Stablemates: Difference between revisions

{{about|the movie|the album by Yusef Lateef/A.K. Salim|Stable Mates|the album by Blue Mitchell|Stablemates (album)|the jazz composition|Stablemates (jazz standard)}}

| image =File:Stablemates.jpg

| cinematography = [[John F. Seitz]]

| editing = [[W. Donn Hayes]]

| distributorstudio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]

| runtime = 89 min.minutes

'''''Stablemates''''' is a 1938 American [[sports film|sports]] [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Sam Wood]] and starring [[Wallace Beery]] and [[Mickey Rooney]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/07/02/archives/screen-news-here-and-in-hollywood-get-a-horse-next-vehicle-for.html|title=SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD; ' Get a Horse,' Next Vehicle for Wallace Beery, Placed on Metro Summer Schedule GRACIE FIELDS FILM HERE ' We're Going to Be Rich' Will Open Today at the Globe--Victor McLaglen in Cast Of Local Origin|author=Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.|date=July 2, 1938}}</ref>

WallaceAspiring Beery[[jockey]] playsMickey eternallyidolizes inebriatedhard-drinking former ex-veterinarian Tom Terry. An aspiring jockey Mickey (Mickey Rooney) idolizes Tom, who reciprocatesshares byadvice passingabout alonghorses horsemanshipwith advice to the kidMickey. The film's dramatic high point is where Tom, judgement benumbed by years of alcohol abuse, tries to pullfocus himselfand collect longhis enoughthoughts to perform a delicate operation on Mickey's beloved horse Lady-Q. The film culminates in a big horse race, with Mickey and Tom laying their hopes on the "long shot."

*{{AmgAllMovie title|id=111543}}

[[Category:1930s sports drama films]]

[[Category:American sports drama films]]

[[Category:HorseAmerican horse racing films]]