Mickey's Helping Hand

Mickey's Medicine Man is a 1931 talkie short film in Larry Darmour's Mickey McGuire series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Jesse Duffy, the two-reel short was released to theaters on December 19, 1931 by RKO Radio Pictures. It was one of the few Mickey McGuire shorts without Mickey Rooney in the cast. It's gearing towards Christmas time, and Mickey feels sorry for the less fortunate children who won't be able to have a proper Christmas. Mickey and his pals decide to throw a party for the kids. They are able to get everything they need for the party except for one thing: a turkey. This was one of the few Mickey McGuire shorts without Mickey Rooney in the cast. For reasons unknown, he was absent from the series during ths...