Something To Sing About: Cagney is at his best as a Manhattan bandleader who journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs. A classic 1930's musical about Hollywood studio life that won an Oscar for best score. Basin Street Revue: Musical variety filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem New York City. This is a collection of exciting R&B performances from the early-mid 1950's including Cab Ca
Consisting of 9 classic musicals spread over 3 discs this collection contains some of the finest names in song and dance from the golden era of musicals featuring such talent as Fred Astaire James Cagney Duke Ellington and the Dorsey Brothers. Titles included are: Disc 1: Second Chorus / The Duke Is Top / Private Buckaroo Disc 2: The Royal Wedding / The Fabulous Dorseys / Black And Tan Disc 3: Something To Sing About / Basin Street Revue / Forbidden Music
Something to Sing About wittingly mirrors Cagney's frustrations with the Hollywood rat race and pokes fund at the studio system as a whole. Production methods acting styles pompous executives overzealous agents and the era's intense fandemonium all provide choice fodder for the film's writers. Cagney is as smooth as silk acting with a comfortable naturalism his usual high-voltage portrayals often lack. During the dance sequences he has a ball obviously relishing the opportunity to strut his terpsichorean stuff before the cameras. Watching him flawlessly perform complicated steps in a bouncy marionette style makes one rue the lack of more Cagney musicals.
Titles Comprise: Great Guy:Great Guy was the first Jimmy Cagney produced film from Grand National Pictures and brings to the screen the reality of widespread corruption in the 1930's during FDR's New Deals. The movie does a good job of shedding light on that intriguing era and uncovers various plots and schemes that go all the way up to the highest offices. Directed by John G. Blystone. Something To Sing About: Something To Sing About wittily mirrors Cagney's frustrations with the Hollywood rat race and pokes fun at the studio system as a whole. Production methods acting styles pompous executives overzealous agents and the era's intense fandemonium all provide choice fodder for the film's writers. Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Blood On The Sun:Blood On The Sun is one of the most powerful films to try to explain exactly how the Japanese 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' came into mortal conflict with the United States. Based on historical fact this riveting brutal action-packed motion picture has a tremendous supporting cast typical of a Cagney Production never lets up on the great Jimmy Cagney-style action. Directed by Frank Lloyd.
Something To Sing About
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