- Harve Presnell, When the Boys Meet the Girls, , 1965. George Hamilton was a silly idea for heading MGM’s second version (obviously first aimed at Elvis) of the Gershwin brothers’ 30s musical, Girl Crazy –. the first in, ’42, had Mickey and Judy doing-the-show-right-here. One suit pointed out that George was no singing terpsichorean, another suggested using the kids. Whose? Judy Garland’s daughter, Liza Minnelli, 19, and a Mickey Rooney son. Which one? Any one! Three were available: Teddy, 15; Mickey Jnr, 19; Tim, 20 – who died on his father’s 88th birthday. The lads played 41 mainly TV roles between them during 1957-1984. Producer Sam Katzman preferred crooner Jack Jones. (So did British actress Susan George!). And his Camelot tour opened the door to Presnell.
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