''Mickey's Big Game Hunt'' is a 1928 silent

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's '' Mickey McGuire'' series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by

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, the two-reel short was released to theaters on December 23, 1928 by FBO.

Plot

Mickey and the Scorpions decide to go on a big game hunt. The kids go out into the woods, only find themselves up against real wild animals (actually escaped animals from a zoo).

Notes

This is one of the few known silent shorts with Billy Barty portraying the role of 'Mickey's Kid Brudder'. He would appear throughout most of the sound era of the series as 'Billy McGuire'.

Cast

* Mickey Rooney - Mickey McGuire * Jimmy Robinson - Hambone Johnson * Billy Barty - Mickey's Kid Brudder *

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- Tomboy Taylor *

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- Katrink *Buddy Brown - Stinkie Davis *

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- Scorpions member

External links

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