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Is there a greater show of talent than Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy?
Posted on 8/9/15 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 8/9/15 at 10:47 pm
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Posted on 8/9/15 at 10:48 pm to prplhze2000
Rust Colhe in True detective
Posted on 8/10/15 at 7:13 am to prplhze2000
Love it...My 4th of July ritual...forcing the kids to watch Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 7:39 am to prplhze2000
Yes
Posted on 8/10/15 at 8:02 am to prplhze2000
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain comes to mind, but I agree.
When you think of the old days - all those fellas had to have a certain degree of talent - most did stage work, which involved lots of musical numbers. Chico Marx was a pretty talented cat, but he never had to carry a movie. And wasn't much of a dancer.
The only modern examples I can think of are Gregory Hines and Steve Martin and not sure either could match Cagney - neither are as good an actor - Hines probably a better dancer and Martin is a world-class banjo player - but you never saw either combine all their talents in a single performance the way Cagney does it YDD.
When you think of the old days - all those fellas had to have a certain degree of talent - most did stage work, which involved lots of musical numbers. Chico Marx was a pretty talented cat, but he never had to carry a movie. And wasn't much of a dancer.
The only modern examples I can think of are Gregory Hines and Steve Martin and not sure either could match Cagney - neither are as good an actor - Hines probably a better dancer and Martin is a world-class banjo player - but you never saw either combine all their talents in a single performance the way Cagney does it YDD.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 9:22 am to prplhze2000
Cagney is the man!
Posted on 8/10/15 at 9:25 am to Ace Midnight
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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain comes to mind, but I agree.
I was going to say Kelly in Anchors Away.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 9:43 am to uway
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I was going to say Kelly in Anchors Away.
The scene with Jerry is definitely influential, but I submitted Singin' in the Rain because he had to carry more of that movie than he did Anchors Away - he was supporting Sinatra in that one, while he had O'Connor supporting him in Singin' in the Rain.
Outside of, perhaps, Music Man, he was in some of the most guy-friendly musical films of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:02 am to prplhze2000
Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:57 am to Ace Midnight
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Outside of, perhaps, Music Man, he was in some of the most guy-friendly musical films of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
He gave me an appreciation for tap dancing, that's for sure.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:04 am to uway
I saw my first Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire movie the other night, and that guy wasn't a bad actor was graceful, and could dance. I was surprised by how hot Ginger Rogers was.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:07 am to crash1211
Cagney tapping down those tall stairs in the White House at the end of the film... amazing.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 12:15 pm to crash1211
Michael Jackson stole all his dance moves from Fred Astaire.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 3:20 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Cagney tapping down those tall stairs in the White House at the end of the film... amazing
Fully agree Cagney was as awesome as it gets.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 3:38 pm to wartiger2004
Posted on 8/10/15 at 4:21 pm to prplhze2000
Keanu Reeves as Agent Johnny Utah.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 4:32 pm to crash1211
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I saw my first Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire movie the other night, and that guy wasn't a bad actor was graceful, and could dance. I was surprised by how hot Ginger Rogers was.
IYAM Fred Astaire's best performance was in a non music, non dancing role in On The Beach. He plays a scientist dealing with the guilt of having helped bring on a nuclear apocalypse.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 4:59 pm to prplhze2000
Paul Reubens in Mystery Men
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