CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW James Cagney 🇺🇸 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY - STEVE HAYES Tired Old Queen at the Movies

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In 1942, Jimmy Cagney broke away from his tough guy gangster persona and returned to his musical Broadway origins to portray the renowned performer and impresario, George M. Cohan, in Michael Curtiz's YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. This outstanding performance earned him an Oscar. Co-starring Walter Huston and Joan Leslie, the story covers the life and career of the legendary song & dance man who wrote some of the most well-known and beloved popular and patriotic songs of all time. It’s a James Cagney tour de force and one you won’t want to miss!
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@JesterFilmLover Год назад

The most outstanding classic about George Cohan, the perfect film to rewatch every 4th of July!!! Fun Fact: Michael Curtiz actually cries at the scene with George's father dying.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I don't blame him. So do I. Thanks for watching! Steve

@thelookuplookdown Год назад

Oh, Steve, like this joyous film, you hit every note with an eloquent, heartfelt, and emotional review. Not only is it a testament to Cagney (who was miraculous) and the source, but that final tap down the stairs and your tearful salute was a reminder of what true patriotism is about,, and not the abhorrent mess it's become. Well done, Mr. Hayes, you brought a tear to these old eyes. Michael - South Africa

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

You comments did the same for me. Thank you so much, Michael! Much asppreciated! Steve

@elizabethj8510 Год назад

Has anyone mentioned Cagney's performance as Bottom in Warners' 1935 production of Midsummer Night's Dream? It was wonderful 😘

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Yes it was. He's so versatile.

@MaoRuiqi Год назад

Amazing grace! You nailed your review with the stair scene, a crack in youe voice, a mist in your eye...you are truly a treasure!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

It always gets me. Every time.

@billywalkerjr.9753 Год назад

I couldn't predict that a review of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" would make me weep, but here I sit with a damp face and a soggy dinner. Thank you Steve for another lovely profile of a classic film, plus your insights into the talented individuals associated with it.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

You touched me deeply. I'm so glad you feel about this wonderful movie as I do. Steve

@mareesimonis7656 Год назад

I can see this was a heartfelt review, thanks Steve. I’ve only seen Cagney in ‘Love Me Or Leave Me’ w Doris Day. Even though he plays a tough guy/bully you still have a soft spot for him in the end, not easy to pull off. To me he’s in the same league as Spencer Tracey, you forget they’re acting. On a diff topic .. the garden’s looking spectacular (w Johnny in the intro). So appreciate your love of film thanks again. Love fm Australia xx

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

And thanks for the comments and the compliments. I can take no credit for the lovely garden, it is teneded to by my friend/mentor & director Vincent Cardinal. The gardner supreme. Greetings to you and all my friends in Austrailia! Best Wisjhes; Steve

@metrogoldwyn Год назад

As wonderful as Cagney is in that movie, it's Doris Day who really shines in that one. The fact that she wasn't even nominated for an Oscar is one of the great all-time blunders of the Academy. Not for this, but for "Pillow Talk''.? Not a bad movie, but no comparison

@mareesimonis7656 Год назад

@@metrogoldwyn 100% agree with you about that. You really felt everything she was going thru. Also agree about the Oscar comment.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@metrogoldwyn She should also have been nominated for " Calamity Jane" and " The Man Who Knew Too Much". Oh, well....

@Jk-us7wt Год назад

Steve you are such a joy - so happy to see you looking so healthy and well and full of joy as ever - i swear somewhere in your attic there is a portrait that looks like hell, cause you look terrific! Im jon, have written you before, a theatre director and filmmaker based out in Oregon who shares your excellent good taste and passionate love of movies in all genres from all ages. You bring so much happiness to my days - during covid such a light - how i wish i could see you onstage or meet sometime for a marathon gab fest! Sending you - and johnnie - much love and a huge hug

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Dear Jon, I remember you and am always so glad to hear from you. Yes, it would be delightful to have a giggling gab fest over a cuppa Joe. Until then, thank you for the compliments, for continuing to watch and have a great summer in beautiful Oergon! Best; Steve

@margies735 Год назад

This film shows what patriotism could be and must have uplifted many during WW2. Even today, in this crazy world, it can still move us although those ideals are long gone. Thanks Steve for another wonderful review😊

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

My pleasure> I agree with you. And yes, it along with "Mrs Miniver" that same year, were both important pictures as we entered the war.

@dianedunshea3949 Год назад

Love this movie. My brother taped this years ago. I’m sure he watched it a hundred times and was re-enacting the dance steps when no one was around. ! Lol 🦘🇦🇺

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Good for him! Never hurt to have a hoofer in the family! Thanks for watching! Steve

@tommoncrieff1154 Год назад

Yes, you hit on an important cultural point, there are no movies today with a light veneer of patriotism and decency, there are almost no movies with a light veneer of anything, it’s always laid on with a trowel or distorted through a megaphone.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

They don't make 'em like they used to. Steve

@2000konnie Год назад

Jimmy Cagney was amazingly talented, and it was nice that he got to be known for more than being a cruel gangster. Thank you for recapping this movie. Delightful as always! 💗

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thanks for watching! I love Cagney!

@Dinki-Di Год назад

It's always a great day when Steve posts a review! Enjoyed your reference to David Niven's "Bring on the Empty Horses". That, and "The Moon's a Balloon" must be two of the funniest Hollywood autobiographies ever. Also loved the quick cameo appearance by S.Z.Sakall.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Niven's books are laugh out loud priceless! Thanks for watching! Steve

@kevinhouse4376 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Thanks for the great review, Steve. Speaking of S.Z. Sakall, I would love to get my hands on his autobiography, "The Story of Cuddles: My Life Under the Emperor Franz Joseph, Adolf Hitler and the Warner Brothers." Unfortunately, it's very hard to find and when I've seen it online, it sells for incredibly high prices. Take care!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@kevinhouse4376 I'm sure it does. The more obscure ones are often hard to get. I was an idiot a few years back when I came across composer Dimitri Tiomkin's autobiography at the Strand bookstore and like an idiot, didn't pick it up. I have a big library of show biz bios and love to get my hands on the hard to get ones. Oh, well... I'll bet " Cuddle's" is a joy. Steve

@gljm Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Interestingly I got my copy of "Please Don't Hate Me" AT the Strand bookstore, I wonder if it was the same copy?

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@gljm It was YOU!!! Good for you! I'm glad it went to someone who appreciated it! LOL!

@slc2466 Год назад

Thanks for another awesome review, Steve! I recently put together a tribute to Cagney, and his versatility and always-magnetic presence really stood out- there was apparently nothing he couldn't do as a performer, and he never got tired or slowed down during a remarkable career, from "The Public Enemy" to "Ragtime."

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I always loved him in this and " Angels With Dirty Faces". Superb.

@slc2466 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Cagney gets the Greatest Off-Screen Acting ever award for that last scene in "Angels."

@StellaWaldvogel Год назад

I don't think there's anything Cagney couldn't do. My daughter likes him too. These old movies are forever. Thanks for doing this one! Hope to see more (hint hint!)

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

You will, just keep watching! Steve

@StellaWaldvogel Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Thanks, Steve! Looking forward to that.

@PhilippinesFarmLife Год назад

That stiff leg dancing of Cohan was accurately portrayed by Cagney. Joan Leslie is so sweet and stunningly beautiful

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

She was very underrated. I saw her recently in an obscure noir called : in 'Repat Performance" and she was amazing!

@PhilippinesFarmLife Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I forgot that she was the actress in Sergeant York when less than 18 years old. I will look up Repeat Performance. Thanks Steve for the tip.♥️

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@PhilippinesFarmLife She always reminded me of Warner Brothers answer to Teresa Wright.

@melissaolson6108 Год назад

I'm always happy to see a new review by you. Your enthusiasm is so contagious. I love this movie and the end always makes me cry, but I have to say I experience cognitive dissonance watching Cagney dance.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Well, ther you are. Glad you liked the review. Happy Summer! Steve

@genehenrylindgren Год назад

It is a classic example of Hollywood's Golden Age.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I think so and Warners at it's Michael Curtiz/1940's best!

@jokerz7936 Год назад

Cagney was Eastwood's favorite. Also great Burt Reynolds story. He met Cagney once and asked for a picture maybe one of him from Paris. Cagney said sure. Day or two later a delivery man deliveries a package inside is a portrait of a Man standing in the rain in Paris painted by James Cagney. Burt was shocked all he meant was a photo not a hand painted portrait. He calls Cagney to thank him and Cagney wife answers and Burt ask for James and tells her it's Burt Reynolds she tells James and Burt hears him yells. "Tell the S.O.B. if he wants another one he has to buy it." 😂

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Hilarious! He was married to the same owman for years and years. A no nonsense guy.

@alidabaxter5849 Год назад

Dear Steve, Thank you so very much for this lovely review. I don't just mist up when I watch it, I'm so moved watching James Cagney dancing like Cohan and singing "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" I burst into tears. I'm watching an absolutely wonderful, moving performance. He was so brilliant, so versatile, so incredibly talented, there aren't enough superlatives to describe him, and I honestly can't think of anyone around like him any more. Very best wishes, Alida

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I'm so glad you liked it. I don't think there is either. All My Best; Steve

@egriffinj Год назад

How do you mange to post your reviews on the exact days that I need them the most? It doesn't matter, 'cause you do. Your sincere love of these movies comes across so vividly, I feel as if you're across the coffee table from me❤. I hope you and Johnny (sp?) had a happy Fourth and Long May You Rave!!!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Oh, thank you! You made my day! I''' tell Johnny. Happy Summer and we'll keep ravin' as long as you keep watchin'! Steve

@edjopago1 Год назад

Once again Steve a brilliant review.....did I detect you welling up with emotion when you were describing Cagney's scene on the White House steps.....as always thanks for your dedication to this forum!!!! 😍

@henrygonzalez8793 Год назад

What a wonderful review of a great film. The catch in Steve's voice as he comments on this scene brought a tear to my eye...

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@aylaeh Год назад

Speaking of james cagney, I was wondering if you would do a video on man of a thousand faces. That movie has always fascinated me because of how fluent he was in sign language because Lon Chaney's parents were deaf.

@egriffinj Год назад

I'd really enjoy that, too.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I love that one and Dorothy Malone as the meanest of the mean. Great film! On my list! Steve

@Mumscup Год назад

Oh Steve, I clap my hands when I see you opening the door❤.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

How nice! Wish I could say the same for my relatives.

@beechnut8779 Год назад

I'll never forget seeing this movie for the first time and utterly amazed that Cagney, the quintessential movie gangster, could sing and dance! And what a dancer he was!! Reply

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

He was an old Broadway hoofer!

@BigGuyBoleslaw Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ His first roles in vaudeville were dancing in drag.

@cynthiahawkins2389 Год назад

Next time you're in the Apple, down on Gramercy Park, look for the GRAMERCY. A lovely old pre-1900 - now a pricey apartment building. But back then a theatrical boarding house (!!) . With an unassuming, oval plaque, on the front doorway outside....noting that Cagney lived there (during his salad days as a young unknown dancer)...

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thanks, I'll check that out! How cool!

@michaelgordon8763 Год назад

Nice to see you share a new vid...love the tap dancing...I dated a couple of tap dancers some time ago...but at different times...hearing the taps brings back memories -"kick, shuffle, step...swoon"

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Yup. I've fallen for a dancer or six.... Nuthin' says "seduce me" like a time step.

@gljm Год назад

Interesting facts: Just as they were about to filmed the scene with the song "You're A Grand Old Flag" word came in that Pearl Harbor had just been bombed . Cagney's first job in the theatre was dressing in "Drag" and performing as a woman in the chorus of the show "Every Sailor".

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

It's the perfect WWII movie. Patriotic as all get out and so emotional. As for "Every Sailor", I'm delighted to see he was in drag . DRAG FORVER!

@brewstergallery Год назад

Thanks for another great show. I also love Cagney and especially Walter Huston. I watched the link about dubbing in Hollywood...it was great!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I'm delighted you liked it! It was such fun to do and Mark Milano and Charles Busch both know their sttuff. Steve

@jerryhewitt4309 Год назад

One of favorites, and one I love to watch every so often. Steve, you do a great Cagney! Also, when you started to talk at the end about his tap dance down the White House stairs, you paused, and I teared up. I'm not even sure why, but you just seemed emotional, and I got weepy! I always enjoy your videos!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I'm afraid I'm guilty. At this stage of my life, I find I get more weepy and franll;y, I really kinda enjoy it. I love these films and they always take me back to some personal memory of where I was and what stage of my life I was in when I fisrt saw them. Nice memories. Steve

@paula4968 Год назад

Wonderful review, as always, Steve! I love that little down the stairs tap dance and I love when my RU-vid alert goes off for your videos. 😁Always makes my day. You're one of a kind, my friend. 😊❤

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thanks so much! Happy Summer! Steve

@paula4968 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ You too, Steve! 😊

@susanerickson6195 Год назад

This movie is so entertaining! Cagney was a major force of nature, and his Oscar for his amazing portrayal of Cohan was so hugely deserved. Thanks for another fabulous review ❤️

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

My plreasure. Thank you so much for watching! Happy Summer! Steve

@michaelverbakel7632 Год назад

Of all the best actor Academy Awards given in the 1940's James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy was the most deserving. I think the one who came closest to him was Laurence Olivier in Hamlet.

@cmariedesign Год назад

Hello, my baby, hello, my honey - love that t-shirt! Thanks for combining two of my favorite characters: George M. Cohan and Michigan J. Frog! Another great review, reminds me to get out Yankee Doodle Dandy and The Seven Little Foys and enjoy!

@cmariedesign Год назад

Chuck Jones says Spielberg used his naming technique (state name + last name) when he made Raiders of the Lost Ark, with a subtle nod to Chuck . . . .

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Could very well be.

@mlgmoore Год назад

I love that Cagney reprised Cohan again in Seven Little Foys to dance with Bob Hope

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Yup and he was as good as ever.

@josephpanzarella1417 Год назад

It's always great to see a new video by you Steve. And Cagney was certainly overdue. In addition to Olivier, Orson Welles also said that Cagney was the greatest actor to ever work in films. You missed the 4th by a few weeks but that's fine. Just keep 'em coming!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I will so long as you keep watching them! Thanks so much! Steve

@kendallbird Год назад

My father and I watched Yankee Doodle Dandy. We also watch White Heat. My father could not convince me that James Cagney was the same actor in both films. He told me that was acting, great acting. I think that was my first lesson in how to watch movies. Great review!!! Hi Johnny.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I love the special memeories I have with adul;ts who in one way or another influence me love of films and how to look at them. I remember my father sneaking up behind me on late Saturday afternoon and both of us being mesmerized by "King Kong" and him telling me about seeing it at the movies when he was a little boy during the Great Depression. He also saw and loved " Frankenstein". My mother introduced me to ' Auntie Mame" and I became a Ropz Russell fan for life. Lovely memeories. Thanks for sharing and for watching! Steve

@sustainfem Год назад

Oh I love "White Heat"! "Made it, Ma, top of the world!!!"

@kimberlydonohoe3427 Год назад

Yay, Steve's back!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

When did you see my back? I've had my shirt on all day! OXOX

@kimberlydonohoe3427 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ you rascal!

@donaldauguston9740 Год назад

Steve, you brought me to tears TWICE during this segment. Take care and have a great August. DA

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Dear Donald, I'm sorry/delighted that you were so moved. This movie alwayys hit me in the heart. I remember my Dad and all the men I grew up with who fought in the World Wars and I have such admiration and respect for them. So glad you watch. Steve

@MrRatherDashing Год назад

I'd like to recommend the movie The Seven Little Foys (1955, Melville Shavelson). While on the whole, I wasn't taken with the movie, but there's a scene with a celebratory dinner where Eddie Foy (Bob Hope, age 52) jaws a bit with George M. Cohan (James Cagney doing a cameo, age 56). They eventually each get up on the tables to square off, and the sequence becomes one of those perfect moments of grace on film, just absolute bliss...Much of the movie may elicit some yawns, but those thirty seconds to a minute will have you using each of the three hankees you brought with you to the movies.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I agree...also that the rest of the movie is a yawn.

@AnnDroid877 Год назад

I love this movie! I quoted "Ham makes me self-conscious" to an Indian friend, and she cracked up because she knows the movie well, too!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

That's priceless.

@AnnDroid877 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ ❤

@Melissa-tc2qk Год назад

A heartwarming review. Enjoyed it very much. Thank you, Steve.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

My pleasure. Thanks for watching!

@mereoxendine193 Год назад

James Cagney we love 💕 you very much! You made me sit up and take notice of your great talent. You put that enthusiasm in me to try new things in my life even today. I keep thinking that if you can do great things then I can too. You make me want to try anyway! I'm coming to pay respects to you in September! I'm going to Broadway to remember you, James Cagney. Everything I do that week will be in honor of you. Your like a second daddy to me. Hugs and kisses 😘😢❤.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Hooray! A great tribute to a great talent. There was no one like Cagney! Enjoy your visit!

@biggestliberacefan1988 Год назад

Outstanding Review Steve I think you are perfectly correct when you mention this musical comedy drama has plenty of heart and plenty of talent behind and in front of the cameras. My favourite Cagney film is Footlight Parade then the Strawberry Blonde and Bride Came COD with Bette Davis Roaring Twenties with Bogart and then this wonderful film Yankee Doodle Dandy and a well deserved Academy award fantastic Steve you made my day cheers Carl .

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

And you made mine! Thank you so very much! Steve

@celinhabr1 Год назад

Cagney was so great. This was another blast! Thank you so much, love, i get emotional with you too!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Awww, thank you! Happy summer!

@bethanypheneger5796 Год назад

I love the way you love the movies. ❤❤❤❤❤

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thanks so much!

@joelsmith6641 Год назад

Great review as always. Watching this reminds me of the time Michael J. Fox appeared on the Donahue show back in the 80s, and he received a call from none other than a representative of James Cagney, expressing Mr Cagney wanting Michael to play him in an biopic...which floored Michael. It's unfortunate that Michael, due to his struggle with parkinson's disease, never got to play Cagney...but I think young English actor Tom Holland, with his training in dance and musical theater, could play Cagney in a biopic

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I loved that Cagney did that for Michael J. Fox. Despite the film never getting off the ground, it was such an unforgettable gesture. Yes! I think Tom Holland would be very good. I like him so much. Seems to genuine and he's very talenetd. Thanks for watching Steve

@danbro1378 Год назад

I've been a Cagney fan all my life and a Steve Hayes fan since TOQ's early days, and I have been waiting over 10 years for Steve to do a Cagney film! Well done Steve!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I know...'bout time. But, this is certainly a great place to start. Thanks for waiting and watching! Best; Steve

@danbro1378 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ xx

@elizabethj8510 Год назад

And argued in Yiddish with the WB brass!

@dwhitman3092 Год назад

Never know where your adventures will take us! Loving every minute of it! And thank You so much. Always wonderful to watch your reviews. 💙

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Awwww, thanks so very much! Steve

@chrishutchinson2297 Год назад

I'm such a sucker for musicals. This movie was brilliant. They had an amazing cast. One of my all-time favorites. I had almost forgotten about that scene of Cagney tap dancing down the stairs. He was an amazing actor

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

It's such a gorgeous moment and it always hits me right in the heart. Thanks for watching! Steve

@MissFussbudget Год назад

Thank you for this wonderful review. I have to admit, though, that my favorite Cagney musical is "Footlight Parade" with it's incredible Buzby Berkley dance numbers. And speaking of song-and-dance men, I notice that your tee-shirt features another of my favorites: Michigan J. Frog! 😅

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

" Everybody do the Michigan Rag!" My all-time faorite cartoon!

@dermotmccaul1833 Год назад

Another great review Steve, and how lovely to hear you wax lyrical about Michael Curtiz, one of the greatest directors of the studio era, and one of the most undervalued; he should be spoken of in the same way as Ford, Hitchcock, Wilder, etc., etc.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Oh, absolutely. And not only for the well known ones. Check out a terrifc suspense / noir he did with Claude Rains in 1946 called; " The Ususpected". Rains plays a role reweminicet of Clifton Webb's in " Laura". And it has Hurd Hatfield and the great Audrey Totter in marvelous roles. You will love it!

@dermotmccaul1833 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I've seen it Steve, and it's marvellous; so stylish, and Claude Rains is, as usual, pure purring seductive evil personified!

@lydiajoy1823 Год назад

Great review! Thanks for all the background information, so interesting. I just love James Cagney. He’s so good in “Love Me or Leave Me,”very scary in that movie don’t you think? I have read that dancing up and down the stairs is pretty dangerous, you really have to be an expert not to tumble. What a guy!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

It is, I tried it when I did 'La Cage Aux Foilles" in an evening gown. NOT EASY...not pretty neither. LOL! Steve

@Lateboomer059 Год назад

LOVE the cameo (tee) by Michigan J Frog !! Thanks, Steve!!!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Of course! And , when you see the back, of the "T", you also see him from the back.

@Lateboomer059 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Perfect!! 🐸

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@Lateboomer059 Ain't it?🤩

@mkofftiger Год назад

The irony of Cohan's casting by George S. Kaufman as F.D.R. was that Cohan was no great admirer of the President...neither was George S. Kaufman for that matter. But, just as Kaufman knew a showman when he saw one, Cohan knew a hit when he heard one. I always enjoy your reviews. You're a gift.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thanks so much! Steve

@corfan99 Год назад

Don't know why but Michael Curtiz is rarely spoken of with the same reverence as say, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra. I mean the man directed this musical and he directed CASABLANCA, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, MILDRED PIERCE to name a few.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

He should be right up there with the Willie Wylers, Howard Hawks and Clarence Browns. Amazing body of work. He set the syle of all the Warner Brothers pictures. Solid story telling, tight editing and fast pacing. In other words, fdantastic! Steve

@tombaker4586 Год назад

I loved him in the 1932 to 1935 movies, The public enemy : that said it all ! Great review, Steve Greetings, Tom.

@StellaWaldvogel Год назад

Love that era, but I sort of branched out from there and Cagney stayed great. He could be funny too - check out the tooth pulling scene near the end of The Strawberry Blonde - hilarious!.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@StellaWaldvogel One of my favorites. Steve

@MrElliotc02 5 месяцев назад

I wish you much joy and happiness...you're a gem.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ 5 месяцев назад

Why thanks! Right back at you!

@TechnicJunglist Год назад

I hope you're both having a great summer. 😊 My partner loves Cagney in all his gangster film so i recently entertained them with this classic on July 4th. Such a contrast.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Yes, audiences often forgot that the studios typecast everyone, so the public didn't know how versatile these talented people were!

@TechnicJunglist Год назад

@STEVEHAYESTOQ he was lovely but then again so are you Steve 😉💞

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@TechnicJunglist Awww Thanks.

@bexp436 Год назад

A fabulous movie that i will now watch again after your wonderful review. Many thanks xx

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I think you'll love it!

@paulnelson7525 Год назад

Oh my, I was raised on this movie as it was one of my parent's favorite movie. A fantastic review as always. Thanks for making my night.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thank you for watching an making mine! Steve

@58christiansful 11 месяцев назад

Another superb presentation! Your enthusiasm is infectious!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ 11 месяцев назад

How lovely of you to say so. Thanks so much! Steve

@palmereldritch7777 Год назад

Compliments on your unerring sense of style, art and history in a very authentic and entertaining presentation. It's an example of the way youtube should be used but that few channels match or even aspire to. And for introducing all these pearls to us cultural swines who are getting an education in taste

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. Steve

@TheDukeofMadness Год назад

Another wonderful review. Cagney was a brilliant actor up until the end.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

He sure was.

@SumSouuthernSugar Год назад

Well done. Love the lamp. Kind of a Frank Lloyd Wright / Tiffany vibe.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Yeah, it's a beauty.

@stevenj9970 Год назад

"Imma yanka my doodle, she's a dandy!!!!" LOL Bravo Steve, loved this!!! Orson Wells called Cagney in an interview 'the greatest actor ever,' just being so honest and true to himself.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

He gave all he had and what he had to give was always terrific.

@John_Fugazzi Год назад

This is one of my real favorites ever since I first saw it on TV as a kid. It has so much going for it and Cagney is an absolute wonder. I never understood why he didn't dance in Footlight Parade but suspect Warner's thought it would harm his tough guy image. There's a rare clip of Cohan dancing in I'd Rather Be Right online and Cagney had his style down pat. Something I also like is that for once the musicals shown are all in the order that they actually came out and the songs are shown in the right musicals, something Hollywood rarely gets right. Poor rosemary DeCamp played Cagney's mother and she was much younger than him. I also love the scene when he joins the parade while the troops are singing Over There and one of them says (something like) "What's the matter Pops, don'tcha know the words? Gets me every time.

@HJohnson7567 Год назад

He dances in the last number in Footlight Parade, upstaging Ruby Keeler. But it is a shame he didn't get to do more dancing in his career.

@John_Fugazzi Год назад

@@HJohnson7567 I forgot about that. It's on the bar in Shanghai Lil. It's not very long and I was expecting much more dancing from him when I first saw it.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@John_Fugazzi The terrific tap dancing scene with Channing Tatum in the Coen Brother's 'Hail, Ceasar" is a tribute to the "30's Cagney numbers .

@RosiG73 Год назад

It’s my favorite Cagney film, too❣️

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Great minds think alike. You and someone or other! LOL!

@RosiG73 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ 😘

@judyblackman1215 Год назад

Steve I have been waiting for you to review a James Cagney film… and this one is a great one to start with.. a fabulous review Steve . I hope you will review more of Cagney’s films..

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Not to worry. As long as you keep watching, I'll continue to review Cagney pictures. Steve

@astrodoug Год назад

such a great film! Thank you Steve!!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

My pleasure. Thanks for watching! Steve

@markchase7419 Год назад

"Oh Johnny, we never did most of the people we did".lol lol Unbelievably good review! I forgot about Rosemary DeCamp being in it!! 😎😂

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

So did "Twenty Mule Team Borax. "

@markchase7419 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ oh yeah, that too! 🤣

@pinkroses8714 Год назад

Steve ...... I always look forward to your reviews!! I hope I find you well , love from Australia xxx

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I'm fine and I hope you are too! Love that I have a fan in Austrailia! So Great! Steve

@NomadicBrian 8 месяцев назад

Yeah I liked this musical. It took me a little while to get comfortable with Cagney in a musical because I had always type cast him as a tough guy/gangster myself. Then I saw him in 'Footlight Parade' and he does a little number called 'Shanghai Lil'. Great stuff.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ 8 месяцев назад

He was a hoofer from the begining. I always loved that they made use of him. The stiff legged dancing was Cohan's style that Cagney adapted for the role.

@mareesimonis7656 Год назад

Hi again Steve, after me prev comment an old interview w Orson Welles & Michael Parkinson popped up in my feed. Welles had high praise for Cagney saying there was never a fake moment & in his opinion he was the greatest actor of the era. It’s on youtube, should be easy to find.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I've seen it. It's a great interview. I love Parkinson!

@marccollins1966 Год назад

Rosemary sure put De-Camp into this film….😅😅

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Well, somebody had to.

@marccollins1966 Год назад

Ahahahahahahahahahah

@mikehudson8884 Год назад

This just came up on my feed...So good to see you...You are like a feel good tonic...Hope you are well..thanks for the episode. Love from the UK

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Love to the UK right back! How I miss being there! Thanks so much for watching! Steve

@steveweinstein3222 Год назад

I think stiff-legged tap is a legacy of Irish folk dancing (cf. Riverdance).

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Could very well be.

@ginnylorenz5265 Год назад

Delicious as always, dear blessed Steve❣Love and hugs from Ginny in San Diego, California.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thank you, Darlin'! Hope this finds you well, happy and having a great summer. Steve

@DrMeganCrawford Год назад

It really lasts- we watched a few weeks ago- en famille aged from 19-68, love the stairs tap and the whole film- and I/m British!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Yeah, it's pretty terrific stuff.

@timfrye3586 Год назад

One of I always somehow missed, but will be sure to check out. Thanks for the entertaining review!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

It's so good.

@peterd.9522 Год назад

Oh no Steve, you’ve done it again! I had no idea this was a Michael Curtiz movie. After your review I have to reconsider my longstanding memory of it. I will give it another go knowing what I do now. The details you provide are what makes all the difference for me. ❤

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I'm delighted to hear it! And glad it may make you change your mind about Curtiz. He was a versatile powerhouse!

@peterd.9522 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I really like Michael Curtiz films. I didn’t know he directed Yankee Doodle Dandy until your review.

@poetcomic1 Год назад

Its one of a handful of our 'family' movies. We would always watch it on the 4th of July. I love how Cohan is supposed to be nervous going to the White House because he has been on stage imitating FDR and thinks maybe the President is mad at him!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

It's such a sweet, sentimental journey.

@michaelswinford4674 Год назад

I absolutely LOVE you both!

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thanks, Michael.

@jaykauffman4775 Год назад

Steve. Great review and film. I had read that another reason he did this very patriotic film was that there were some hints going around Hollywood that he had some Left Wing sympathies and this film could help dispel them

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

This film was made at the perfect time.

@okay5045 Год назад

So happy I'm dancing for joy I love your reviews thank you thank you so much this is a great movie kagami was wonderful and this he also dances in the movie point story with Doris Day

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

"Love Me Or Leave Me". It's on my "to do" list.

@metrogoldwyn Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I think "ok" might be referring to the 1950 "West Point Story" with Doris, Virginia Mayo and Gordon McRae. I believe that was an earlier film he also made with her. "Love Me or Leave Me' if far superior, though. Jane Powell was said to have coveted the role of Ruth Etting and losing it to Doris was a bitter pill to swallow.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@metrogoldwyn Yes, but she ended up with adorable for mer child star and author Dickie Moore ( " Out Of The Past") at the end of her life, so there are eventual compensations.

@wellergurl Год назад

Oooooooooo JIMMY C....I LOOOOOVE HIM ❤️❤️ I think he is sooooo sexy, classy and cool. Just pure style and grace. One of my absolute FAVES ! Every now and then, out of the blue for no reason at all... I'll go to RU-vid and pull up that staircase dance scene or watch the entire Johnny Come Lately & I cry every time. FANTASTIC ACTOR & DANCER... EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES ! 💯👍❤️👏

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Consumate pro who could do it all.

@pammf9391 Год назад

Was watching Godfather 2 for the 100th time when your name popped up-so had to see your review- Love this movie -so many warm spots that get to you- then Cagney does something and you are off with a smile- you mentioned John Huston- and as I was saying Dodsworth-so were you- The ending was great- when the soldier asks him if he knows the song and Cagney joins in… Always love your reviews- now will go back to my movie🙏🏻❤️

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Sorry I interrupted, but glad you were happy with the resultys. I love "Godfather II ", by the way.

@mikeclifford8360 Год назад

Nice to see yours and Johnny's faces again, Steve! I learned something from your video, though. I learned that my husband can't stand this movie (we've been together for almost 20 years -- who knew???) and really doesn't like James Cagney! Oh, well. :) I'd love to see you do a review of My Fair Lady (don't hate me if you've already done it). It's my 2nd favorite musical (first being Singin' in the Rain). Best regards! :)

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

It's information like that that should be on the Marriage .license. Don't feel bad, I had an ex- who didn't like Susan Hayward!!! "I drummed him right outa' Hollywood...!

@mikeclifford8360 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ - Good on you, Steve! That's the least he deserves! We love Susan Hayward but I especially LOVE your jaw snapping impersonation of her! The hubby has suggested This Property Condemned with Natalie Wood. See? He likes some people! :D

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@mikeclifford8360 Well, ya gotta' love a guy who loves Wood...morning and otherwise...sorry. 🤪🥰

@ML-xi2rt Год назад

Excellent AS ALWAYS !😊

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thank you so much!

@johndillon5488 Год назад

Just a wonderful review by a wonderful man.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

I'll give you an hour to cut that out!

@johndillon5488 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ ❤ btw "George M" is one of Maura White's favorite productions she's ever done.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

@@johndillon5488 JOHN!!! I adore you! Give her a great BIG hug and a big one to you! Much Love!

@johndillon5488 Год назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ You got it Steve! We love you and We think of you every Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (catering).

@johndillon5488 Год назад

Btw, Every time you open with "Oh Johnny" I pretend it's for me 😉

@oaf-77 Год назад

One of my favorite movies, especially around July. Cagney reprised Cohan in ‘The Seven Little Foys’

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Yup! This was is a great one.

@MsBackstager 10 месяцев назад

Great all star cast.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ 10 месяцев назад

I agree.

@InFltSvc Год назад

Nice flowers! And that camera man in the reflection of your shades 😮…

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Cuter than cute.

@robertharrison2.055 Год назад

love this movie ''

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

So do I!

@lascreen3198 11 месяцев назад

I tried to “rent” Yankee Doodle Dandy at the library but they didn’t have it so I got Damn Yankees instead. All these years I thought it was about the North. I wonder if Tab did his own singing.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ 11 месяцев назад

I believe he might have.

@gloriaware2654 Год назад

Hi Handsome! Loved this review and love you!!!!! SWAK

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Awwwwwww, Glo. How I miss you. Let's chat soon and cactch up, okay? Hope all is well with you folks. Love you madly! Steve

@contractmed1 Год назад

James Cagney is one of my favorite actors of all time, perhaps the greatest actor who worked with Warner Brothers. His performance in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is perhaps the greatest of his career, and his Oscar for that film was well deserved. Are there any other movies with Mr. Cagney that you plan on reviewing in the near future?

@STEVEHAYESTOQ 11 месяцев назад

"Angels With Dirty Faces", " White Heat" & " Man Of A Thousand Faces" are all on my "to do" list.

@contractmed1 5 месяцев назад

@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I just saw him in "Man Of A Thousand Faces", and he was wonderful. He portrayed the legendary Lon Chaney with a warm, everymanly quality that will make you forget every bad guy the former ever played. I know that this might be a bold statement, but I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that JC should have been nominated for an Oscar for that performance.

@toriamansfield2999 Год назад

Such a great movie.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Ain't it? Thanks for watching!

@BigGuyBoleslaw Год назад

Cagney was always liberal, but J Edgar Hoover thought he was a commie. Cagney was searching to make a movie that if he was ever accused of being a commie -- no one would believe it. Playing George M Cohan -- the most conservative man ever on Broadway -- did the trick. Winning the Academy Award for the performance capped it.

@STEVEHAYESTOQ Год назад

Thank God. Hoover was the anti-Christ. It's always amazing to me that some of the biggest monsters in history, who destroyed countless lives are revered and given such power during their life time.

@MsBackstager 10 месяцев назад

Great info. I wonder how Jimmy C. really danced?

@STEVEHAYESTOQ 10 месяцев назад

Watch his early musicals with Ruby Keeler, you'll get an idea.