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Carney, 56, is as astonished as everyone else by the award. "It was the greatest moment of my life," he acknowledges. Harry was his first leading role in a feature movie-and of course he was nobody's first choice. It was written for another Irishman, James Cagney, who turned it down. Twentieth Century-Fox then suggested Laurence Olivier, even Frank Sinatra, before Director Paul Mazursky called on Art. Even Carney was not sure he wanted it. "I liked Josh Greenfeld's script, but face it, I felt insecure playing a 72-year-old man." But his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Art Who? | 4/21/1975 | See Source »

These efforts might be better known if the IRS chief had taken a publicity-oriented approach to his job. Instead, the 53-year-old Alexander - a normally feisty James Cagney look-alike and former estate and gift-tax lawyer from Cincinnati - has immersed himself in technical details of tax administration during twelve-hour working days. Says he: "No amount of soft soap by me or anyone else will persuade the people we are doing a good job. The payoff is what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: The IRS's $287 Billion Man | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

...This week he starts work on Sam Peckinpah's Killer Elite, then he may appear in Francis Ford Coppola's The Apocalypse. It is only three years since he appeared in the sleeper Brian's Song and then exploded with the intensity of a young Jimmy Cagney to become a star in The Godfather. Now, after Cinderella Liberty, The Gambler, Funny Lady and the upcoming sci-fi drama Rollerball, he is one of the five top box office draws in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Gentleman Jimmy | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

Little Caesar with Edgar G. Robinson, 7:30, Key Largo, with Bogart and Bacall, 9 p.m., Public Enemy, with Cagney, 10:45, Friday through Sunday, Feb. 28-March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard | 2/27/1975 | See Source »

...creme de menthe nightcaps, considerately served up in a bowl. According to doting Owner Shanahan, Clancy is also "a great vocalizer and sings Happy Birthday to You all the way through." His principal charm, says Shanahan, is that "he has a broken tail and walks exactly like Jim Cagney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great American Animal Farm | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

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