Latest Updates - Pat O'Brien

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Comment by Magic Marmalade:

Thanks for the pointers Henry :)

There was a shelf of oldies in the local charity shop where I got this on a whim, so I'll go back and look a little closer at their selection, I'm sure one of those will be there somewhere.

(Got a small stack of DVDs: "to be watched" which I'm going to get a shift on with soon as I can)

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Comment by henry29:

The next films you need to see MM, are White Heat, Yankee Doodle Dandy and The Strawberry Blonde. These have a steller cast. Comedy plus great songs In two of them. H.

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Comment by Magic Marmalade:

Today I saw my first James Cagney film... and it was this... and it was good!

I'd always avoided him, as his somewhat cartoonish acting (from what I'd known or had seen in snippets) of the apparently ultra-ham style, always put me off.

But this was a revelation, in that I see his most overt moments in context of the story, the acting style of the time, his character, and what others in the movie were doing, but also, at last, getting to see his more subtle and nuanced acting, which is really quite great at times.

Unbelievably ambitious crane shot for the time, at the beginning, and a great story, of course, but one of those that in the first few minutes, I'd have rated about a 6 out of 10, but as it goes on, gathers an extra rating point here and there... probably would rate it higher after a couple more viewings, and certainly now intrigued to see more of Mr. Cagney's movies, now I am assured that there will be more to it than a cartoon icon at work.