The good Lord broke the mold after creating James Cagney!!! Will NEVER see another like him, MISS him so badly!! THE GREATEST EVER!!

A truly talented man. Remarkable timing and his movement was incomprable. I love watching his work.

James Cagney made Movies fun and exciting Love you Mr. Cagney

“Make no demands on each other.” Short, sweet and right on the mark. Cagney was cool in so very many ways. 🙂

@seanohare5488

5 ай бұрын

I agree super Cool

Cagney gave films energy and vitality. none of his films are boring, none

Cagney was incredible - defined the “tough guy” but would much rather dance and he did both perfectly 👏

Nothing to say about this Man.Simply the Best ever Modest honest.And what an Actor.

Worlds best actor.

@jubalcalif9100

3 жыл бұрын

He was no Huntz Hall but Mr Cagney was indeed a truly gifted actor.

"We make no demands on each other". Recipe for a successful marriage. Notice how he doesn't answer a question with a long insightful response. Simple and direct. How I miss that about people. My family was like that. Just tell the truth. Wow.

One of my favourite performances from Mr Cagney is in his film 'Come Fill The Cup' Absolutely magnificent. Orson Welles said many times that Mr Cagney was the greatest screen actor of his generation, who are we to argue such praise.

@philiphalpenny3783

2 жыл бұрын

Brando, Kubrick & many others said the same about Cagney...in his time though, he & Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant & even John Wayne were so familiar that they were taking for grant critically...consider how few Oscar nominations each of those brilliant performers had...

Glad lady doing sign language for ppl like me thankyou

Great Man, one of my all time favorites! This Man loved And feared God! Great family man! Great Patriot of this greatest country on Earth ! He did USO troop tours during WW 2. Total class! “Salt of the Earth “ RIP

@seanohare5488

5 ай бұрын

I agree

total class act! its rare that an actor is more likeable out of character than in a movie

Humility, talent, class, and a deep faith in God. Loved and miss him. May perpetual light shine upon his soul.

What a talent. Unparalleled. Superb. I'm working on collecting all his films, although some are hard to find. When he dances, the screen crackles with electricity. Thanks to whomever posted this interview. James Francis Cagney - bless his memory.

Great Man - there are no words to do him justice. I love him , just love him.A real human being with empathy , standards , morals.

a very down to earth man , no ego at all, unlike some other actors. . lovely to see.

I just love James Cagney!! Superb actor and dancer!! One of a kind!!

I love all his work but when he did a comedy with Bette Davis my goodness on a cold winter night this movie had me dying laughing, God bless him such a humble person.

Wonderful actor was jimmy. And a lovely human being. And l would say a real tough man but never showed. Pure talent. Different class

Great actor. Rest in peace Mr Cagney. Thank you for this upload

A joy to hear Cagney..

Fr. John Catoir does a great job interviewing Cagney.

He is the Very Best 🍒☄️🌈🌼🌸🦩🦚 Joan Blondel was exquisite 🌱 Of course his dancing 🕺 was over the top 🐳🥂🍾 Just enjoyed his role with Doris Day ⏰ What a wonderful philosopher 💎 His wisdom lives on 🧲 Forever my favorite star 🌟 Sunny days to everyone 🛎🧸🖼😉

This priest asks more intelligent questions than most of the interviewers today.

@misterwhitman4368

4 жыл бұрын

Is that priest still alive? (2019)

@stephaniestanley8041

4 жыл бұрын

You got that. It was an incredible interview.

@NoOne-kr4jc

Жыл бұрын

@@philiphalpenny9761 I feel there are times people should keep their beliefs to themselves. That is the best self defense against time. Time judges how you look and you may never ever know about it. People should recognize how silly it makes other people look whether in your opinion the people are brainwashed or not. They should see how oblivious it makes the other person. I am more a lefty, but I do not believe in either party.

@dionnebsmith

Ай бұрын

@@misterwhitman4368- he passed away in 2022.

How could you not like and love Mr Cagney . True no bullshit talent what you see is what you get and what you get is pure gold !!!!!

A gentleman is our Jimmy🌈👍

Top of the world ma! Simply the Best.

What a joy to listen to a genius, as Orson Welles once said he was the greatest actor to appear in front of a camera,

@anneroy4560

2 жыл бұрын

Welles also said that there was never a wasted movement ... all were there to move the story along ...

@philiphalpenny3783

2 жыл бұрын

@@anneroy4560 A critic reviewing 'White Heat' once opined..."Mr Cagney achieves the fascination of a brilliant bullfighter at work...deftly engaged in the business of violence with economy & grace"...

No stress,no strain. The great ones make it look easy. But we know it takes great effort. What a humble man! Thank goodness we can still enjoy his body of work.

I have heard two actors say that it was "Just a job". James Cagney and Robert Mitchum and their performance and success is a testament to that belief.

@philiphalpenny3783

3 жыл бұрын

My two favourite actors...Cagney was an expressionistic firecracker whereas Mitchum had that great poetic stillness...

@joep8787

3 жыл бұрын

When they said "just a job", they were being modest. Both actors prepared meticulously for their roles, knew their lines cold and were great observers of other people. They incorporated their observations into their acting. Cagney especially liked to throw in a mannerism in each movie that he never repeated in another movie. When you watch a Cagney movie, try and find that mannerism or line that he says over and over. In "Taxi!" he says to Loretta Young more than once, "If I thought you meant it" and nudges her under the chin with his fist. In "Winner Take All", Cagney frequently runs into a scene and skids to a stop. In "Angels With Dirty Faces", he hunches his shoulders when he enters a scene and says over and over "Whadda ya hear, whadda ya say". In "Boy Meets Girl", even though he doesn't play a dancer, he incorporates little tap dancing moves. In other movies, Cagney sported a pencil thin mustache in order to annoy Jack Warner, who had a similar mustache.

@NoOne-kr4jc

Жыл бұрын

@@joep8787 Are you sure Mitchum meticulously prepped for his role? I think Mitchum was basically the real deal. He was from the rough South. He was that kind of tough guy. If he was told to get on the horse, he got on the horse. If he was told to step back, he did that. I get the feeling he was just being himself.

@joep8787

Жыл бұрын

@@NoOne-kr4jc Well, saying that Mitchum was from the South shows how well he prepared for his roles. He was from Bridgeport CT. He was a master of accents. Could play a Southerner, an Irishman or An Australian with equal ease. Mitchum worked hard, but like James Cagney, liked to pretend as if he'd just wandered on to the set. He prepared very well, knew his lines as well as his costars lines cold.

@NoOne-kr4jc

Жыл бұрын

@@joep8787 My bad. I didn't know he was from CT. I thought he was from South Carolina and got into trouble and just shifted all around the country. He got in a chain gang in Savannah, Georgia. So this means he went through all kinds of regions, but eventually made his way into California and got a Hollywood job. So to correct my information, he was born in Connecticut. His dad died in South Carolina. The widow remarried and the family moved to Delaware. Then the mother moved Mitchum with his grandparents in NYC. As a kid, he left home and rode "the rails". He was getting into trouble in school a lot of his life. He got thrown into prison at Savannah, Georgia, but escaped. He came to Hollywood later on. I'm sure he could pick up on all kinds of accents, as even his mother was Norwegian. The impression I got was he was a Hollywood actor who simply did what he was told and did not think of many strategies, just only acting as himself. I remember Don Rickles comparing Clark Gable to later stars who were very meticulous in really getting into the frame of mind in order to cry or to do whatever to really make things as realistic as they could. Rickles said Gable just did it, he was the same guy in person, whereas someone in 90s would still be crying in the corner and its lunch time. He must have been sort of joking about method actors. He pounced on De Niro every shot he could as De Niro was that style and everyone on the set went to stitches.

the days of the GREAT ones are ALL gone now.....glad I was born in a time to see the likes of Mr. Cagney , Edward G Robinson, George Raft, Humphrey Bogart and on and on..............!!!! RIP you all, you are missed by many................

@quickchris10comcast

6 жыл бұрын

He's so fair-skinned on color tape. Were his eyes blue/hazel, then? The makeup artists just poured on the eyebrow pencil for those old, black-and-whites, apparently.

Lovely lovely man, talented beyond description👏🙂

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan Wonderful interview of a incredible man & actor.

It's kinda bizzare to see a priest as an interviwer, but any interview with james cagney is more than welcome

@philiphalpenny9761

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you half expect Pat O' Brien to wearing the collar!

Angels With Dirty Faces...what a film 👍

What an astonishing group of genius made up the Goldrn Era from Judy Garland to Fred Astaire and of course Jimmy C one of the greatest. No fakery here a real actor, gentleman and human being. We will never see the likes again.

I loved to watch him dance. If they love to watch you then you are a good dancer. He was very good.

I'll tell you a little story. I was 10 years old when my father died - I adored him. He was an Irishman from Co. Leitrim. When I was about 13 years old I saw my first James Cagney picture, and I thought he was wonderful. While other teenagers had photographs of Elvis Presley on their bedroom walls - I had James Cagney! When asked (as silly teenage girls do) who is YOUR heartthrob ..... my reply was 'James Cagney' and everyone laughed. Imagine my surprise when I read much later that James Cagney's forbearers had emigrated from Co. Leitrim! Strange old world. I still love him all these years later - a great man. Such a shame he and his wife's lives were overtaken by a zealous couple who assisted in estranging them from their two adopted children and the rest of the Cagney family.

@dorisdavenport3440

6 жыл бұрын

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@dorisdavenport3440

6 жыл бұрын

Loved him too. I saw Yankee Doodle Dandy probably 20 times.

@rossdemarco1206

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Gallagher Maybe Paul , I thought Cork . I have reason to believe so . But whatever you should go a little easy there Paul it’s not so important to go to that extreme .

To this day he's one of my favorites.To go from Public Enemy, Yankee Doodle Dandy( best actor), White Heat & Man of a thousand faces.To him just a job.Amazing & Impressive.

@stephaniestanley8041

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing unbelievable talent Dennis

Great actor!

CLASS PERIOD! !!

Interviews with Cagney are a rare thing. So this is a special find. Not much is revealed, though, as he was so private and gaurded. His maxim for acting-look'em the eye and tell the truth- is as unassuming as the man himself. His great individual talents set him apart other's who can ascrib to his direct approach- "walk in plant your feet" etc. but will not quite match his choreographed grace, wit, humour, pathos and intensity.

@eenavid

7 жыл бұрын

just reading very good book on cagney by doug warren ,interesting book,,

@philiphalpenny9761

7 жыл бұрын

The best books on Cagney are Actor as auteur by Patrick Magilligan (1982) and Cagney (1997) by John McCabe.

@philiphalpenny9761

7 жыл бұрын

Actor as auteur by P. Magilligan (1982) and Cagney(1997) are great books to study for anyone interested in the mercurial little dynamo that was James Cagney.

@eenavid

7 жыл бұрын

im just reading cagney by doug warren ,,good book,,

@ThePurplebear77

5 жыл бұрын

I liked the doug warren book but my favorite james cagney book is cagney by cagney.

That generation and the next were all of the same cloth..."Do the job, you're taking good money for it, do you best, it's as simple as that."

I grew up watching this guy in movies on TV. When ragtime came out it was the first movie on the screen that I seen him in it was only because of him that I went to see the movie.😂

Thanks for sharing. Great questions.

Legend !

My mother knew Martin Sheen from Greenwich Village days when I was born in the early 1960s, funny how he mentioned him. Always loved Jimmy, I'm Irish so that's part of the reason. Thanks for posting! FYI, the presentation got cut off (sad) but, "The Christopher Award (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, films and television specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit". It is given by The Christophers, a Christian organization founded in 1945 by the Maryknoll priest James Keller."

As James Cagney said his one aim in acting was to convey the truth. He certainly did that and more.

If you have not seen Angels with dirty faces, and haven't seen Cagney, Bogart, and the Bowery Boys in same movie! See it, ending was topic of conversation for years as to Cagneys crying scene at end, still not sure myself. Great film

If you had to sum up James Cagney ! in one word ! it would be Empathy ! he had a abundance of empathy for his fellow man. Rest in peace James Francis Cagney.

@philiphalpenny3783

2 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Ray said the same thing when they did the picture 'Run For Cover' together in 1955...

A GREAT TALENT!

I did read once that Cagney said he would ONLY play criminals if the criminal was not glorified, and if justice prevailed at the end of the film.

He's my Role Model! GREAT Human!

genius james cagney

Brilliant actor, jame Cagney

Of his 65 films, I think only 8 were filmed in color.

Thanks for posting! :)

I wish i'd had the chance to meet mr james cagney he played and awsome tough guy i loved all the gangsta movies he had played the other one was my favorite when he'd was in japan as a news reporter during the wwll he practice judo there it was a good movie to watch thank you mr cagney for all your work

Luv jimmy cagney

14 thumbs down, It has to be some mindless lost millennium's who think its just some old guy talking to a priest. Just goes to show how little today's mutants know about whats good and whats not, but also how little they know about or even care to understand about history. That will come back to bite them. Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.

165,000 bucks to make public enemy in 1931. That's around 2.5 million in today's money. At the time it made 550m dollars at the box office. Ragtime in 1981 cost a stupid 28.3 million and only pulled in 21m at the box office so was a commercial failure. Paying actors more doesn't make a movie better

Cagney had to drop out of Columbia when his father died in the flu epidemic in 1918 to earn money for the family. He was studying art history and 2 of his brothers were in medical school, so it was decided their education was more important. He wanted to be a painter, not an actor.

The True Boyo Always

One thumbs down must have been Big Ed .......white heat...

Down to Earth - compare With today's boypunks.

A few are asking what year this interview is. I would say after 1981 since he mentioned Ragtime. Ragtime came out in 1981. Cagney had a stroke before making Terrible Joe Morgan that came out in 1984 (his speech was stroke distorted to the point he spoke too low and off that they dubbed his dialog with a voice actor in post production). So I would say between 1982-1984 is this interview.

@philiphalpenny9761

5 жыл бұрын

1982, he mentions his imminent 60th wedding anniversary, which clarifies the year of this interview...

GOAT

A mensch1 In every way.

That's the kinda hair pin I am.

@philiphalpenny9761

6 жыл бұрын

Biff grimes...

@peggyh4805

4 жыл бұрын

The Strawberry Blonde 1941

@philiphalpenny9761

4 жыл бұрын

@@peggyh4805 "...and the band played on"." Oh Hugo..."fab comic turn from Jim...

What's the Christopher Award?

What Year?

@philiphalpenny9761

6 жыл бұрын

1982.

Anyone know what year this interview took place? One of my all time favorite actors.

@philiphalpenny9761

4 жыл бұрын

1982

What year?

When was this interview done

@philiphalpenny9761

4 жыл бұрын

1982

Both actors he said he liked are Catholics. Pat O'Brian and Martin Sheen. Coincidence?

♥︎ no secret about Good Theater it's just ♥︎ Good Actors ♥︎ no, they don't make them like they used to do they?

Guess there are a lot of deaf Catholics needing a Nurse Ratchet explanation.

@cw1294

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@WillScarlet1991

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Jsmes ur more lrish dan u.think

angels with dirty faces part 2!!

@philiphalpenny3783

2 жыл бұрын

Angels Was Their Faces came out in 1939...without Cagney & O' Brien though, it made no sense...

Wonder how hed feel about 200 million spent on movies today

@anthonyc.trimarchi1769

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and all these actors/actresses/producers being exposed as sexual predators and so forth. Hollywood today is a joke. Not to say 1930's Hollywood didn't have its scandals and problems...but compared to today...today's Hollywood is just a joke.

@manofiske3318

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyc.trimarchi1769 "and all these actors/actresses/producers being exposed as sexual predators and so forth. Hollywood today is a joke" lol and who, pray tell, are "all these actors... today" A few, ...yes, however, back in the 'good ol' days' it was far worse and even exposure of a small percentage of those cases from yesteryear that have been "exposed" dwarfs what we find today. "today's Hollywood is just a joke" but NOT because of the odd silly, exploitative, sex obsessed "producer" and a few whores, sluts, and the occasional ingénue offering up the goods 'to get a head' in the biz instead "Tinseltown" is a joke due to the infestation of grotesque, politically motivated perverts that rule the roost in the industry and the hordes of colossally ignorant and/or dumb leftist lunatic rank and file that follow their lead and command; churning out tons of trash in support of their various diabolical "causes" designed to trigger sympathetic responses from the audiences they garner to consume their product. The sexual shenanigans pale in comparison to the schemes devised and put into action by the studios and their minions that seek to indoctrinate the unsuspecting and anesthetized among the masses drawn to screens dominated by by the Hollywood "Elite"

Do we really need the sign lady, so distracting to put it over him

Mr. Cagney was a gentleman and a humble man and a fine actor, excellent dancer and a great showman. That said, be advised that Roman Catholicism is full of pagan rituals and doctrines and is not truly Christian.

@joanmulhall5616

5 жыл бұрын

Get a life.

@susanb2015

4 жыл бұрын

At least they didn't let my abusive bigamist husband get a Catholic divorce. But they did ask me if he knew I had obsessive compulsive disorder before we were married. Why? What about in sickness and in health? And my illness only got worse from his abuse. Then this sick American country let him throw me in the goddamn gutter and move a slut into my children's home and my bed.

@amjoshuaf

Жыл бұрын

Ah, but you’re wrong. Mr Cagney turned out a gentleman, as you say, because of his Catholic upbringing.

What year?

@philiphalpenny9761

Жыл бұрын

1982...