The life and times of Mickey Rooney

Foreword / by Roger Kahn

Introduction / by Jeanine Basinger

Prologue: The last movie

Born in a trunk

Mickey McGuire

Ma Lawlor and Universal Studios

Selznick rescues Mickey : the start at MGM

A midsummer night's dream

The gates of hell

Mickey and the Lion

The make-believe world of Andy Hardy's America

Mickey and Judy and the MGM backyard musicals

Mickey goes wild

Ava

The first divorce

Mickey and the pit bull

Greetings

Rooney Inc.

The Lion strikes back

The Mick, the Duke, and the deuce in the coconut

Bigamy and Barbara Ann

The Mickey jinx and the murder in Brentwood

Career swings

The seventies: aftermath of tragedy

Escape from Los Angeles

Sugar babies

Mickey's back : the Oscars, and the Emmys, and Bill

Going ungently into that good night

Time may lie heavy between

The last years

His revels are now ended

It's a wrap

Afterword / by Paul Petersen

Appendix: Mickey Rooney filmography and credits (in chronological order)