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Silver screen legends

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Silver screen legends

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Hoosier schoolboy (1937): Shockey Carter (Rooney) a tough schoolboy whose rebellious nature hides a dark secret his father (who he idolizes) has turned to drinking. The new schoolteacher sees a bright future in the young boy and tries to get him off this destructive path before it's too lateLove laughs at Andy Hardy (1946): One of the films from the classic Andy Hardy comedy film series. Andy Hardy (Rooney) goes to college after returning from World War II. He is in love with Kay Wilson this timeThe big wheel (1949): Billy Coy (Rooney) arrives to Carrell a speedway in Gardena, California. Red, Billy's late father's mechanic, hires Billy as a mechanic. Billy dreams of being a driver like his father. Will he get a chance to race in Indianapolis, where his father died?Quicksand (1950): After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic (Rooney) is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control

Disc 1. Hoosier schoolboy (92 min.) / Monogram Pictures presents ; directed by William Nigh ; screen play by Robert Lee Johnson -- Disc 2. Love laughs at Andy Hardy (93 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; produced by Robert Sisk ; directed by Willis Goldbeck ; screen play by Harry Ruskin and William Ludwig -- Disc 3. The big wheel (92 min.) / a Popkin-Stiefel-Dempsey production ; produced by Samuel H. Stiefel, Mort Briskin ; directed by Edward Ludwig ; original screenplay, Robert Smith -- Disc 4. Quicksand (79 min.) / a United Artists release ; a Samuel H. Stiefel production ; producer, Mort Briskin ; directed by Irving Pichel ; original screenplay by Robert Smith

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Mickey RooneyHoosier schoolboyLove laughs at Andy HardyBig wheelQuicksand