My True Story (film)

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My True Story
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Newspaper advertisement for Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) and My True Story
Directed by Mickey Rooney
Written by Brown Holmes
Howard J. Green
Produced byMilton Feldman
Starring Helen Walker
Willard Parker
Elisabeth Risdon
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Edited by Richard Fantl
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Release date
  • June 14, 1951 (1951-06-14)(Los Angeles) [1]
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

My True Story is a 1951 American romantic crime drama film directed by Mickey Rooney about a female jewel thief. It is based on the radio series of the same title.

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Plot

Ann Martin is two years into a five-year prison sentence when she is granted a conditional parole. A job and new life in a small town await her, and candy-store owner Ed Praskins vows to produce regular reports on her conduct. She meets pharmacist Bill Phillips. Praskins stuns Ann by revealing that he is fronting a criminal operation run by George Trent, who is targeting wealthy widow Madame Rousseau, whose hidden cache of a valuable perfume oil could be worth a fortune.

Ann is given false references and becomes Madame Rousseau's assistant and companion. Trent has already planted a chauffeur there named Foster, whose inability to keep a secret costs him his life when Trent murders him. Ann is distraught, having developed a genuine fondness for Madame Rousseau, and learns that Bill is hiding the precious oil. Trent tries to steal it, but Bill, working undercover, is ahead of him.

Ann must return to prison, but Madame Rousseau promises her a job when she regains her freedom.

Cast

Production

Mickey Rooney was announced as the film's director in November 1950. The assignment, his first as a director, was the second of three films in his contract with Columbia Pictures. The first had been He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950), in which Rooney starred with Terry Moore. [2] The next project was scheduled to be a return to acting as a Pagliacci -style circus clown in a film titled Center Ring that did not materialize. [3]

Release

The film opened in Los Angeles on June 14, 1951 as the second feature to Best of the Badmen. [1]

  1. 1 2 "Outlaw Gang Rides Today". Los Angeles Times . 1951-06-14. p. 13, Part II.
  2. ↑ Schallert, Edwin (1950-11-13). "Rooney to Guide Film; Broadway Yielding Two Players to Hollywood". Los Angeles Times . p. 11, Part III.
  3. ↑ Schallert, Edwin (1950-12-25). "Rooney to Enact Clown; Wyman 'Blue Veil' Star; Romero May Do Grandee". Los Angeles Times . p. 7, Part III.
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