Cagney, James (1899-1986)
One of the greatest tough-guy personas of twentieth-century film, James Cagney worked hard to refine his image to meet his responsible Catholic background. The result was a c...
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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 inte...
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James Cagney was one of the most important and influential screen actors of the twentieth century. During the 1930s Cagney helped create the popular image of the gangster in a series of critically acc...
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