The Man Who Shook Hollywood To Its Core

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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[@gericummings6122]

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]

Lucky you!

[@jameshogan6142]

Awesome.

[@gingersnaptrack9337]

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.

[@2008PLS]

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

[@Factinate]

He really was one of a kind!

[@lindadeal3344]

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

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

​@@lindadeal3344 Cohan , I think.

[@CashelOConnolly]

“Made it, Ma! Top of the world!!”

[@kenetterobinson2109]

💥🙏💯💪❤️💥👑

[@vp-ns1ud]

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]

​@@vp-ns1udI'll second that 👍😊💯

[@mikefruge8589]

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]

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]

Thanks for sharing your friendly encounter with James Cagney.

[@user-jp5mn3bi2e]

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

[@user-jp5mn3bi2e]

@@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]

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

[@BDot-dv7lq]

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

[@edcpike]

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

[@gregsmith1342]

He was no match for Fred Aistre!

[@edcpike]

⁠@@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]

@@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]

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

[@oceansams5886]

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]

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

[@BDot-dv7lq]

A lot to be said for comfort.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

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

[@MrBobthebird]

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

[@lazur1]

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.

[@phyllisneal8687]

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

[@markgolden6265]

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]

@@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.

[@bdcochran01]

Never underestimate him. He was an accomplished painter.

[@brucemercer8441]

We’ll whoop di do!!!!

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

​@@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]

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

[@md4933]

With a "Dirty Rat"..​@@anastasiosgkotzamanis5277

[@Les445]

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

[@davidlord7364]

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]

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]

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

[@Susiesdarling]

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

[@caes0]

Robinson was the real deal

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

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]

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

[@KayBarsotti]

Loved him and what a great talent

[@KayBarsotti]

as

[@kathymarik1932]

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.

[@Susiesdarling]

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

[@user-tc4jx5uo9w]

And great friends.

[@Susiesdarling]

@@user-tc4jx5uo9w Yes!

[@vincentcrimona8593]

Yes ! The Fighting 69th !

[@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci]

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]

The Irish mafia .

[@Authentikally618]

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

[@caroleann_2142]

Absolutely one of my favorites, along with Footlight Parade ❤

[@ervina02]

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

[@rosemaryfranzese317]

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]

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]

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]

@@michaelpalmieri7335 Bogart was the greatest of all

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

@@jamesgibson2220 , nah Cagney was better than Bogart.

[@KarenHerzog-vw1xp]

He was at the top of legends.

[@clarefeinson5427]

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]

Yes, he admitted the ease and loft.

[@elizabethszwed7851]

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

[@albundy6008]

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.

[@JeanineMarieCompassion]

Big fan!

[@thebluehotel426]

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

[@bettinahooper5344]

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?

[@e.astleford3492]

I always love to watch Cagney dance.

[@karenroot450]

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!

[@angeladennison412]

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

[@elijahjames8837]

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]

Great acting❤

[@victoriagoforth9748]

The cafeteria scene in White Heat was genius!

[@elijahjames8837]

@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]

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

[@victoriagoforth9748]

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

[@TonyV5913]

Cagney was a Movie Legend 🎬

[@charlieconnelly5514]

Brilliant👌

[@Factinate]

Thanks!

[@djr4283]

I loved watching him tap dance

[@susanb2015]

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

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

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

[@susanb2015]

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

[@BDot-dv7lq]

​@@susanb2015common law?

[@susanb2015]

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

[@mizfrenchtwist]

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

[@lorenzosimpson8039]

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]

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

[@user-jp5mn3bi2e]

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

[@peterbellini6102]

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]

I admire this man…God Bless you James Cagney

[@rasputanrasputan1380]

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.

[@MissKim...333]

A wonderful story without scandal. It can be done.

[@missmaggie2620]

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.

[@chrisburp]

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

[@candy9986]

❤

[@cob4467]

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

[@CecilisGrandfield-xj1lt]

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

[@beachplumb]

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]

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

[@inamoore4536]

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

[@KarenHerzog-vw1xp]

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

[@alostlove3336]

"Top of the world Ma".

[@Susiesdarling]

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

[@eugenegilleno9344]

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

[@sheilagravely5621]

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]

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]

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,

[@claracleere3835]

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

[@carolwalmsley3362]

Lucky you 😅.xx

[@jameshogan6142]

Please show a photo. That would be simply sublime.

[@sampetro7925]

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

[@victornice858]

A Hollywood Rennaisance man!

[@chrisbanion]

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

[@77loneranger]

Cagney is America's greatest actor.

[@manofthehour6856]

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.

[@jaydebeer7251]

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

[@djquinn11]

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

[@tomweickmann6414]

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

[@borleyboo5613]

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

[@yolandacastano4321]

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❤😂🎉

[@Warcrimeenthusiast]

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

[@craigezell4261]

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

[@borleyboo5613]

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

[@bridgetlovedfrankgeddes8352]

Thankyou x

[@zabdas83]

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

[@MaiRaven3]

Very interesting! I’m impressed!

[@janveselak9324]

An actor without scandal. Refreshing

[@stellamal7088]

❤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 ❤❤❤😂

[@Morn2moon]

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

[@lhayes7516]

think that stuff came to Hollywood later

[@caroleann_2142]

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

[@jerryblair4106]

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

[@user-fn5hx9bs4y]

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

[@pamelapayton3857]

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. ❤❤

[@genesutton6383]

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

[@clah399]

Nice and positive. I certainly remember James Cagney.

[@JJNoire]

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

[@christinestudley3982]

Great info on Cagney, thanks 👍

[@Factinate]

Our pleasure!

[@SheilaRiley-ug9pb]

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

[@magpieone9390]

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

[@kenetterobinson2109]

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

[@Fur_ball]

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?

[@maureencora1]

One of My Favorite Actor. May He R.I.P.

[@marionmarcetic7287]

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!✝️✝️🛐🛐📛🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🤰🤱🧬🤰🤱✨👑✨🦁🦁🦁❣️❣️❣️🌺🌺🌺😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅‼️

[@delwiljr7055]

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

[@thomashugus5686]

Played a great gangsta!!

[@derekstocker6661]

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!

[@daynadecarlo8677]

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]

Welldone

[@jackiedavidson2777]

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]

Do you know about Marge?

[@lilaccilla]

@@libertybabe6086 Marge?

[@denniswinters3096]

Orson Welles said Cagney was Hollywood's greatest actor.

[@robertclifton2211]

The greatest character actor!

[@debsy91]

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]

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

[@MilosBrajkovic-rc3ik]

,,Look Ma, top of the world! "

[@jameshogan6142]

Made it Ma. Top of the world.

[@NickRowsell]

A truly great star …

[@deansiephillips437]

One of my favourite actors tough guy x handsome devil loved his films always ❤️

[@patriciastevens6638]

I still watch Yankee Doodle Dandy! One of the best dancing musicals ever!

[@ValerieJean-fo6lc]

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]

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!

[@Les445]

My favorite actor and Bette Davis favorite actress.

[@Allan-zb7mb]

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 " ...!

[@PLuMUK54]

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]

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

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

He was the best of all time!

[@briansim1648]

Excellent ✔️

[@originalsusser]

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

[@user-sj4nr8gd7w]

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.

[@babelman1]

My Dad's favourite actor, he fitted a lot into his life.

[@lillianmcgrew217]

He was a good actor

[@barbaraharris6536]

One of my favorite actors of all time.He seemed to be a Very decent man.His dancing definitely intrigued Michael Jackson when he made that dance move on his toes!There were the Berry Brothers and others who moonwalked way before Michael J.So, Kudos to the Late Great James Cagney!