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James Cagney
James Cagney 1899-1986, American movie actor, b. New York City. He worked on Broadway as an actor and dancer before appearing in films. He is best remembered as a brash, sadistic, tough guy in such movies as Public Enemy (1931) and The Roaring Twenties (1939). He displayed equal vigor in sympat... Read more
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James Cagney
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography James Cagney James Cagney (1899-1986) inaugurated a new film persona, a city boy with a staccato rhythm who was the first great archetype in the American talking picture. He was a true icon, and his essential integrity illuminated and deepened...
Darryl F. Zanuck
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Hollywood. Zanuck made another wise choice when he cast James Cagney, a song-and-dance man, in the starring role in...the idea for the famous "grapefruit scene" in which Cagney pushes half a grapefruit into his girlfriend's face...
George Michael Cohan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...also praised. Cohan made a movie in 1932, The Phantom President, but was generally unhappy with Hollywood. In 1942 James Cagney portrayed him in the film biography Yankee Doodle Dandy and won the Academy Award. A musical play, George M!, featuring...
Jack Lemmon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Ensign Pulver in the film Mister Roberts. Based on the successful play, the film starred veteran actors Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, and Ward Bond, but it was Lemmon's performance as the laundry and morale officer Pulver that truly...
Mitchell, Grant
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...work in fast‐paced comedies of the time. At his height, the actor, who bore a resemblance to the later James Cagney, won applause for such parts as business rival Rodney Martin in It Pays to Advertise (1914) and the dapper dresser...
Rita Hayworth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...attention: she was borrowed from Columbia by Warner Brothers Pictures for the film Strawberry Blonde (1941) with James Cagney, and in that same year, she made Blood and Sand (1941) with Fox. Hayworth began to shine. According to Time...
Nora Ephron
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...successes on stage to the screen and moved West. They were among the top screenwriters of the day, and such actors as James Cagney, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy starred in movies they wrote. With such hits as Carousel...
Lenny Bruce
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...so that he would not get tongue tied. He did excellent impressions of famous movie stars including Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson. In 1947, he used those impressions to win Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, a radio show...

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Cagney, James
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers CAGNEY, James Nationality: American. Born: James Francis Cagney Jr. in New York City, 17 July 1899; brother of the actress Jeanne Cagney...
White Heat
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...designer: Leah Rhodes. Cast: James Cagney (Cody Jarrett ); Virginia Mayo...Dickens, Homer, The Films of James Cagney, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1972. Bergman, Andrew, James Cagney, New York, 1973. Canham, Kingsley...
The Public Enemy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...designer: Earl Luick. Cast: James Cagney (Tom Powers ); Jean Harlow...1974. Freedland, Michael, James Cagney, London, 1974. Higham, Charles...Warner Brothers, New York, 1975. Cagney, James, Cagney by Cagney, New York...
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Ways, New York, 1959. Parish, James Robert, editor, Errol Flynn, New...One, New York, 1987. Robertson, James, The Casablanca Man; The Career...originally planned as a vehicle for James Cagney following the success of Midsummer...
Garfield, John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...John Garfield, New York, 1977. Beaver, James N., John Garfield: His Life and Films...Jersey, 1978. Sklar, Robert, City Boys: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield, Princeton, New Jersey...1997. * * * Before Marlon Brando, before James Dean, and before Paul Newman, Robert...
Woo, John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Biting the Bullet," Film Threat, August 1993. Wolcott, James, "Blood Test," New Yorker, August 1993. Penner, Jonathan...Tomorrow made a major star out of a charismatic actor in the Cagney/Bogart mold named Chow Yun-Fat, who plays a crippled hit...
Kennedy, Arthur
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Federal Theater production Life and Death of an American ; 1940—film debut in City for Conquest opposite James Cagney: contract with Warners; 1947—appeared as Chris Keller in Miller's All My Sons on Broadway (also originated...

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James Cagney Back In Spotlight On New Postage Stamp; Hollywood Honors Cagney Legacy At Dedication Ceremony.
PR Newswire; 7/23/1999; 700+ words ; ...winning film and stage great James Cagney was honored yesterday evening when...nationwide beginning today. "The James Cagney stamp will serve as a lasting tribute...President, Government Relations. "James Cagney was a true legend of Hollywood...
US POSTAL SERVICE: James Cagney back in spotlight on ne new postage stamp.
M2 Presswire; 7/21/1999; 700+ words ; ...July 1999-US POSTAL SERVICE: James Cagney back in spotlight on new postage...winning film and stage great James Cagney will be honored on the 100th anniversary...Studios in Burbank, Calif. "The James Cagney stamp will serve as a lasting tribute...
"Let's go places with Jimmy": James Cagney as 1930s immigrant icon
Magazine article from: Journal of Film and Video; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; James Cagney grins, his left hand and thumb raised...Bros.' promotion campaigns situated Cagney as embodying New York City. New York...Lincoln Kirstein, in his 1932 essay "James Cagney and the American Hero," echoed the message...
James Cagney: The Signature Collection Debuts on DVD from Warner Home Video April 24.
Business Wire; 1/16/2007; 700+ words ; ...picture stars with the release of James Cagney: The Signature Collection. The...treasures and classic cartoons. James Cagney: The Signature Collection will...Bride Came C.O.D (1941) Stars James Cagney and Bette Davis, scripted by Julius...
Books: Never a dirty rat Gerald Kaufman on James Cagney's rise from the gutter to the Establishment
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; Cagney by John McCabe Aurum Press, pounds 16...Gorshin, made a career out of portraying James Cagney, anybody can do it. A hitch of the trousers...McCabe's commendable researches show that Cagney uttered only once in all his 65 films...
SERVICES TODAY FOR JAMES CAGNEY.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/1/1986; 690 words ; ...for Academy Award-winning actor James Cagney will take place in the Manhattan...expected to attend today's funeral for Cagney, 86, who died Sunday, said the...Sales Church at 136 E. 96th St. Cagney was confirmed at the church in 1910...
James Cagney's Oscar to Go Under the Hammer in Televised Online Auction.
PR Newswire; 9/27/2000; 700+ words ; ...com Announces the Auction of James Cagney Memorabilia on Its Subsidiary...memorabilia from silver screen legend James Cagney, and his wife, actress Frances...Ronald Reagan's letter to James Cagney dated 16 December 1983, written...
James Cagney Postage Stamp Dedication Ceremony at Warner Bros.
PR Newswire; 7/19/1999; 661 words ; WHAT: James Cagney stamp officially issued in a celebration...Committee Casey Thomas, daughter of James Cagney A.C. Lyles, legendary film and television...goes on sale nationwide July 23. The James Cagney stamp is the fifth in the Legends of...
Doris Day, James Cagney starred in film about singer Ruth Etting
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 6/16/2002; 700+ words ; Doris Day, James Cagney starred in film about singer Ruth Etting Dear Stacy: Many years ago...It Had to be You." It was a wonderful rendition of the song. James Cagney might have been in the movie. Who was the girl? -- HILDA P...
James Cagney seriously ill, leaves hospital for his farm
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/25/1986; 345 words ; ...YORK (UPI) Oscar-winning actor James Cagney, 86, is seriously ill and bedridden...York Daily News reported today. Cagney, who was admitted to Lenox Hill...well to treatment, the News said. Cagney is being cared for at his farm by...