Mickey Rooney co-starred in films.
Boys Town is a 1938 biographical drama film based on Father Edward J. Flanagan 's work with a group of underprivileged and delinquent boys in a home that he founded and named `` Boys Town '' . It stars Spencer Tracy as Father Edward J. Flanagan , and Mickey Rooney with Henry Hull , Leslie Fenton , and Gene Reynolds Mickey Rooney . In 1938 , he co-starred in Boys Town .