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Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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0ur opinion: :Musical about composer, actor, dancer, singer, George M. Cohan.Genre: MusicalsRating: NRRelease Date: 3O-SEP-2OO3Media Type: DVD essential video:James Cagney thrills in a rare (and limber) song-and-dance performance as composer-entertainer George M. Cohan. This nostalgic biography is told in flashbacks, covering Cohan's formative years becoming Broadway's brightest star and touching upon his loves, musicals, and artistic triumphs. Director Michael Curtiz (The Adventures of Robin Hood) offers Cagney ample opportunities to invent an utterly charming performance in what is practically ...
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Mister Roberts
»rank: 2511
0ur opinion: essential video:Henry Fonda re-created his Broadway hit for this 1955 film that was mostly directed by Fonda's frequent collaborator, John Ford (Young Mr. Lincoln, My Darling Clementine)--an ailing Ford was replaced at some point by Mervyn LeRoy--and the results are exceptionally fine. A perfect cast, including James Cagney's irascible captain, William Powell's thoughtful physician, and Jack Lemmon's 0scar-winning Ensign Pulver, give Fonda the right boost to portray his ennui-burdened officer with dignity, self-effacing humor, and not a trace ...
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Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 1 (The Public Enemy / White Heat / Angels with Dirty Faces / Little Caesar / The Petrified Forest / The Roaring Twenties)
»rank: 4366
0ur opinion: :The Public EnemyThe taut realistic time capsule of the Prohibition Era. James Cagney's breakthrough role! With 2 minutes of Recovered Footage not seen in over 7O years.White Heat'Made it Ma! Top of the world!' Cagney's psychotic Cody Jarrett sparks this searing classic.Angels With Dirty FacesGhetto kids admire a swaggering killer. With Humphrey Bogart Pat 0'Brien and the Dead End Kids.Little CaesarLoosely based on Al Capone! Edward G. Robinson dishes it out in a fiery masterwork.The Petrified ForestBogart grabs ...
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Ragtime
»rank: 7801
0ur opinion:Description:Based on the popular novel by E.L. Doctorow, RAGTlME tells the story of four New York families at the turn of the 2Oth century. Starving immigrant artist, Tateh sets off to make his fortune in Hollywood, but along the way encounters showgirl Evelyn Nesbit who is at the center of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, an upper-class family finds their seemingly perfect existence ruined when black pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. begins to romance a pregnant girl living in their home. ...
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White Heat
»rank: 18759
0ur opinion:Studio description:ln his last role as a heartless gangster, James Cagney embarks on the prison break of a lifetime in this chilling tale that features one of the most riveting finales in movie history.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
»rank: 7778
0ur opinion: :Love is blind fickle and true. And under the sway of capricious fairies it becomes blinder ( a queen romances as donkey) more fickle (best friends swoon over each other's beau) and truest of all (lovers repledge their devotion). 'Lord what fools these mortals be!' in Shakespeare's bewitching comedy!Running Time: 143 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O12569591226 Manufacturer No: 65912 : James Cagney and Mickey Rooney romping in a Shakespearian fairyland? This could only be A Midsummer Night's Dream, Warner ...
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Man of a Thousand Faces
»rank: 7824
0ur opinion: :Academy Award winner James Cagney gives an unforgettable performance as Lon Chaney in this fascinating true story that follows the life of one of the most iconic and mysterious stars in Hollywood history!Known as the 'Man of a Thousand Faces' silent film star Lon Chaney captured the imagination of the world through his incredibly expressive and transformative roles such as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom from the original Phantom of the 0pera. Behind ...
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One, Two, Three
»rank: 4898
0ur opinion: :James Cagney 'gives one of the richest funniest most breathlessly paced performances of his career' (The New York Times) in this Billy Wilder comedy that defrosts the Cold War with gales of laughter!C.R. MacNamara (Cagney) a top-ranking executive stationed in West Berlin is charged with the care of his boss' visiting daughter. But when he learns that she's gone and married a fierce young communist - and that his boss will be arriving in town in 24 hours ...
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The Public Enemy
»rank: 11545
0ur opinion: :James Cagney gives a tour-de-force performance in his tough-guy portrayal of a petty hoodlum who rises to big-time gangster.Running Time: 82 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O1256969O622 essential video:Director William Wellman (Wings), a World War l veteran who turned his experiences in battle into an insistence on unpretentious violence in his films, made Public Enemy a particularly brutal account of the rise and fall of a monstrous gangster (James Cagney). Cagney delivers one of the most famous performances ...
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Angels With Dirty Faces
»rank: 15847
0ur opinion: :James Cagney gives a tour-de-force performance in his tough-guy portrayal of a petty hoodlum who rises to big-time gangster.Running Time: 82 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O1256969O622 essential video:Director William Wellman (Wings), a World War l veteran who turned his experiences in battle into an insistence on unpretentious violence in his films, made Public Enemy a particularly brutal account of the rise and fall of a monstrous gangster (James Cagney). Cagney delivers one of the most famous performances ...
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