Mickey Rooney was one of those ... At just 19 years old, Rooney made history as the first teenager to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Babes in Arms (1939).

Then, in 1932, Rooney broke out of his Mickey McGuire box and became Midge in the film Fast Companions. But it was his work as Andy Hardy in the 1937 film A Family Affair that shot him into stardom.

A definitive biography of the iconic actor and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and his extravagant, sometimes tawdry life, drawing on exclusive interviews, and with those who knew him ...