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Mickey the Kid
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Wikipedia article
'Mickey the Kid' is a 1939 film.Mickey the Kid
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 6, Iss. 61, (Jan 1, 1939): 205. It was directed by Arthur Lubin.
Plot
Dr. Ben Cameron is worried about 12-year-old Mickey, son of Jim Adams, a widower who leads a corrupt and complicated life. Jim rebuffs a request by Jim to have Mickey be raised by Veronica Hudson, the boy's maternal grandmother. Mickey idolizes his father and wants to remain with him.
Pulling a bank robbery, Jim shoots and kills an unarmed teller. While on the run from the law, he realizes Mickey would be better off with Veronica and leaves his son in her care. Veronica enrolls the boy in school. His teacher, Sheila Roberts, is engaged to marry Ben.
Jim sneaks into Veronica's house one night to see his son. He hides in the attic at night, then takes the boy along when he leaves. Desperate to get away, Jim hijacks a school bus filled with children. When the bus gets waylaid by a snowstorm, Jim abandons the kids and is unable to persuade Mickey to do the same. FBI agents shoot Jim, who realizes as he dies that Mickey's life will be better without him.
Cast
* Bruce Cabot as Jim Adams
* Jessie Ralph as Veronica
* Ralph Byrd as Ben
* ZaSu Pitts as Lilly
* June Storey as Sheila
* John Qualen as Mailman
Production
The film was known as 'Stand Up and Sing'. It was based on the heroism of a school boy in a Colorado blizzard a few years previously. Cabot was cast in April.SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Negotiations Under Way for Purchase of Film Rights to Dreiser's 'Sister Carrie' 'DARK VICTORY' WILL OPEN Premiere Today for Picture in Which Bette Davis and George Brent Are Stars Of Local Origin
New York Times 20 Apr 1939: 21. The title was changed in May.SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 6 May 1939: 24. Filming started in May.Republic to Start Five Films in May
The Christian Science Monitor3 May 1939: 15.
Reception
The 'Los Angeles Times' called it "fairly good though slightly spotty."Melodrama Given Preview Los Angeles Times 23 June 1939: A10.
Lubin considered the film "horrible" and said it was one of the eight flops in his career.
References
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