The Man Who Shook Hollywood To Its Core

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James Cagney is an actor of contradictions. He made a Hollywood career out of playing murderous thugs, but what he really excelled at was singing and dancing. His rags-to-riches story is equal parts turbulent and bizarre-a life story that needs to be told.
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@2008PLS Ай бұрын

Cagney was an icon and national treasure.... Seemed like a classy intelligent man, I really admired his great work!!!!

@Factinate Ай бұрын

He really was one of a kind!

@lindadeal3344 Ай бұрын

He was perfect as Cohen, great dancer and actor...I enjoyed most of his movies shown on TCM. Thank you Ted Turner!!

@stephenmcloughlin7718 Ай бұрын

@@lindadeal3344 Cohan , I think.

@CashelOConnolly Ай бұрын

“Made it, Ma! Top of the world!!”

@kenetterobinson2109 Ай бұрын

💥🙏💯💪❤️💥👑

@vp-ns1ud 24 күн бұрын

It's my favorite movie of all time,white heat. And you can't find it anywhere without buying it or renting it. Damn good movie!!!

@keithdukes5990 22 күн бұрын

@@vp-ns1udI'll second that 👍😊💯

@BDot-dv7lq Ай бұрын

Yankee Doodle Dandy is one of the greatest musicals ever and Cagney was an incredible dancer.

@MissKim...333 Ай бұрын

A wonderful story without scandal. It can be done.

@oceansams5886 Ай бұрын

I read somewhere he lived in the same house until he passed away. His Hollywood pals asked him why he still live in the same house. When he could buy a Manson. He said, why move, I'm happy here.

@michaelpalmieri7335 Ай бұрын

You mean "mansion." Manson was the crazy mass murderer who died in prison recently. You know, CHARLES MANSON?

@BDot-dv7lq Ай бұрын

A lot to be said for comfort.

@michaelpalmieri7335 Ай бұрын

You mean "MANSION," not "Manson," which was the name of a notorious psycho cult leader and murderer.

@MrBobthebird Ай бұрын

@@michaelpalmieri7335. Another Mister School teacher, Got nothing intelligent to say, but pick up people on their spelling mistakes,Idiot.

@lazur1 Ай бұрын

Mansions are a headache for families of deceased wealthy men. No matter how much they inherit, exorbitant expenses can bankrupt them after the main income is gone. Lucky ones sell, but often the places are so customized to the previous owner's unique tastes that there are no buyers.

@mikefruge8589 Ай бұрын

This was great! I'm so glad I watched it! My dad met James Cagney while he was recovering from pneumonia after being shipped to England via the North Sea during WW2. Dad was recovering in a hospital for military personnel in London. Cagney took the time to visit these patients while he was in the area. He shook my father's hand and thanked him for his service. My father often spoke of the incident and had tremendous admiration for Cagney.

@user-jp5mn3bi2e Ай бұрын

I actually met him in Los Angeles about 2-3 years before hi passed away. We were there on a vacation of a lifetime. One day we were in a tourist trap shop. I was looking for photos of some favorites to buy. Most of whom I wanted, were sold out of everything. I remembered about two years before, that I saw James Cagney in The Fighting 69th, but all but one photo were all sold. This photo was not what I had in mind because he was wearing a Tuxedo and top hat; but I got it anyway. I picked up about 10 other photos of John Wayne and others. Anyway, we were leaving the shop to go back to our motorhome, but walked out onto a side street. I noticed but didn't recognize, an older man sitting at a table outside a cafe, reading a newspaper and drinking coffee. My parents said: "Do you know who that is? I said, yes, now that I had remembered. They said to go over and introduce myself to him. I was a kid at 15 and was afraid to go, but when anyway. I walked up to his table and he lowered his newspaper and looked up at me and said: "Is there anything I can do for you son?" At first I couldn't speak, and he asked what my name was? Finally I blurted it out and was going to walk back across the street. He asked what I had in the bag? and I gave it to him. He took the stack of photos out and started thumbing through them complimenting me on my choices saying that he knew all of them very well. I had two or three of Clint Eastwood, the majority were of John Wayne of course; then he saw one of him and asked: "Why me?" I said well, the only movie I had seen with him was Mister Roberts, till about 1981; and grew up hating him because of his character. He laughed and then asked the saw his photo in a tux. He asked why I chose that one instead of any other? i said that was the only photo of him from any movie they had for sale in there-all others were sold out. He was surprised that he was still so popular. I said that with cable TV finally in my then home town, that we get to see many old classics. He told me the photo I had of him was from: Yankee Doodle Dandy. He asked me if he could sign it and I said yes. He personalized that photo for me. I apologized to him that his coffee was cold and that I wanted to pay for another cup. He said," That's OK, I can afford another cup." I had asked if he would allow me to buy another cup, and he said I could. I thanked him and told him that it was not just every day that someone could buy him a cup of coffee." He asked if the couple waiting across the street were my parents and I said yes, and they were invited over. He shook hands with us all. It was nice to chat with him for about 10 or so minutes. Before we left, he gave me his address in New York and asked my to write to him. I sure would write. After getting back home, it was awhile before I wrote, but I finally did. About 2 months later, I got a lone hand-written and signed letter, plus he got me a few pictures of him in The Fighting 69th, White Heat and Strawberry Blonde (I also loved Olivia de Havilland) and had mentioned that. He was nice enough to send me twelve photos of him, each signed and from various movies. I will never forget that either. Forever more, he is one of my five top most favorites.

@torque3022 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your friendly encounter with James Cagney.

@user-jp5mn3bi2e Ай бұрын

@@torque3022 Thank you. Of the few actors I met, he was the best.

@user-jp5mn3bi2e Ай бұрын

@@torque3022 Thank you. If I was lucky to have met anyone else except John Wayne, Clint Eastwood or Charlton Heston; I would have wanted him to be James Cagney.

@angelchavez458 Ай бұрын

BE HONORED AND BLESSED HE WAS MY HERO SINCE I WAS 9

@bdcochran01 Ай бұрын

Never underestimate him. He was an accomplished painter.

@brucemercer8441 Ай бұрын

We’ll whoop di do!!!!

@michaelpalmieri7335 Ай бұрын

@@brucemercer8441 Whoop di do? What are you, Archie Bunker? By the way, it's "well," not "we'll," which is the shortened form of "we will."

@anastasiosgkotzamanis5277 Ай бұрын

Could he paint an apartment in one afternoon, two coats???

@md4933 Ай бұрын

With a "Dirty Rat"..@@anastasiosgkotzamanis5277

@Les445 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately you always have a Smart A$$ in the bunch. @@michaelpalmieri7335

@davidlord7364 Ай бұрын

What can one say? America without Cagney would be like Paris without the Eiffel Tower!The Man was a genius! Love everything he played in! God rest him

@gmaureen Ай бұрын

My favorite actor of all time. I grew up watching his movies on late night and Sunday afternoon TV. There really wasn't anything he couldn't do. Make you laugh, make you cry, scare you with his street smarts and even make the ladies look silly. He was a treasure. Leaving his money to his wife was not unusual in the time period he lived, it doesn't mean she didn't share with her daughter and/or other family members. It simply shows he loved and trusted her.

@robbiet8583 Ай бұрын

It is what was done, leaving your assets to your spouse who then will provide for the children when he/she passes. WTH????

@AlexAvey-yk5mw 19 күн бұрын

My dad left everything to my mom who will leave it to us. My parents were born in the 1920’s. My mom just turned 99. I never heard of leaving anything to your kids if your spouse is still alive. Why would they. Kids can go and work. Weird if parents are leaving to kids if other parent is still alive. Figures today’s lazy entitled generation would expect that. Weird.

@robbiet8583 16 күн бұрын

@@AlexAvey-yk5mw And that just sums up what happened to me when my long time fiancé passed. All our kids hate me because HE didn’t leave leave them anything. I swear, it shows me who THEY ARE.

@anneroy4560 4 күн бұрын

@@AlexAvey-yk5mw Both of their children were adopted ...

@edcpike Ай бұрын

Love him in everything he did. The man did it all, while dancing circles around everyone else.

@gregsmith1342 Ай бұрын

He was no match for Fred Aistre!

@edcpike Ай бұрын

⁠@@gregsmith1342 Fred Astaire was a fantastic dancer and ok singer. But he couldn’t act with the diversity that Cagney had. Sorry but my moneys on James Cagney.

@gregsmith1342 Ай бұрын

@@edcpike don't get me wrong both were exceptional performers, yes I agree that Cagney was a better actor, he did comedy, drama, and musical! I think Fred Aistere was a better dancer

@stephenmcloughlin7718 Ай бұрын

@@gregsmith1342, Cagney was a better boxer than Astair though 😉

@gericummings6122 Ай бұрын

I had the immence pleasure of meeting James Cagney, as my husband was his piano tuner, when he lived in Coldwater Canyon, in Los Angeles CA. In 1973, I was able to meet him in his driveway as my husband was tuning James Cagney's piano. He greeted me, and told me my 6 mos. old son, Ricky, was "a cute little bambino". I also had answered the phone when Mr. Cagney called to arrange the tuning. He had our phone number from when my husband had tuned his brothers piano in Newport Beach, Ca. and had introduced him to James. A brush with greatness, for sure!

@Factinate Ай бұрын

Lucky you!

@jameshogan6142 Ай бұрын

Awesome.

@gingersnaptrack9337 22 күн бұрын

What a cool memory to have. I was not alive when Cagney was but I am addicted to watching old movies with anything Cagney, Stewart, Bogart, Mitchum and so many more. I can watch them over and over. Back then, acting had to carry a film, no explosions or nudity just plain talent, a good, director, and a story. It is hard to watch today's movies after watching classics.

@robbiet8583 16 күн бұрын

I carried his book (autobiography) I believe…everywhere I went when I visited Martha’s Vineyard! I hoped to run into him for a signing! Loved that man

@simpleman5688 14 күн бұрын

👍🏿

@phyllisneal8687 Ай бұрын

Great man, who increased our WW II SOLDIERS Spirits, with his wonderful song & dance❤️ He lifted us ALL, up❤️

@markgolden6265 22 күн бұрын

Some, not all. It was a segregated military. He was not able to life the spirits of all solders. For those he did that was great. It’s just was not for all.

@phyllisneal8687 22 күн бұрын

@@markgolden6265 ALWAYS someone, who will go out of his, or, her way to bring every good story, DOWN‼️To trash smiles & laughter, and bring on a horrible feeling of depression, and feeling sick! Honest to God, I'll bet you couldn't WAIT to write something trashy, here! We are ALL SO TIRED OF FEELING DOWN, AND DEPRESSED BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

@AlexAvey-yk5mw 19 күн бұрын

Mark golden is a debbie downer. Always one in every crowd unfortunately. He’s a self righteous victim. Well he’s not spoiling my memories or day.

@ittybittykittymama7582 Ай бұрын

Cagney danced as if he was suspended from a spring or a string. He literally danced on air! He was at his finest in "Footlight Parade" in 1933, a wonderful film studded eith Busby Berkeley chreography in which Cagney shone brightly. Thiz film is in regular rotatiom of TCM. It's a forgotten gem!

@63mckenzie Ай бұрын

Ha ha , that's exactly how I would describe his dancing. He was like a marionette.

@KayBarsotti Ай бұрын

Loved him and what a great talent

@KayBarsotti Ай бұрын

@Susiesdarling Ай бұрын

Loved him with Edward G Robinson. I also really loved him in Yankee Doodle Dandy.

@caes0 28 күн бұрын

Robinson was the real deal

@albundy6008 Ай бұрын

The scene in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" where he dances down the steps at the White House was unscripted. Cagney did it on his own in one take.

@simpleman5688 14 күн бұрын

Super cool!

@thebluehotel426 Ай бұрын

I love the way Cagney moves. Even when he's not dancing he moves beautifully.

@kathymarik1932 Ай бұрын

He was my dads favourite actor,so of course he became mine. We always sat down together to watch his movies. Yanky Doodle Dandy was our favourite.

@clarefeinson5427 Ай бұрын

Mikhail (Misha) Baryshnikov, the fabulous ballet dancer, was a life-long fan of James Cagney. As a child, he would stand in line for hours in his home town of Riga, Latvia to buy tickets to Cagney's movies. After Misha defected in 1974, he met Cagney and they became good friends. Misha served as one of the pallbearers at Cagney's funeral -- you can see him clearly in this video around 19:23 -- he is the young, blond man at the head of the casket, on the right side of the screen.

@deliawright8626 Ай бұрын

Yes, he admitted the ease and loft.

@rosemaryfranzese317 Ай бұрын

James Cagney gave possibly his greatest performance in White Heat for Warners after he sold his production company. He was possibly the greatest ever Hollywood actor.

@michaelpalmieri7335 Ай бұрын

A lot of people might say the same thing about other movie actors. I think it would be more accurate to say that James Cagney was ONE of the greatest actors who ever lived.

@Les445 Ай бұрын

White Heat is my favorite. My favorite scene was when he asked the man that was in the trunk if he could breathe and he shot rounds of bullets into the trunk. Ha

@jamesgibson2220 Ай бұрын

@@michaelpalmieri7335 Bogart was the greatest of all

@stephenmcloughlin7718 Ай бұрын

@@jamesgibson2220 , nah Cagney was better than Bogart.

@Susiesdarling Ай бұрын

I loved watching Cagney with Pat O'Brien, also an Irishman. They were great together.

@user-tc4jx5uo9w Ай бұрын

And great friends.

@Susiesdarling Ай бұрын

@@user-tc4jx5uo9w Yes!

@vincentcrimona8593 Ай бұрын

Yes ! The Fighting 69th !

@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci Ай бұрын

When I lived in California I became very friendly with Pat O'Brien and his wife Eloise they were very kind to Pat told me that James Cagney was one of his best friends and they lived together in New York before going to Hollywood they both went to Hollywood around the same time great memories of great people the O'Brien's

@brianmoran3450 Ай бұрын

The Irish mafia .

@elizabethszwed7851 Ай бұрын

He was such a handsome man. And a talented actor.

@lorenzosimpson8039 Ай бұрын

He grew uo in Yorkville on the upper East side , German, Jew, Irish, Swedes , He could speak perfect Yiddish learned from his Jewish frienfs He was buried in the church he grew up in St Frances de Sales Parish which was on 96th Street between Park and Madison and is still there. He was buried there too. He was a lifelong devout Catholic and had a farm up in Orange county Verney Farm, where he built a small stone house with three rooms for himself , his wife and his sister-in law. He didn;t write his children out of his will He put them in a trust fund to provide for them. You erroniously said he grew up in the lower East Side,

@michaelpalmieri7335 Ай бұрын

There's a scene in his film "Taxi" (1932) in which Cagney's character speaks to someone in Yiddish.

@user-jp5mn3bi2e Ай бұрын

@@michaelpalmieri7335 He speaks Gaelic in The Fighting 69th.

@peterbellini6102 Ай бұрын

It's rumored he scared Jack Warner too with his perfect Yiddish. JL's attorney tried to sneak one by Cagney by speaking Yiddish in a contract negotiation. Warner apparently turned pale and told him don't do that he speaks our language!! He also referred to him as a "professional againster'

@FuNnYStUnTvIdEoS1423 Ай бұрын

I admire this man…God Bless you James Cagney

@rasputanrasputan1380 29 күн бұрын

Love James Cagney…he attended the same grammar school I went to. 96th Street Lexington Ave. school long gone. Had no idea he spoke Yiddish. Cagney One of the greats.

@Authentikally618 Ай бұрын

He was amazing in, "man od a thousand faces"

@caroleann_2142 Ай бұрын

Absolutely one of my favorites, along with Footlight Parade ❤

@elijahjames8837 Ай бұрын

One of the best portrayals of a psychopath in Hollywood history is White Heat; "top of the world ma!" Batcrap crazy, mean, and unbalanced it's Scarface 40 years earlier. The grapefruit scene made Cagney and for him is as iconic as Bob Hope's, "Thanks for the Memories."

@user-rb6hb7rw5z Ай бұрын

Great acting❤

@victoriagoforth9748 Ай бұрын

The cafeteria scene in White Heat was genius!

@elijahjames8837 Ай бұрын

@victoriagoforth9748 absolutely really promotes the psychological reality that his character is truly unbalanced. Backed up earlier with the trunk scene where the guy is begging for air soCagney shoots him through the trunk. And his mother is just as evil

@user-jp5mn3bi2e Ай бұрын

@@victoriagoforth9748 It sure was pure genius. He used props to the fullest extent like Steve McQueen and few others did.

@victoriagoforth9748 Ай бұрын

@@user-jp5mn3bi2eit was reported that he scared extras half to death.. They didn’t know he was going to do it…

@cob4467 Ай бұрын

Loved this man from the first moment I saw him on screen over 50yrs ago. ❤

@ervina02 Ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS THANK YOU FOR HONORING ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMERS OF ALL TIME MR. JAMES CAGNEY.

@bettinahooper5344 Ай бұрын

Cagney was a great talent and a great man who fought for human rights all his life. Thanks for this- well done…question, though- In a good marriage in which two people work side by side for decades to create a life, isn’t it usual for the surviving spouse to inherit everything?

@inamoore4536 Ай бұрын

I read a book on him many years ago, and his motto was always, "No stress, no strain."

@77loneranger Ай бұрын

Cagney is America's greatest actor.

@KarenHerzog-vw1xp Ай бұрын

He was at the top of legends.

@anneroy4560 4 күн бұрын

Orson Welles said Cagney was the greatest film actor ... not one false motion or movement ...

@e.astleford3492 Ай бұрын

I always love to watch Cagney dance.

@susanb2015 Ай бұрын

In the Public Enemy, Mae Clarke's character wasn't his wife. They were living together. Before the moral code.

@michaelpalmieri7335 Ай бұрын

I noticed that blooper too. I was going to leave a comment about it, but apparently, you beat me to it.

@susanb2015 Ай бұрын

@@michaelpalmieri7335 And he said wife like three or four times.

@BDot-dv7lq Ай бұрын

@@susanb2015common law?

@susanb2015 Ай бұрын

@@BDot-dv7lq They weren't seeing each other very long.

@TonyV5913 Ай бұрын

Cagney was a Movie Legend 🎬

@JeanineMarieCompassion Ай бұрын

Big fan!

@missmaggie2620 Ай бұрын

Loved Cagney. In Public Enemy, that grapefruit scene came directly from director William Wellmans crazy married life. Wellman & his wife had alot of fights at the breakfast table. She liked grapefruit & one big fight he picked up the grapefruit...but didn't do it. He didn't want her to file for divorce, so he but it in the movie instead...Wellman was a great director & there are some crazy stories about him as a director.

@alostlove3336 Ай бұрын

"Top of the world Ma".

@sampetro7925 Ай бұрын

Cagney, Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper etc, those guys are real talents. No special effects needed for support for them, it’s just natural

@beachplumb Ай бұрын

I was waiting for the “dark” part, but it never seemed to come. Of course he left his estate to his wife - that’s typically what you do when your spouse outlives you. I’m sure when SHE died, she gave what was left to their children.

@jameshogan6142 Ай бұрын

Yeah he seems to have been a basically decent man who left no dark secrets.

@djr4283 Ай бұрын

I loved watching him tap dance

@eugenegilleno9344 Ай бұрын

Infantile mortality was always rife in poor societies...many children died in their first couple of years of life from poor nutrition.

@sheilagravely5621 Ай бұрын

My grandmother had 17 children, 13 are buried in the family cemetery. My mom has been gone for almost 2 years now. (Rip moma) now there is only one child left, she's in her 90s. 13 died at birth or days later.

@clarefeinson5427 Ай бұрын

Actually, most of them died of communicable diseases like small pox and measles. For example, without modern hygiene and medical care, measles is one of the worst illnesses you can get -- and one of the easiest to pass on yo others. Modern improvements in our lifespan are due mostly to the development of vaccinations, so make sure you and your children are up to date on your shots.

@jameshogan6142 Ай бұрын

It also affected the well off too. There are countless numbers of People who inherited the monarchy because of the death of an older brother through illness,

@charlieconnelly5514 Ай бұрын

Brilliant👌

@Factinate Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@karenroot450 Ай бұрын

Hey this was a great run down of Cagney’s life although it would have been great to hear more about his marriage and the adoption of the two children. Boy could he do it all. Talented man. Thanks for sharing this with us!

@chrisburp Ай бұрын

Loved Cagney. Even visited his grave (Gate of Heaven Valhalla NY). He filmed his last movie (Ragtime) in the town next to ours.

@candy9986 Ай бұрын

❤

@KarenHerzog-vw1xp Ай бұрын

He is one of my favorite actors from the old Era.

@angeladennison412 Ай бұрын

I so love, love love James Cadney really enjoyed this. Thank you

@claracleere3835 Ай бұрын

I adored him and then l met my husband who would have passed as his twin- how lucky was that?

@carolwalmsley3362 Ай бұрын

Lucky you 😅.xx

@jameshogan6142 Ай бұрын

Please show a photo. That would be simply sublime.

@CecilisGrandfield-xj1lt Ай бұрын

Excellent actor I was a little young to remember him I watched his movies when I got older

@mizfrenchtwist Ай бұрын

hello , great share , you failed to mention , what a great humanitarian , CAGNEY was🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.................

@Warcrimeenthusiast Ай бұрын

He was also insturmental in grtting Audie Murphy into movies as well

@victornice858 Ай бұрын

A Hollywood Rennaisance man!

@craigezell4261 Ай бұрын

On the big screen he was,along with Bogart,Edward G.Robinson,one of the "Original Gangstas."

@borleyboo5613 Ай бұрын

Yes, and, I don’t know about Bogart, but E G Robinson and Cagney were very nice men in real life.

@Susiesdarling Ай бұрын

Love him! I had a wonderful grandfather, also a redhead, only 5'6", & born in 1899

@anneroy4560 4 күн бұрын

Cagney was 5'4 ... a 5'4 giant!

@manofthehour6856 Ай бұрын

Oddly enough, I have only really seen one of his movies, "One, Two, Three", which I love, but alas, the difficulty of working with Horst Bucholz turned him off acting until Ragtime. Despite being more a familiar face from old Hollywood, there's no doubt about that remarkable Irish charm that his mentor while working at the NY Public Library saw. It so heartwarming that he travelled to the UK on the QE II, had a mob of fans waiting to greet him, and that the Queen Mother gave him a standing ovation for his live performance.....British Royalty applauding an Irish-American from the streets! What a success story!!!! I watched the Tom Snyder Interview a while back, and the real man shined through. Despite not appearing in the type of genre I often prefer, remains Hollywood Royalty preserved for all time in film.

@djquinn11 Ай бұрын

One of my all time favorites, such a charismatic guy..

@stellamal7088 Ай бұрын

❤he certainly was one of the greatest any movie he was in he owned l liked him with bogart and steve cochran my late father looked just like steve cochran, so white heat was my favorite rip mr cagney you will never be forgotten your a yankee doodle dandy ❤❤❤😂

@chrisbanion Ай бұрын

I'm really not a fan of outlandish click bait titles, but that was a very good documentary. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@jerryblair4106 Ай бұрын

James Cagney one of Hollywoods legends Public Enemy one of his great roles.I loved his role as Long Chany in The Man of a thousand Faces.RIP

@jaydebeer7251 Ай бұрын

I grew up on his movies. Im 57 now but as a boy of 8 i was hooked on cagney movies. 🎉❤

@tomweickmann6414 Ай бұрын

Very good production. Thank you. The Queen should have knighted him.

@borleyboo5613 Ай бұрын

He was American. The Queen did not knight American actors.

@yolandacastano4321 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video of James Cagney he was one movie star that to this day nobody can compare with him he was a dancer an actor comedy drama he played a hood No Matter What role he was in he was fantastic better than any movie star that's ever been around I am 77 years old I was born two years after World War II ended I remember the old movies and the new movies James Cagney was the best thank you so much for❤😂🎉

@bridgetlovedfrankgeddes8352 Ай бұрын

Thankyou x

@zabdas83 Ай бұрын

Love Cagney. Childhood favourite actor ,I used to sit & watch these old & golden B&W' movies with my Dad as kid. Legend!

@denniswinters3096 Ай бұрын

Orson Welles said Cagney was Hollywood's greatest actor.

@JJNoire Ай бұрын

Always have love for working class folks who take on and win against the pimps

@MaiRaven3 Ай бұрын

Very interesting! I’m impressed!

@Fur_ball Ай бұрын

IMO, you missed a major factor to this mini documentary. You just glossed over the fact of him disowning his children. Why did he do it? When did they adopt them?

@daynadecarlo8677 Ай бұрын

WOW where to begin! If you're doing a Documentary, you need to be correct on all facets. More than a dozen errors I found. There were 7 Cagney children, 2 passed as infants before Jeanne was born. He was born in the Lower East Side but moved when he was an infant for Upper East Side in Yorkville. He was a kid when he saw Vitagraph Studios and never worked for them. Instead painted the scenery at the Lennox Hill Settlement House in his neighborhood and did the pantomime with brother Harry there. He never was an amateur boxer. He worked out to get $10 a fight, but his mother stopped it before it began. The grapefruit scene with Mae Clarke was his girlfriend not wife. He left Warners but didn't have a farm upstate until it was built in 1955. His Martha's Vineyard farm was purchased in 1936. He had a small farm at his Beverly Hills home in Coldwater in 1939, and Granada Hills stable in 1943. Grand National he rec'd $150,000 plus 10% gross. He didn't have a stroke in '55 that was 1978. The kids asked for their inheritance in 1978 and they got it in spades. They also got more after he passed and the Grandchildren all 6 got $25,000 each. So please next time do your research and shading a bad light on someone so beloved, that was totally incorrect is disrespectful to the man. Jim was special, married 63 yrs, loved his family and co-stars has ever said a bad thing about him. Sad you had something but totally messed it up with inaccuracies. Nice try but its a bust! 👎

@deliawright8626 Ай бұрын

Welldone

@jackiedavidson2777 Ай бұрын

I read all of your comment. You sound as if you knew him personally or you have definitely done your research on James. Now I don't want to watch the documentary if they got it wrong ha ha. I don't like listening to a documentary if they don't have the correct facts. Thank you for the correct ones. 😊

@libertybabe6086 Ай бұрын

Do you know about Marge?

@lilaccilla Ай бұрын

@@libertybabe6086 Marge?

@genesutton6383 Ай бұрын

O.G. is an understatement in this case. It could be said that he is the O.G. 👑

@user-fn5hx9bs4y 20 күн бұрын

Have always , Will always ...be a fan ❤

@chriscody1761 7 күн бұрын

Grew up watching all the Hollywood Greats every Sunday matinee on tv. James Cagney and James Stewart were and still are ma Favourites. He was happily married all his life , I never realised Cagney did so much for others, that makes him even more special now.

@janveselak9324 Ай бұрын

An actor without scandal. Refreshing

@debsy91 Ай бұрын

I wasn't aware that James Cagney was a proficient dancer. I always thought of him as a movie actor. When one thinks about it. Christopher Walken also trained as a tap dancer before being better known as an actor. Then there is Patrick Swayze.. I think people can be multi-talented in the entertainment industry and not be constrained to one aspect of their multi-talents.

@user-jp5mn3bi2e Ай бұрын

True. Also, I live near Patrick Swayze's Horse ranch in the Texas Hill Country. It still raises horses.

@SheilaRiley-ug9pb Ай бұрын

One of my 5 favorite qxtors. I always thought Michael J. Fox could have played him in his younger years

@magpieone9390 Ай бұрын

I know there was talk about Fox playing him in a movie, but it never happened

@marionmarcetic7287 Ай бұрын

James Cagney Is One Of My Favorite Actor's From Hollywood's Golden Era! My Parent's Loved Him As Well! My Father Was Also A WW11 War Veteran! He Fought Under General Omar Bradley In The Battle Of The Bulge! I Can Remember Him Saying What A Great Actor And Dancer Cagney Was! Shalom And Amen!✝️✝️🛐🛐📛🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🤰🤱🧬🤰🤱✨👑✨🦁🦁🦁❣️❣️❣️🌺🌺🌺😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅‼️

@Morn2moon Ай бұрын

Its nice to hear someone in Hollywood wasnt queer, lost or just plain weird. WHAT A RELIEF! Thank you.

@lhayes7516 Ай бұрын

think that stuff came to Hollywood later

@caroleann_2142 Ай бұрын

All Fans should read his autobiography ❤😊 The GOAT!!!

@pamelapayton3857 Ай бұрын

I loved when he showed how talented he was with song and dance...he looked like he was dancing on a trampoline. All his movements were graceful and seemingly with 13:58 out any effort...just like a cat. But my all-time favorite will always be Yankee Doodle Dandy. ❤❤

@christinestudley3982 Ай бұрын

Great info on Cagney, thanks 👍

@Factinate Ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@clah399 Ай бұрын

Nice and positive. I certainly remember James Cagney.

@kenetterobinson2109 Ай бұрын

🙏👑✊🏿 Thank You for The Great Movie My Friend R.I.P.🙏🙏✨👑

@thomashugus5686 Ай бұрын

Played a great gangsta!!

@Allan-zb7mb Ай бұрын

James Cagney was a genius actor and he has performed in a lot of great timeless movies but if you would ask me which is my favorite I will answer immediately : Cody Jarret in " White Heat " ...!

@robertclifton2211 Ай бұрын

The greatest character actor!

@delwiljr7055 21 күн бұрын

When I was a kid, he was one of my favorites.

@derekstocker6661 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this, what a great character and actor this guy was, love the films he is in and really came across as an all time baddy when needed!

@MilosBrajkovic-rc3ik Ай бұрын

,,Look Ma, top of the world! "

@jameshogan6142 Ай бұрын

Made it Ma. Top of the world.

@PLuMUK54 Ай бұрын

Snide innuendo at the end. So, without providing us with the evidence, you hint that it was Cagney's fault that there was no communication between him and his children. Maybe it is true, or maybe his children instigated the problem. This latter happens, as I've seen in my own family. He left his money to his wife. Had he left it to a mistress, I might have thought there was something wrong, but this was not the case. "Man leaves everything to wife, nothing to children!" Big deal.

@user-jp5mn3bi2e Ай бұрын

It's easy to try to destroy someone, when that someone isn't around to defend himself.

@samuelmatz Ай бұрын

Cagney , a life well lived . Who make moviegoers forget their problems while the film was playing.

@NickRowsell Ай бұрын

A truly great star …

@user-sj4nr8gd7w Ай бұрын

Wen he was young.he was gorgeously handsome.best actor in the world.i have seen his movies a hundred times over.IM ON TOP OF THE WORLD.MAWWWW.

@briansim1648 Ай бұрын

Excellent ✔️

@ValerieJean-fo6lc 29 күн бұрын

Cagney studied Geo M Cohan films of him tap dancing. When you see that stiff legged technique in Yankee Doodle, it's all Cohan . Great 👍 👌

@ogredad55 Ай бұрын

This is the 2nd video of yours that I've watched. The 1st was about Harpo Marx. I am very impressed at how well these are made - very impressive and informative! Thanks again!

@originalsusser Ай бұрын

My dad, a redhead, had more than a passing resemblance to James Cagney, became a boxer because of him & shared his love of his movies with me. He was a young man living in a inner city area during Cagney's early movie career & even fancied himself as a bit of a gangster according to my aunt. Lol