I will never forget the time when, after looking at some color photos from the 1930s, it suddenly dawned on me that people who lived in the '30s actually experienced those years in color! I guess watching black-and-white movies from that era had subconsciously conditioned me. Well, the charming movie "Mickey" reminds us that the late '40s were in color, too!
I got this movie in a Shirley Temple collection I bought in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart for five bucks. The fourth disk had some unrelated films which Mill Creek Entertainment thought Shirley Temple fans would like, and "Mickey" was one of them. The print and the audio were atrocious, but I can overlook that as long as the story and acting are good, and boy are they good in this movie! Like other reviewers have said, it needs to be cherished as a reminder of what life was like once upon a time here in America; but it is more than that as well.
The plot has plenty of twists and turns to keep you watching. Just when you think the action is pretty much over, something new turns up. And it has some humorous lines as double entendre that we find unexpected for that era (which I won't mention here to avoid being a spoiler, but see if you can find them).
I doubt if young people today could relate to this film, except those broadminded enough to realize that if they hopped into a time machine and went to 1948 things would be different. And that is why I like to watch old movies that are not considered "classics." Because they are not so artfully crafted, forgotten films sometimes reveal more of what real life was like. I hope you get to watch this film and enjoy it as much as I did, and may a remastered DVD be available soon.
I got this movie in a Shirley Temple collection I bought in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart for five bucks. The fourth disk had some unrelated films which Mill Creek Entertainment thought Shirley Temple fans would like, and "Mickey" was one of them. The print and the audio were atrocious, but I can overlook that as long as the story and acting are good, and boy are they good in this movie! Like other reviewers have said, it needs to be cherished as a reminder of what life was like once upon a time here in America; but it is more than that as well.
The plot has plenty of twists and turns to keep you watching. Just when you think the action is pretty much over, something new turns up. And it has some humorous lines as double entendre that we find unexpected for that era (which I won't mention here to avoid being a spoiler, but see if you can find them).
I doubt if young people today could relate to this film, except those broadminded enough to realize that if they hopped into a time machine and went to 1948 things would be different. And that is why I like to watch old movies that are not considered "classics." Because they are not so artfully crafted, forgotten films sometimes reveal more of what real life was like. I hope you get to watch this film and enjoy it as much as I did, and may a remastered DVD be available soon.