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gangster & comic as hoofers
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12/22/21 11:27 PM
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Here's a clip from "The Seven Little Foys" (1955) showing James Cagney, Hollywood's greatest gangster and star of "White Heat," all-time greatest gangster movie; and Bob Hope, most beloved stand-up comic and comedic actor, doing what they were trained to do, early on. Cagney was 56, Hope was 52 when they did this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOoNOs8Ql28
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: gangster & comic as hoofers
[Re: Turnbull]
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04/17/22 04:48 AM
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I remember hearing that Cagney was in a great deal of pain due to back problems during the filming of this scene. He had to literally be tightly corseted under his clothing.
But, absolute professional that he was, he soldiered on and never once is this visible on-camera.
Cagney was definitely of the Old School. He was magnificent.
Signor V.
"For me, there's only my wife..."
"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
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