''Mickey's Big Broadcast'' is a 1933

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

in Larry Darmour's '' Mickey McGuire'' series starring a young

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...

. Directed by Jesse Duffy, the two-reel short was released to theaters on June 6, 1933 by

RKO Radio Pictures RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orphe ...

. An edited version of this short appeared in the feature film compilation "Mickey the Great".

Plot

Mickey and the gang try to participate in a local radio contest. But with Stinky Davis and his dad up to their old tricks, the gang are left out of the contest. Instead, they decide to start their own radio show in the clubhouse.

Cast

– Mickey McGuire *

Billy Barty Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti, October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism. Because of his short stature, he was often cast ...

– Billy McGuire * Jimmy Robinson – Hambone Johnson * Marvin Stephens – Katrink *

Delia Bogard Delia Bogard (June 26, 1921 - July 15, 1995) was an American film actress and dancer. Biography Bogard was born in San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Franci ...

– Tomboy Taylor * Douglas Fox – Stinkie Davis

External links

* 1933 films 1933 comedy films American black-and-white films Mickey McGuire short film series 1933 short films American comedy short films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{short-comedy-film-stub