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Mickey the Detective (1928)

Mickey the Detective poster
Directed by
Albert Herman
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
22 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Mickey tries to act as a detective and solve a petty crime. His antics lead to comic misunderstandings and physical comedy.

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What happens

Mickey the Detective is a 1928 silent short film in Larry Darmour's Mickey McGuire series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Albert Herman, the two-reel short was released to theaters in 1928 by FBO. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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