Word: cagney
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Louis Kid (Warner) shows James Cagney receiving a cuff on the jaw from his leading lady instead of giving her one. Because he was tired of punching with his fists in pictures. Cagney suggested a variation to Director Ray Enright. In The St. Louis Kid he wears bandages on his hands, butts his way through brawls with his head. In other respects, the picture is standard Cagney entertainment, a rapid, realistic fantasy about a truck-driver who wants a quiet weekend in the country. Best shot: Cagney being welcomed into a village jail by a warden who loves company...
Metropolitan--"Jimmy. The Gent". James Cagney continues to get away with a smart guy role in a fast picture...
Starting at the Metropolitan theatre on Friday is James Cagney's latest Warner production "Jimmy The Gent" with Bette Davis. The picture is from an original screen story written especially for Cagney and presents the popular star in the type of role the movie public want to see him portray. The story is based on a new angle of a "smart guy's" get rich quick scheme and is filled with laughs and thrilling situations. Supporting the two stars is a cast of prominent screen players headed by Alice White, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Hohl and Allen Dinchart...
...James Cagney...
...Palooka (Reliance) derives its name from ringside slang for a low-grade prizefighter. Its story hangs around a pudgy young oaf (Stuart Erwin) who takes up with a fretful, excitable boxing manager (Jimmy Durante) and demonstrates that he cannot fight. Though he manages to knock down a champion (William Cagney, brother of James) who is in his cups, though he importantly squires a night club artist (Lupe Velez). Joe Falooka eventually takes a thorough mauling in the ring. This sends him back to a chicken farm where his mother (Marjorie Rambeau) has wanted...