Mickey's Champs is a 1930 short film in Larry Darmour's Mickey McGuire

Mickey McGuire (film series)

Mickey McGuire was an American comedy series of short subjects from 1927 to 1934. The series was notable for essentially launching the careers of Mickey Rooney and Billy Barty. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip series, Toonerville Trolley. The series was very popular in its...

series starring a young Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...

. Directed by Albert Herman, the two-reel short was released to theaters on February 2, 1930 by RKO.

Plot

Mickey and the Gang befriend a couple of hobos who refer to themselves as 'The Baron' and 'Earl'. The two bums are arrested after being accused of stealing two of Mayor Davis' suits (actually given to them by Stinkie Davis). Mickey believes that Mayor Davis' friend, a doctor, is the real thief. Mickey and Hambone pay the doctor a visit in order to prove that he is a fake and a crook.

Cast

• Mickey Rooney
  Mickey Rooney
  Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...
  
   - Mickey McGuire
• Jimmy Robinson
  Jimmy Robinson (actor)
  James Robinson Jr. was an American film actor.-Career:Robinson played the role of "Hambone" Johnson in Fontaine Fox's Mickey McGuire film series of short subjects. He was in the series from its beginning in 1927 until its end in 1934, appearing in most of the shorts in series. During his Mickey...
  
   - Hambone Johnson
• Delia Bogard
  Delia Bogard
  Delia Bogard was an American film actress and dancer.-Biography:Delia Bogard was born in San Francisco, California. She played the role of "Tomboy Taylor" in Fontaine Fox's Mickey McGuire film series from 1927 to 1933. After departing from the series, she became a dancer for stage and screen...
  
   - Tomboy Taylor
• Marvin Stephens - Katrink
• Douglas Fox IV - Stinkie Davis
• Billy Barty
  Billy Barty
  Billy Barty was an American film actor.-Biography:Barty, an Italian American, was born William John Bertanzetti in Millsboro, Pennsylvania...
  
   - Shorty
• Heinie Conklin
  Heinie Conklin
  Heinie Conklin was an American actor of the silent film era, who appeared in nearly 400 films. Claimed to be one of the original Keystone Kops, Conklin's silent screen makeup consisted heavy eyebrow lining and a thinnish, upside-down, painted-on variation of Kaiser Wilhelm's moustache...