Mickey Rooney has yet to appear in a film.
Babes in Arms (film) . The film version stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland , and features Charles Winninger , Guy Kibbee , June Preisser , Grace Hayes and Betty Jaynes . Mickey Rooney . Clarence Brown , who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles , National Velvet and The Human Comedy , said he was `` the closest thing to a genius I ever worked with . '' National Velvet is a 1944 American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold , published in 1935 . It stars Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , and a young Elizabeth Taylor . The Black Stallion is a 1979 American film based on the 1941 classic children 's novel The Black Stallion by Walter Farley .