The Godfather
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Ryan Cassidy Gets Real About What It Was Like Having James Cagney As A Babysitter
Growing up in a Hollywood family, Ryan Cassidy had a unique opportunity for mentorship. His mom, Shirley Jones, starred in The…
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Every Film on TCM in April Will Be From Warner Bros.
From left: Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney and Rita Hayworth, the stars of 1941’s ‘The Strawberry Blonde’ Warner Bros. will be…
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Stanley Kubrick once named his favourite actor of all time
Over the course of his illustrious career, American auteur Stanley Kubrick continuously pushed the boundaries of the cinematic medium and…
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Why Jimmy Cagney spoke better Yiddish than just about any other actor in Hollywood
Of all movie scenes in Yiddish, one of the most popular — that of an increasingly agitated man who vainly…
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The actors who greatly influenced Nicolas Cage
Trying to plug into the mind of Nicolas Cage is a difficult task. The eclectic and eccentric actor has done just about…
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Shirley Jones’ Son Ryan Cassidy Releases Children’s Book About James Cagney
Ryan Cassidy, the son of actors Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy and the brother of singer/actor David Cassidy and actor Patrick Cassidy, has written a children’s…
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James Cagney and Doris Day Are Dynamite as a Mismatched Pair in 1955’s Love Me or Leave Me
The late Doris Day had the complicated, difficult and emotionally fraught distinction of being America’s Sweetheart, or one of our…
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This War Hero Finally Made It in Hollywood By Playing Himself in a Movie
It can be argued that no one led a more interesting and exciting life than the inimitable western movie star, Audie Murphy. Born…
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Greatest Actors of All Time, According to the American Film Institute
The American Film Institute was introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in order to preserve the legacy of American cinema and has…
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Looks at new Irish books: “White Cottage, White House”
In “White Cottage, White House – Irish American Masculinities in Classical Hollywood Cinema,” his five-chapter long deep dive into Irish American…
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