandondeeL]

The Mickey McGuire films were Mickey Rooney's greatest achievement. Not even the Andy Rooney films come close.

[@fiscer247]

Andy Hardy

[@rozferrell1838]

I like the respectful way he speaks to everyone

[@tangie7]

This was good I always did like Mickey Rooney ...reminds me of The Little Rascals

[@rozferrell1838]

I never saw this before. Mickey is a favorite of mine and all the other little actors are so cute

[@herbertstokes2046]

Once again my sister u have bought joy to my soul. I never saw this one. it will be a Gem added to my African American media collection

[@oldschoolmuscle4436]

Mickey sure had some presence even back then.

[@Flowerchild778]

He'd already been acting for 6 yrs or better

[@triumphmanful]

Billy Barty was the little guy with the blond hair . He was a midget and very strong. He was a lot older than those kids. He was in time bandits and was great at his craft .

[@Riogi]

Look how children of different shades of melanin are playing together. This warms my heart.

[@Kray21]

Thx for posting!... I actually lol, good distraction after a rough shift at the hospital.

[@Mia-rb5lj]

Stephanie Ivory Thank you for working with the virus going around. Please stay safe, and I am pray to Father GOD for your protection.

[@bernardbarker5424]

LOL! Poor old Mickey was a good actor even as a kid, but I don't think he grew any taller than he was in this movie!!! LOL

[@carebear67street3]

Lol... looks that way

[@matrox]

He was 5'3 but his sons were over 6'.

[@kingporter67]

Excellent 1934 short subject treasured film!!

[@kraken138]

It's great to finally see one of these. I'm a big fan of Mickey Rooney, and it's fun to see him as a kid.,

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Mick was already 14 in this short, but looked much younger.

[@lee-lee2418]

and Billy Barty is adorable 🥰

[@willstarsiak8332]

Hilarious and funnier than the majority of modern comedy movies

[@Yasyyyyy]

YesLOL

[@hankterreros223]

Thanks for a great upload.

[@jimboy419]

These early films had a lot more black actors than later on in the 40s and 50s. Or at least this film did.

[@Retiredman.]

Looks like uncle Nemo was taken to the colored hospital

[@Code3forever]

Billy Barty started off young in the business. I met him in the early 60s when he had the Billy Barty Show on TV in LA. I was in the audience on the stage. I met him again 30 or years later at St. Vincent's Medical Center in LA. We were in the elevator together and he could not reach the button to his floor so I pushed it. How hard it must be for little people. Billy was a good actor. I also liked how the kids got along well with each other as far as race is concerned. Hospitals then were segregated I guess. Nice short film and comical. People needed laughter during the depression.

[@meliodaswraith8469]

Wtf did i just watch 😂😂

[@felinefokus]

😂😂😂 this is why I typically watch children's films. Because children have tenacity, so determined and filled with imagination and they believe in their creative ideas. 🌄🏞🦋🙏🌻 But most importantly *#TheyBelieveInThemselves* Adult films are the opposite so uninspiring because life has pushed out all their magic.

[@kraken138]

Though, Mickey Rooney still had the same tenacity into his 90s

[@Gregory_TheWatchman]

@3:04...Similarity to the car wreck scene in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" which later starred Rooney...lol

[@mariammartinez5151]

I grew up, watching those fun movies, they're funny..off Broadway!!!

[@Yasyyyyy]

Isso me fez rir de diversas formas. Esse curta é ótimo! É estranho e ao mesmo tempo fabuloso, o fato de podermos assistir algo de 1934 em 2022 com exato 88 anos de diferença…

[@janeporter818]

Very nice

[@ignorecorporatenews]

Billy Barty toured as a featured comedic performer for many years when he was an adult with the Spike Jones Band / Orchestra.

[@stevecrow7020]

Gee Wally that was swell.🤣😂

[@africanamerican1818]

All day outside capers and adventures. Them was the real gheto youngins back then. It's been said that Eddie Rochester developed his signature hoarse voice, from selling newspapers as a child of early 1900s Seattle. They would yell *EXTRA EXTRA - READ ALL ABOUT IT,* as folks walked past.

[@lineartechbd1600]

Am I the only one wondering if the kid who threw the other kid in the barrel is actually a grown man dwarf?

[@cmorestuff898]

Billy Barty was a dwarf. Thank you for your viewing support. Peace and Blessings!!!

[@jessicahill6418]

LoL i knew it No way that was real

[@SuperIliad]

Broadway Bill, released 27 December 1934 (USA). Warner Baxter as Dan Brooks; Myrna Loy as Alice Higgins - aka The Princess; Walter Connolly as J.L. Higgins; Helen Vinson as Margaret; Douglass Dumbrille (as Douglas Dumbrille) as Eddie Morgan; Raymond Walburn as Col. Pettigrew; Lynne Overman as Oscar 'Happy' McGuire; Clarence Muse as Whitey; Margaret Hamilton as Edna; Frankie Darro as Ted Williams; George Cooper as Joe; George Meeker as Henry Early; Jason Robards Sr. (as Jason Robards) Arthur Winslow; Ed Tucker as Jimmy Baker; Edmund Breese, Presiding Judge; Broadway Bill as Broadway Bill; Sam Flint, Racetrack Official; Helene Millard as Mrs. Arthur Winslow; Harry Holman, Racetrack Rube; Charles Lane, Morgan's Henchman; Ward Bond, Morgan's Henchman; Harry Todd as Pop Jones; Charles C. Wilson as Collins; Paul Harvey as James Whitehall; Claude Gillingwater as J.P. Chase; Clara Blandick as Mrs. Peterson; Ernie Adams, Patient in Wheelchair; Robert Allen, Reporter; Herbert Ashley, Racetrack Spectator; Irving Bacon, Hamburger Stand Owner; Lucille Ball, Blonde Telephone Operator; Henry A. Barrows, Governor; Brooks Benedict (undetermined role); Herman Bing, Waiter; James Blakeley, Intern; Sammy Blum, Racing Fan; Stanley Blystone, Jailer; Symona Boniface (undetermined role); Joe Bordeaux Sidney Bracey, Higgins' 2nd Butler; James Bradbury Jr., Bettor on Broadway Bill; Harry C. Bradley, Morgan's Bookkeeper; Charles Brinley, Racing Fan; Ethel Bryant (undetermined role); Edmund Burns (undetermined role); Patricia Caron (undetermined role); Helene Caverly, Nurse; Anna Chandler (undetermined role); Eddy Chandler, Racetrack Onlooker; Irene Coleman, Nurse; Heinie Conklin, Bettor on Broadway Bill; Gino Corrado, Bookie on Phone; Tom Costello (undetermined role); Inez Courtney, Nurse Mae; Edith Craig (undetermined role); Phyllis Crane (undetermined role); Kernan Cripps, Racing Secretary's Guard; Beatrice Curtis (undetermined role); J. Gunnis Davis (undetermined role); Sidney De Gray (undetermined role); John Webb Dillion (undetermined role); Harry Dunkinson (undetermined role); Bobby Dunn (undetermined role); Janet Eastman (undetermined role); Elinor Fair (undetermined role); Helen Flint as Mrs. Henry Early; Bess Flowers, Secretary; Christian J. Frank, Sheriff; Otto Fries, Waiter; Bruce Gailbraith, Jockey; Gladys Gale, Head Nurse; Dick Gordon (undetermined role); Carmen Gould (undetermined role); Maurine Gray (undetermined role); Harrison Greene (undetermined role); Kit Guard, Cab Driver; Alan Hale, Orchestra Leader; Adalyn Hall (undetermined role); Sherry Hall, Morgan's Henchman; Forrester Harvey as Bradshaw; Ara Haswell, Nurse; Sam Hayes, Race Track Announcer (voice); A.R. Haysel as Mike; Richard Heming (undetermined role); Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian (undetermined role); Ruth Hiatt, Telephone Operator; Frank Holliday, Deputy Sheriff; Harry Hume (undetermined role); John Ince, Mayor; Paul Irving (undetermined role); William Irving (undetermined role); John Irwin (undetermined role); Alfred P. James as Mel; Eddie Kane, Racetrack Official; Edward Keane, Headwaiter; Harry Keaton (undetermined role); Jack Kenney, Railbird; Charles King, Betting Parlor Window Man; Richard Kipling (undetermined role); Alice Lake (undetermined role); W.E. Lawrence (undetermined role); Ila Lee, Nurse; Peggy Leon (undetermined role); P.H. Levy, Bearded Man; Marvin Loback (undetermined role); Stanley Mack, Racetrack Tout; Jerry Mandy, Man on telephone; Herman Marks (undetermined role); Tony Martelli (undetermined role); Betty May, Nurse; Kay McCoy (undetermined role); Philo McCullough, Morgan Henchman; Larry McGrath (undetermined role; Gene McKay (undetermined role); Robert McKenzie, Man in Barbershop; Tony Merlo, Barber; John Merton, Morgan's Henchman; Charles Middleton, Veterinarian; Frank Mills (undetermined role); Ruth Milo (undetermined role); Bert Moorhouse (undetermined role); Pat Moriarity, Mike; George Morrell (undetermined role); Jack Mulhall (undetermined role); Louis Natheaux, Morgan's Henchman; Frank O'Connor, Reporter; Spec O'Donnell, Higgins Flunky; Dennis O'Keefe (undetermined role); Pat O'Malley, Morgan Bookie on Phone; Evelyn Pierce (undetermined role); Dick Prichard (undetermined role); Arthur Rankin (undetermined role); Tom Ricketts as Johnson; Don Roberts (undetermined role); Ky Robinson, Deputy Sheriff; Rita Ross, Nurse; Matty Roubert (undetermined role); Dixie Russell (undetermined role); Robert Ryan (undetermined role); Harry Schultz, Bettor; Harry Semels, Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill; Kay Sherris (undetermined role); Reginald Simpson (undetermined role); Oscar Smith, Bootblack; Joan Standing, Brooks' Phone Operator; Sue Stevens (undetermined role); William H. Strauss, Pawnbroker; Eddie Sturgis (undetermined role); Richard Sumner, Reporter; Ethel Sykes (undetermined role); Bob Tansill, Whitehall's Jockey; Billie Van Every (undetermined role); Emmett Vogan, Betting Parlor Operator; Catherine Wallace (undetermined role); Fred Walton, Butler; Lillian West (undetermined role); Robert Whitney, Race Track Tout; Lee Willard (undetermined role); Frank Yaconelli, Spaniard.

[@minkekx]

13:34 I feel you bro 🤣👌🏾

[@f19851000]

5:05 that's my dawg🤣🤣

[@VeganRashad]

Wow

[@semomabroo3902]

Nice

[@arthurwatt5162]

Like the little rascals. Mickey Rooney was short but he was paired with many starlits like Judy garland.

[@malaika444]

💕

[@richardvessels459]

This is just like the one very similar to the Little Rascals or Our Gang.

[@matrox]

9:45 Its got crack in it.

[@JENDALL714]

I used to work with a guy who served with Mickey Rooney during the war, he said Mickey drank a lot and would tell them about all the girls he did in Hollywood.

[@geminithehoodlum9882]

Oh,that little strong kid is actor Billy Barty,he was 10 years old here

[@bOmBAsTiK]

Little Rascals rip-off lmao 😂😂😂

[@DeeNice681]

The Little Rascals didn't want Mickey, so he got his own movie series.

[@Themaddprof]

Yes, but one of the better low budget copycat rascals.

[@mr1982freeze]

Lol they were some little gangsters lol,kids those days had to get it on there own,so they had to be grown early .....& they didnt really have the BLACKS talking all slow & lazy,that was shocking...

[@Colegatez]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bgbraz]

"Feets you show is gittiin cooled off now!" They just replaced slow and lazy speech with full fledged buffoonery. Usually dig the selections here, this was a miss.

[@beaux1]

@@bgbraz still an accurate representation of southern dialect at the time. Though it's not ALL we are, let's not ignore apart of our history and appreciate the whole of who we are. Every movie and show featured on this channel is a WIN for black people and black history.

[@captainarcher2]

Are you kidding ? " They didn''t have blacks talking slow and lazy ? 89% of African Americans talk like that. Nothing has really changed. They mock the ones that can speak properly and accuse them of trying to be white even unto the point of harming them physically for being able to. Most of them have a very poor command of the English language. And that's a natural fact in America. Much to be said on the topic but nothing to be desired.

[@africanamerican1818]

All day outside capers and adventures. Them was the real gheto youngins back then. It's been said that Eddie Rochester developed his signature hoarse voice, from selling newspapers as a child of early 1900s Seattle WA. They would yell *EXTRA EXTRA - READ ALL ABOUT IT,* as folks walked past.

[@javusbonmon6937]

📺😁😃😀😄😆👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jorgefinkielman4657]

It was actually released by Columbia Pictures Corporation.

[@arthurwatt5162]

I checked and it seems Mickey Rooney and Shirley temple failed they’re auditions for the our gang comedies believe it or not.

[@pia7063]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@yogibearfan424]

kids westhling

[@randyato9374]

Dis one did not spanky and the gang in ti