The story runs in the 1910’s New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black piano player. He has won fame and fortune playing with a jazz band. Read More »
Tag Archives: James Cagney
Jimmy the Gent (1934) Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins
Unscrupulous investigator of lost heirs Jimmy Corrigan loses his love Joan Martin Read More »
The Crowd Roars (1932) Howard Hawks
Famous motor-racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race. Read More »
The Public Enemy (1931) William A. Wellman
Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are best friends and fellow gangsters, their lives frowned upon by Tom’s straight laced brother Read More »
Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Charles Vidor
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting Read More »
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart
Two boyhood friends, Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly have taken different paths in life. Read More »
Winner Take All (1932) Roy Del Ruth
Young boxer Jim Hunt, resting at a New Mexico “health ranch,” meets and falls for Peggy Harmon Read More »
Run for Cover (1955) Nicholas Ray, James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek
Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. Read More »
Short Cut to Hell (1957) James Cagney, William Bishop, Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson
A professional hitman is hired by a friend to commit two murders. Read More »
Footlight Parade (1933) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler
Chester Kent produces musical comedies on the stage. With the beginning of the talkies Read More »