''Mickey's Tent Show'' 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 October 27, 1933 by Post Pictures Corp.

Synopsis

Mickey and the Gang decide to put on a circus show for the neighborhood kids. As usual, Stinkie Davis and his pals try whatever they can to make their rivals miserable. Throughout the show, whenever Mickey and his friends try to perform an act, Stinkie interrupts them by playing his father's new radio.

Cast

In order by credits: *

- "Mickey McGuire" * Douglas Scott - "Stinkey" Davis *

Marvin Stephens Marvin R. Stephens (March 23, 1922 - May 22, 2008) was an American film actor.Dwyer p.225 A child actor, his first Hollywood roles were in the Mickey McGuire films. Stephens then played the recurring role of Tommy McGuire in Twentieth Century Fox ...

- "Katrink" *

Jimmie Robinson Jimmie Robinson (born 1963 in California)"About the Artists & Writers," ''African-American Classics, Graphic Classics'' vol. 22 (Eureka Productions, 2011). is an American comic book creator, known for writing and drawing the comic book series ''Bo ...

- "Hambone" Johnson *

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 ("Mickey's Little Brother") * Shirley Jeane Rickert - "Tomboy Taylor"

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