ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 1937-kii, Rooney wuxuu helay abaalmarintii ugu badneyd isagoo ah Shockey Carter oo ka tirsan "Hoosier Schoolboy", laakiin doorkiisii ugu weynaa ee jilaaga riwaayada wuxuu ka yimid 1938's "Boys Town" oo ka soo horjeeda Spencer Tracy oo ah Aabbaha Flanagan, oo maamula guri loogu talagalay wiilasha qalloocan iyo hoy la'aanta. Rooney oo 18 jir ah iyo Deanna Durbin oo 17 jir ah ayaa la guddoonsiiyay abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada dhalinyarada ee gaarka ah
1939, "gacan weyn uu ka geystay soo bandhigida shaashadda ruuxa iyo muuqaalka dhalinyarada". Wayne wuxuu ku tilmaamayaa mid ka mid ah "muuqaalka ugu caansan" filimka, halkaas oo Rooney dhalinyarada adag uu ku ciyaarayo khamaarka isagoo sigaar afkiisa ku haya, koofiyaddiisu ay kor u kacday, cagahiisuna ay miiska saaran yihiin. "Tracy waxay ku qabatay lugta, sigaarka ayay iska tuurtay, waxayna ku riixday kursi. 'Taasi waa ka wanaagsan tahay,' ayuu u sheegay Mickey". Louis B. Mayer wuxuu sheegay in "Boys Town" uu ahaa filimkii uu ugu jeclaa sanadihii uu joogay MGM.