George C. Scott on James Cagney

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  • @THREESISTERS15
    @THREESISTERS15 9 місяців тому +7

    Boy do we need more men like him in the world

  • @JoseMorales-lw5nt
    @JoseMorales-lw5nt 3 роки тому +143

    Here's to the only living actor who actually attended the funeral of Hattie McDaniel. Class, integrity, and a fire in the belly that would never be quelched.

    • @virghammer1
      @virghammer1 2 роки тому +19

      Well ... James Cagney passed away on Easter Sunday, 1986, Jose. You're right, though, about her funeral. Unrivalled class. - Cheers. - Stay well and safe! VCH & Midlantic Theatre Co., Newark, NJ, USA

    • @12classics39
      @12classics39 11 місяців тому +9

      @@virghammer1by “living,” Jose meant the only actor alive at the time of Hattie’s funeral. And when you think of the huge number of stars who were around in those days, that says a lot about Mr. Cagney.

    • @robertgandler3177
      @robertgandler3177 10 днів тому

      i did not know thanks!

  • @randy7068
    @randy7068 Рік тому +45

    I grew up on James Cagney movies. When he was on the screen, no one talked. He was one of a kind.

  • @Goodfella1960
    @Goodfella1960 Рік тому +38

    The greatest actor of all time. Comedy/drama/dancing, anything.
    And he was real. A patriot, an honest man, no bigotry, just a good man.

  • @kkurichh3683
    @kkurichh3683 Рік тому +11

    Cagney's birthday today- July 17, 1899...my all time favorite!

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan Рік тому +57

    Cagney as the captain in " Mr. Roberts " was grand! Orson Welles, a fan of Cagney, said, "...maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera. " I'd agree.

  • @oldgoat142
    @oldgoat142 Рік тому +19

    James Cagney is hands down, one of my favorite actors of all time. When I found out he was actually a song-and-dance man, as demonstrated by Yankee Doodle Dandy and several other movies/shows, it blew me away!
    The man had gravitas. He SOLD you on the idea that he was either plain rotten to the core, or a genuine hero. I can't remember the movie, but he spoke Yiddish, which had me laughing as I grew up around some Jewish folks.
    He was of a special breed.

    • @bluebird3281
      @bluebird3281 5 місяців тому +1

      "Taxi!" was the movie

    • @oldgoat142
      @oldgoat142 5 місяців тому

      @@bluebird3281 Thank you.

  • @paulbfields8284
    @paulbfields8284 Рік тому +9

    I’m moved to tears by Scott and Cagney.. one of the greatest talking about one of the greatest… which makes both of them the same… just another guy..

  • @VicMartino
    @VicMartino Рік тому +22

    One great actor in praise of another. George C. Scott's praise of James Cagney was/is well earned! James Cagney one of the greatest! One of the greatest of all time's.

  • @robertgandler3177
    @robertgandler3177 Рік тому +17

    An unbelievable human being who inspired Mikail Baryshnikov to become a ballet dancer,and waa a pallbearer at his funeral. Unbelievably intelligent and moral and incredibly spoke fluent Yiddish!

  • @deadpan80
    @deadpan80 Рік тому +17

    A perfect example of “they don’t make ‘em like they use to”

  • @janeporter818
    @janeporter818 3 роки тому +33

    I love James Cagney ❤️

    • @virghammer1
      @virghammer1 2 роки тому +1

      Awfully hard not to, eh? I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't ... put it this way, Jane: I wouldn't want to, either!

  • @michaelterkildsen7964
    @michaelterkildsen7964 Рік тому +8

    I grew up in the same town that Cagney lived in when he died (stanfordville) my grandfather used to work on his coolers lol. They named the road he lived on "James Cagney Way"

  • @djmexicanodetx2195
    @djmexicanodetx2195 3 роки тому +29

    Made it ma, on top of the world!

  • @jamiejmasters4818
    @jamiejmasters4818 8 місяців тому +9

    His performance as Cody Jarret in White Heat was absolutely mesmerizing, you just couldn't take your eyes off of him, almost rooting for the evil little bastard.

    • @ralphpussilano
      @ralphpussilano 8 місяців тому +2

      Jamie if you get a chance watch Angels with Dirty Faces

    • @Nick-ty9us
      @Nick-ty9us 7 місяців тому

      He hypnotizes you with his performance

  • @Comdesron17
    @Comdesron17 Рік тому +7

    Me .. growing up during the 60's in NYC .... I got to see Cagney movies they showed on Channel 9 Program known as "The Million Dollar Movie" .. they showed the classics - this all pre-Turner Classic channel... oh yeah, the time when the only channels on TV were - 2(CBS) .. 4(NBC)..5 (I think at that time Fox) ..7(ABC) ... 9(WOR-TV) .. 11(WPIX) .. 13(PBS) ...41&47 Spanish channels .. that was it for channels unlike today lol ....

    • @Flussig1
      @Flussig1 Рік тому +2

      5 was WNEW into the 80's I believe. Million Dollar Movie was great, you could watch the same movie everyday for a week. First time I saw "Gone with the wind" I thought THEY stole the music from MDM ! Sure was great to be a kid in NY.

  • @bigbandsrock1
    @bigbandsrock1 2 роки тому +38

    I simply do not have the words to convey how much I love, respect and admire this giant artist! He's a perfect example why I don't care for most actors today. Who could possibly top him? Though he often played a bad guy, when his humanity comes through, he can melt the hardest of hearts! As long as film endures, he will be loved and remembered fondly, always!

    • @virghammer1
      @virghammer1 2 роки тому +5

      Beautifully put, Cheryl! Any words I can say - and I've said plenty! (lol) are completely inadequate, too. "They" utterly broke the mold w/ him, eh? The Best of best.

  • @virghammer1
    @virghammer1 2 роки тому +12

    James Cagney - the BEST. George C. Scott, no slouch either. -- Ahhhhh, but Cagney ... Well, all: We've had giants among us ... Thanks, JC and thanks, GSC! You gave us all So much.

  • @ralphpussilano
    @ralphpussilano 8 місяців тому +5

    Cagney the best hands down even today no one is better.

  • @rgracia633
    @rgracia633 Рік тому +14

    In my opinion, Jimmy Cagney is the greatest actor of all time!

  • @patrickkelley6212
    @patrickkelley6212 2 роки тому +10

    RIP James! You are surely missed!

  • @MB-vu3ow
    @MB-vu3ow 5 місяців тому +3

    Before the G.I. Bill was initiated, James Cagney was the only source of support and encouragement to the young soldier who returned from the WWII and was responsible for getting him into movies. That was Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier in American history.

  • @FIREBRAND38
    @FIREBRAND38 3 роки тому +33

    I hope TCM releases more of these.

  • @reginaldstyles9549
    @reginaldstyles9549 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely Amazing And Brilliant Actor ❤🙏😅💯

  • @monzermasri8141
    @monzermasri8141 2 роки тому +4

    He is what he seems. that really great thing to say.. and more.. Great thing to be .

  • @catdog2706
    @catdog2706 11 місяців тому +3

    James Cagney was a fabulous actor❤❤❤

  • @marylamb7031
    @marylamb7031 2 роки тому +17

    I'm a girl and watched all his movies as a kid/young adult. Sometimes I act just like him in his movies! and also live in solitude. LOL Can't help it. He's one of the few role models I looked up to.

    • @assiabenslimane2589
      @assiabenslimane2589 2 роки тому +1

      Him and greata Garbo ...solitude is the best cosmic power comes in and shows u love and inspiration

    • @kmterpin
      @kmterpin 7 місяців тому

      U & me both, sister. My nickname was “Cagney” growing up, everyone knew how I adored him = my idol. Never could find a man like him. I always feared that when he died I’d cry my heart out forever -but when he passed in ‘86 my son had just been born, which saved my heart from breaking into a million pieces. I recall ppl gathered outside a NYC church when his coffin was brought down its steps, how they applauded. Wish I could’ve made it there that day to say goodbye. Am also a loner & never did, or will, find my James Cagney. But if I’m very lucky, I might see him past the pearly gates one day down the road...

  • @wesleypratt221
    @wesleypratt221 Місяць тому

    I will admit, when I first got in classic movies I resisted Cagney movies for some reason. Idk why, but then I saw Yankee Doodle, White Heat and One Two Three all in the span of a month. And I couldn’t believe how good he was. Amazing

  • @maureencora1
    @maureencora1 2 роки тому +5

    Heaven is for Heroes, R.I.P.

  • @2696ize
    @2696ize 6 місяців тому +1

    Always loved his movies and acting. I used to work at a restaurant that he would frequent in upstate Ny near his home. He never came in while I was working. I so wanted to meet him.

  • @charliemctruth
    @charliemctruth Рік тому +2

    He was simply...the best.

  • @fifthbusiness1678
    @fifthbusiness1678 4 місяці тому

    What a voice, professing his admiration for perhaps the most talented actor there ever was.

  • @LPJack02
    @LPJack02 3 місяці тому

    RIP James Cagney (July 17, 1899 - March 30, 1986), aged 86
    And
    RIP George C. Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22, 1999), aged 71
    You both will be remembered as legends

  • @artie
    @artie 4 місяці тому

    GOAT!!! Greatest Of All Time!!! A legend talking about another legend… only on TCM.

  • @cb7324
    @cb7324 Рік тому +2

    2:53) Take a close look at Cagney's face especially his eyes. I bet that's where Stanley Kubrick got the idea for the Clockwork Orange poster, Malcolm McDowell's facial expression.

    • @Nick-ty9us
      @Nick-ty9us 7 місяців тому

      I mean, both a clockwork, Orange, and Angels with dirty faces are both Warner Bros. movies

    • @Nick-ty9us
      @Nick-ty9us 7 місяців тому

      He definitely did see that movie in that shot shoot out to him

  • @lorrainelapetina8043
    @lorrainelapetina8043 Рік тому +3

    The best actor ever

  • @karinteves1412
    @karinteves1412 3 місяці тому

    I agree, Mr. Cagney was the greatest in so many ways.

  • @tjtenser7828
    @tjtenser7828 7 місяців тому +1

    A legend talking about a legend ❤

  • @ralphpussilano
    @ralphpussilano 8 місяців тому +2

    One of the greatest endings in movie history Angels with dirty faces! He did it for the kids.

  • @alec2726
    @alec2726 5 місяців тому

    Screen acting is in the eyes. James Cagney did it so well!

  • @rubytroy7756
    @rubytroy7756 Рік тому +3

    I am a devoted Fan ❤

  • @timsparks1858
    @timsparks1858 4 місяці тому

    1949 White Heat was Cagney's last bad guy picture. His last movie years was reaping the admiration and respect of playing the choice Good Guy roles he deserved. In Mr. Roberts Cagney's nemesis, contankerous character was as far as he went bad guy. His 1959 movie about Admiral Halsey was brilliant.

  • @shaunjenkinson5089
    @shaunjenkinson5089 Рік тому +2

    Cagney, best ever

  • @tubbers20
    @tubbers20 Місяць тому

    I love 'The Time Of Your Life.'

  • @Nick-ty9us
    @Nick-ty9us 7 місяців тому +1

    You can see where George C Scott got his acting style from

  • @surfshack2
    @surfshack2 2 роки тому +4

    He was the best.

  • @mistychenoweth9716
    @mistychenoweth9716 5 місяців тому

    My favorite.

  • @rubytroy7756
    @rubytroy7756 Рік тому +3

    A true Great ❤

  • @richtozzo615
    @richtozzo615 Рік тому +1

    One of a kind is an understatement

  • @franciscod.irlandamendez6727
    @franciscod.irlandamendez6727 2 роки тому +3

    Cagney The best.. GC class act

  • @robertjolly3021
    @robertjolly3021 9 місяців тому +1

    Great stuff !!

  • @ralphpussilano
    @ralphpussilano 8 місяців тому +1

    Made it Ma top of the world! ❤.

  • @jameswatts8616
    @jameswatts8616 Рік тому +1

    I don't think he gets enough credit for"The man of a thousand faces"

  • @anthonykology1728
    @anthonykology1728 Рік тому +7

    he's a New Yorker..he's a natural born wiseass 😂

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 2 місяці тому

    here is some TRUE...trivia regarding White Heat......during the scene he has the breakdown after learning his mother was dead....he was so convincing that many of the extras having not been told what the scene was about actually believed Cagney was having a real breakdown....
    i loved JAMES CAGNEY growing up...he reminded me of someone in my family

  • @12classics39
    @12classics39 11 місяців тому +2

    I’m shocked that the words recited by Scott at the beginning - “wholly human,” etc. - were written for a man like Robert E. Lee. Massive kudos to Scott for finally speaking those words to a man who actually deserved them.

    • @martinhanley9524
      @martinhanley9524 10 місяців тому +2

      Robert E Lee deserved too . The woke cafe is down the block

  • @michaelwolter6076
    @michaelwolter6076 11 днів тому

    GOAT!!!!!!!

  • @cordovalark5295
    @cordovalark5295 3 роки тому +7

    No mention of his acting talent in the ending of Angels with Dirty faces is blasphemy.

  • @ddewittfulton
    @ddewittfulton 11 місяців тому +1

    James Cagney could act with half his face tied behind his back.

  • @clydepatterson8696
    @clydepatterson8696 2 місяці тому

    James Cagney was, in my youth, categorized as the “gangster type”-implying that it was easy. Watch him say goodbye to his dad in Yankee Doodle Dandy” or being a jerk to Doris Day in “Love Me Or Leave Me.” Then renew your opinion!

  • @michaelgibson4705
    @michaelgibson4705 4 місяці тому

    Watch Cagney’s AFI acceptance speech it shows the mark of the man.

  • @kaypaxian1
    @kaypaxian1 Місяць тому

    Say your prayers mugs!

  • @carloszapata1339
    @carloszapata1339 3 роки тому +1

    Cuando llega TCM USA a Latinoamerica, porque el actual TCMLA es muy mala su programacion

    • @virghammer1
      @virghammer1 2 роки тому

      Sorry to heat that, sir - hope they change that!

  • @MMAavatar123
    @MMAavatar123 9 місяців тому

    He was also an amateur boxer.

    • @Nick-ty9us
      @Nick-ty9us 7 місяців тому

      That explains his toughness

  • @nicklengyel356
    @nicklengyel356 10 місяців тому

    Who did it,who did it, this is an outrage.

  • @lauramcgowan3740
    @lauramcgowan3740 Рік тому

    Both his grown children were estranged from him at his death ..

    • @MOGGS1942
      @MOGGS1942 Рік тому +2

      So ?

    • @lenhummel5766
      @lenhummel5766 Рік тому +1

      And that could well be *their* fault, not his.

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 Рік тому

      One was actually dead.

    • @annakimborahpa
      @annakimborahpa 8 місяців тому +1

      Both were adopted. This was before commercial DNA testing might have helped them understand their origins, contact biological relations and put their adopted lives into perspective.
      His adopted son James Jr. died prematurely from a heart attack in his forties two years before Cagney's death, so had he lived longer they might have reconciled.
      His daughter Casey married an employee on her father's New York estate but they divorced in 1981, so that may have complicated their relationship. She raised two daughters, born in the 1960s, that grew up in California so they probably did not have much contact with James Cagney, Sr. since they were 3,000 miles apart. Casey died from cancer in her sixties, twenty-two years after her adopted brother.

  • @dannoonan6215
    @dannoonan6215 2 місяці тому

    No director required

  • @EdBenji
    @EdBenji 2 місяці тому

    Cagney overacted like most back in those days!

  • @jeffbachmann7161
    @jeffbachmann7161 Рік тому

    I couldn’t get past the scene with the annoying kid, Lucas.

  • @williamtsutherland8240
    @williamtsutherland8240 3 роки тому +2

    "General Robert E. Lee" ?????

    • @tommannion5195
      @tommannion5195 3 роки тому +1

      I agree. Honoring Robert E. Lee? He and the others from the South and who fought for the Confederacy were guilty of treason against the United States. They violated the very Constitution that so many Southerners claim to respect, honor and would die for. What country in the history of our planet honors treasonous members of the enemy's army by erecting and maintaining statues and monuments to the very people responsible for the deaths of 600,000 citizens? (in Robert E. Lee's case he and his fellow treasonous monsters wete responsible for the deaths of 600,000 Americans). Hey, let's erect statues and monuments him and his Confederate traitors.

    • @MVerdoux
      @MVerdoux 2 роки тому +1

      Yup. Different time.

    • @MVerdoux
      @MVerdoux 2 роки тому +2

      @@JackieSwisher619 Couldn't agree more.

    • @maureencora1
      @maureencora1 2 роки тому

      @@JackieSwisher619 Was He a Civil War Sore Loser? African-Americans Now and Forever Free.

    • @charlie-obrien
      @charlie-obrien Рік тому +1

      My first thought.
      Attempting to honor the man who was responsible for the deaths of the most American soldiers in history...
      And using James Cagney to do it?
      I'm sure Cagney would not have approved.

  • @shoobidyboop8634
    @shoobidyboop8634 Рік тому

    The tough guy roles never made sense to me, as I thought he was a midget.

  • @thomasbrunn4182
    @thomasbrunn4182 2 місяці тому

    George c Scott and James Cagney both where great actors

  • @barrywinfree6845
    @barrywinfree6845 Рік тому +1

    I love Mr Roberts unfortunately I’ve not seen but one other film but that going to change