tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post5233110744594612159..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: The Mouse Turns 83 TodayMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-31924786658628443632014-11-09T05:58:32.102-05:002014-11-09T05:58:32.102-05:00Hi there, just checking out to see if anyone likes...Hi there, just checking out to see if anyone likes Charlie.<br />yvonneLa Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-13487544366554336692011-11-19T11:10:27.322-05:002011-11-19T11:10:27.322-05:00My Uncle CHARLIE BOWERS did the 1st, MOUSE. He met...<i>My Uncle CHARLIE BOWERS did the 1st, MOUSE. He met Disney, not a great meeting and walt as I heard was a tough cookie. </i><br /><br />I looked up Charlie Bowers -- he starred in a series of slapstick comedy shorts between 1925 and 1928. According to the ever reliable Wikipedia, they mixed live action and animation, which I'm guessing Bowers himself drew since he began his career as an animator on the silent film versions of the <i>Mutt and Jeff</i> comic strip.<br /><br />How about that.<br /><br />The fifteen Bowers shorts that survive have been collected on DVD, so I promise to look him when I get there.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-74309442439339703762011-11-19T10:44:34.391-05:002011-11-19T10:44:34.391-05:00Mickey Rooney, in his second autobiography ("...<i>Mickey Rooney, in his second autobiography ("Life Is Too Short"), contends that Disney's mouse was named for him</i><br /><br />That's one of those stories that sounds absurd on the face of it until, as you say, you wrap your head around the fact that Rooney actually <i>married</i> Ava Gardner -- which also sounds absurd, but there it is, right in the public record.<br /><br />He was also married to Martha Vickers, by the way, the girl who sucked her thumb and looked coy in <i>The Big Sleep</i>. I can imagine how that courtship went:<br /><br />"You're not very tall, are you."<br /><br />"Well, I try to be."<br /><br />"What are you, a prizefighter?"<br /><br />"No, I'm a shameless ham."<br /><br />"What's that?"<br /><br />"A particularly bad actor."<br /><br />"You're making fun of me."<br /><br />"Uh huh."<br /><br />[she falls backwards into his arms] "You're cute."<br /><br />"Really? Hot dog! Say, I'm between wives right now -- let's get married!"<br /><br />"Um, okay."Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-18638724520982371572011-11-19T07:34:58.296-05:002011-11-19T07:34:58.296-05:00Speaking of stories. My Uncle CHARLIE BOWERS did t...Speaking of stories. My Uncle CHARLIE BOWERS did the 1st, MOUSE. He met Disney, not a great meeting and walt as I heard was a tough cookie. Charlie was blackballed<br />in Hollywood..<br />He was the guy in OUT OF THE INK WELL Ended up forming a partnership with Muller and went to France.My Daughter picked up a CD for me made by a french company when they found some of his old films. My Dad helped him make the films.<br />Have a great Thanksgiving <br />YvonneLa Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-17285116713941772011-11-19T00:24:26.873-05:002011-11-19T00:24:26.873-05:00Mickey Rooney, in his second autobiography ("...Mickey Rooney, in his second autobiography ("Life Is Too Short"), contends that Disney's mouse was named for him, in his Mickey McGuire days, after a chance encounter with Walt Disney in Darmour Studios. Their exchange is described as follows:<br /><br />"Did you say your name was Mickey?"<br />"Yes, sir."<br />"You know what I'm going to do?"<br />"No, sir."<br />"I'm going to call this mouse 'Mickey' - after you."<br /><br />Hmmm . . . not sure what to make of this tale. On the other hand, I wouldn't have believed that he married Ava Gardner, either.Bellotoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867368335490719967noreply@blogger.com