[Dixielandjazz] RE: Tommy Dorsey Film Clip with Mickey Rooney

[Stan Brager]

If one looks closely at the pianist when the clip begins, it's fairly
obvious that it isn't Rooney at the keyboard. Rooney comes in when the
camera pans from the strings to him at the piano. Notice that his hair is
lighter in color than at the beginning of the clip.

"Little Things Mean A Lot".

Why does Dorsey always cock his head toward the side when he's playing?

Stan
Stan Brager

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery at svs.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:03 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] RE: Tommy Dorsey Film Clip with Mickey Rooney


> Ah...thanks.  I haven't seen that movie in years, so I barely remember it.
> At least I have a pretty good idea now why he was so good at faking it.
Do
> you know if he was playing or faking in Strike Up the Band?
>
> Hal Vickery
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Haesler [mailto:bhaesler at bigpond.net.au]
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:00 AM
> To: Hal Vickery; dixieland jazz mail list
> Subject: Re: Tommy Dorsey Film Clip with Mickey Rooney
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> > He may have played his own drums.  I have no idea if he was a good
player,
> though, so that's purely speculation, but apparently there are pictures
> extant
> of Rooney playing drums at the Stagedoor Canteen during WWII.<
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> Dear Hal,
> Although Mickey Rooney was a competent drummer, the union would not let
him
> record on the soundtrack for 'The Strip'. The drumming heard throughout
was
> played by Cozy Cole.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
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