tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41417382642265440.post6497562898640681811..comments2023-10-21T20:53:08.658-04:00Comments on Time Machine to the Twenties: Tidbit Tuesday: James CagneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41417382642265440.post-10370775990520832862011-06-24T01:09:37.286-04:002011-06-24T01:09:37.286-04:00Standard Hollywood publicity practice at that time...Standard Hollywood publicity practice at that time was to knock five years off a potential star's age. Older biographers (1970s and earlier) believed the publicists. Recent biographers looked for birth certificates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41417382642265440.post-34055065752297848062010-12-11T13:06:22.467-05:002010-12-11T13:06:22.467-05:00This 1941 Who's Who was predictably fictitious...This 1941 Who's Who was predictably fictitious; it probably also said Errol Flynn was born in Ireland rather than Tazmania. Cagney was more like 5'4" if even that, although he projected so much energy that he blew everyone else off every screen. I agree with you that "The Public Enemy" and "Angels With Dirty Faces" remain his two best films, and "The Roaring Twenties" and "City for Conquest" (a forgotten gem from his career height) aren't far behind. "Jimmy the Gent," with Bette Davis, is also not to be missed since he plays what looks and sounds exactly like a typical 21st century character right in the middle of 1934.Michael Powersnoreply@blogger.com