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The Devil Is a Sissy

This movie is rather entertaining although some parts seem a little off-the-wall. For instance, there is one scene in the film where the three friends go to visit one of the boys hip, young aunt living in a pent house and she does cartwheels over to the piano and the four start singing. Other than odd instances, this movie is very good for any era.

Not great, not horrible either. This low-budget movie had two child stars with careers headed in opposite directions: Mickey Rooney's going UP, Jackie Cooper's going DOWN. Like so many movies of this era, movie is SUPPOSED to be set in New York (Lower East Side), yet virtually all the actors, form the youngest to the oldest, have hokey Midwestern accents! How could no one have noticed this? Scores a big ZERO for authenticity, but an OK, just an OK movie, period. Not the type of flick you'd go out of your way to see a second time, that's for sure.

I never ever turn the channel with any movie Mickey Rooney is in! Freddie Bartholomew was wonderful!! He had a difficult life and made the best of it. I was sad to see that he passed away in Sarasota, Florida in 1993. I'm going to purchase this movie and add it to my classics collection. I've also notice there are several movies with Mickey and Freddie. Also a few I'll purchase with Judy, Mickey and Freddie. There are few to no movies like these anymore. I wonder if Mickey has ever been honored at the Academy Awards? If not, I would think that he should be awarded a Life Time Achievement Award.

Without this film anyone having a classic movie collection just thinks they have a classic movie collection. It is a fine old movie with lots of good, old-fashioned humor in it. Most of all, it has three of the top child actors preceeding World War II. All three of these came together just one time to do a movie. And, do a movie they did. See Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper star together as, once again, good triumphs over evil.

This is a great movie. The one and only film to starr Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney and Freddie Bartholomew together. Mickey Rooney in my opinion steals the show from both of them. The scene where he hears his father being electrocuted is so dramatic. There is just something about the life that Mickey Rooney adds to a movie. His tough but gentle demeanor. Those dramatic facial expressions. The way he can make you laugh and tear your heart out at the same time. If anyone watches a Mickey Rooney movie and and says he cannot act don't know what acting is. Mickey Rooney can do it all and is still doing it today! LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY MICK! This is a great film Very well acted. The story is endearing! You will not be disappointed. It will be playing on TCM later this year (2005).