James Cagney meets Bette Davis

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @roberttriulzi
    @roberttriulzi 11 лет назад +145

    Bette Davis and James Cagney, never again will we see the likes of these two together, nor the sparks that flew when we saw them. No one could have done their kind acting any better.Absolutely no one.

    • @kevinkilduff2064
      @kevinkilduff2064 2 года назад +4

      Might throw Tracy and Hepburn in there!

    • @dougreed2257
      @dougreed2257 2 года назад +1

      @@kevinkilduff2064 yes amazing actors, but I personally rate these 2 better, and I can't help feeling as good as Spencer tracy was, the praise that is has bestowed upon him is a tad overrated, remember, overrated doe not mean bad, but in context of how he's perceived, I honestly believe cagney was a great movie actor than Tracy, but do acknowledge the ability of him nevertheless🎥😊

    • @trevormichael4906
      @trevormichael4906 Год назад +2

      They made another together called The Bride Came COD. It’s good fun

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 Год назад

      ​@@trevormichael4906Yes it is.

  • @cnoevil.5146
    @cnoevil.5146 7 лет назад +90

    Wow! The chemistry between those two jumps off the screen!

    • @marjoriemargel1567
      @marjoriemargel1567 4 года назад +4

      C no evil. Strange, BD may have thought so for a while, but she said in interviews how much she hated “The Bride Came COD”. She felt that their talents were quite different, disliked James Cagney then.

    • @julianmarsh1378
      @julianmarsh1378 4 года назад +2

      @@marjoriemargel1567 She disliked quite a few people but in the end usually came around. She rather famously hated Errol Flynn but many years later, watching one of his old movies with her pal, Olivia D., she turned to her and said, "I was wrong about him."

  • @HolgerRuneFan
    @HolgerRuneFan 4 года назад +25

    More talent in this scene than exists in any body in all of entertainment today.

  • @roberttriulzi
    @roberttriulzi 11 лет назад +69

    James Cagney and Betty Davis were cut from the same cloth when God made these two extraordinary talents and somehow we were all lucky enough to see them. Movies have yet to produce the kind of talent in the years since they appeared together and not likely ever will.

  • @thehunter5311
    @thehunter5311 7 лет назад +53

    James Cagney with them fresh fades

  • @stmichl9433
    @stmichl9433 5 лет назад +38

    Jimmy is so wonderful and magnetic as a personality. Bette mentioned in a 1970s interview that she wishes she could've done more with him. The electricity is fierce in this scene. They had a similar strength of personality that shines through here. The dialogue is witty and Jimmy is a hysterical comedian the way his lines bounce and crackle and his comic face-slaps at the end are sheer genius. I absolutely adore the way his slaps are so sudden and delivered with such shocking yet hysterical force! Sheer genius. All of that delivery takes great artistry and timing. Something which is sadly lacking in today's actors who lack intuition and are too overly trained. Cagney and Davis were highly intuitive talents and naturally gifted. No one can teach you at drama school how to be a Cagney or a Davis. It's innate.

    • @AK.1988
      @AK.1988 4 года назад +6

      Great post. Yes they were the best. Love all these 30s and 40s actors, they will never be forgotten

    • @Grau_boden
      @Grau_boden Год назад

      natürlich ist Cagney ein Genie, aber er war sehr wohl trainiert, niemand kann so tanzen ohne hart zu trainieren, Vaudeville-Background, er hatte es im Blut und auch daher sein perfektes Timing, also die Basis ist hartes Training, der Rest ist Charisma u Genie

  • @stolenrelic13
    @stolenrelic13 8 лет назад +62

    "Do you need a diagram?" There's nothing like old Hollywood innuendos.

  • @polyprinz
    @polyprinz 8 лет назад +43

    Mr. Cagney....my favorite actor!

  • @lscarver5
    @lscarver5 6 лет назад +28

    So funny. Cagney and Bette Davis. Two of my favorite actors.

  • @lemorab1
    @lemorab1 6 лет назад +60

    "I'm liable to catch something, hanging out in your mind!"

  • @mereoxendine193
    @mereoxendine193 Год назад +3

    You have to love James Cagney! He's the best 🎥!!

  • @gregorylightcatcher1058
    @gregorylightcatcher1058 10 лет назад +65

    Both one of a kind acting talents. Would have been great if they had appeared in more films together. Both had such ability to light up a screen!

    • @almeggs3247
      @almeggs3247 6 лет назад +7

      Wow BD was a knockout in younger days.
      And JC made it so real!

    • @angelacarleton9575
      @angelacarleton9575 5 лет назад +6

      That's for sure! They are good together!

    • @steelers6titles
      @steelers6titles 4 года назад +2

      Their second and final picture together was "The Bride Came C. O. D." (1941).

  • @brez9091
    @brez9091 11 лет назад +31

    Cagney was a poet, guitarist and a very loyal friend to those deserving loyalty.

  • @b.visconti1765
    @b.visconti1765 Год назад +5

    Bette is so young..hard to remember her this way

  • @rooseveltdavis9559
    @rooseveltdavis9559 7 лет назад +38

    Bette Davis sure were pretty in her young hay days. What a fox back than. And for James Cagney that's one of my favorite actors.

    • @January.
      @January. 3 года назад +2

      I think he was HOT, too

  • @tommyborgia3590
    @tommyborgia3590 7 лет назад +44

    I'll say this one time. Jimmy Cagney is the best tough guy there will always ever be.

    • @charlesgomon8291
      @charlesgomon8291 6 лет назад

      & I'll repeat it for U, Tommy Borgia1.

    • @jansdoe6963
      @jansdoe6963 6 лет назад

      Tough and tender.

    • @lawrencelewis8105
      @lawrencelewis8105 5 лет назад +1

      @Flenif2247 Cagney? I doubt it. My ex-wife's late mother knew him.

    • @lawrencelewis8105
      @lawrencelewis8105 5 лет назад

      @Flenif2247 My favourite for sure. I used to drink in a bar in Poughkeepsie, New York that was owned by his business manager, Marge Zimmerman. There was a big portrait of him above the fireplace. I wish I could have met him.

    • @spactick
      @spactick 4 года назад

      only in your mind

  • @robertcampbell8027
    @robertcampbell8027 4 года назад +13

    That was a tightly written, beautifully choreographed, well directed and stunningly acted scene. Their words and bodies moved in harmony at a very quick pace. What a pleasure to watch.

  • @j.503
    @j.503 3 года назад +7

    We owe a debt of gratitude to the writers of these classic Hollywood films. They made the sharp, sparkling dialog that drove the dramatic and comedic encounters between the great actors.

  • @tipo10prodz19
    @tipo10prodz19 4 года назад +15

    His haircut trends in 2020!!!!

  • @blackcougar1959
    @blackcougar1959 6 лет назад +54

    Bette Davis was James Cagney's female counterpart. In other words, she was the female version of his on screen persona.

  • @71superbee39
    @71superbee39 4 года назад +18

    "Signed Jimmy Corrigan... the boy with the worm's eye view." ...... Ouch!

  • @eatdrinkbe1323
    @eatdrinkbe1323 4 года назад +13

    "Sure boss you been a sucker for class all your life!"
    Lmao!!!

  • @fredferd965
    @fredferd965 4 года назад +6

    Sparks, flame, fire, thunder, two brilliant actors rebounding off of each other....whew!

  • @gazebo46
    @gazebo46 10 лет назад +49

    Bette really holds her own against Cagney! I think I want to watch the whole film.

    • @mat2033
      @mat2033 8 лет назад +11

      +gazebo46 Of course she did. When your the best actress of all time period.

  • @dorothyaguilar5639
    @dorothyaguilar5639 5 лет назад +3

    Two of the best of the best may there soul"s RIP James Cagney & Bettie Davis Icon"s til the end of time. 👼💔💙👼👏

  • @richardburriesci7723
    @richardburriesci7723 7 лет назад +7

    One can see why the impressionist Frank Gorshin fell in love with this guy. I can see "The Riddler" in Cagney the way he stands. The truth is there is only one, true and great Jimmy Cagney and that's JAMES FRANCIS CAGNEY himself!

  • @militarymom6690
    @militarymom6690 4 года назад +6

    Two of my favorites from the Golden Age of a Hollywood. Cagney and Davis created dynamite together!✴️✴️✴️

  • @christiandaily5304
    @christiandaily5304 3 года назад +2

    James Cagney's hat is the true star of this scene! They don't make them like that any more.

  • @josephcarpenter6921
    @josephcarpenter6921 6 лет назад +6

    What Great acting

  • @catgirldo7646
    @catgirldo7646 4 года назад +6

    Now - that was a first class master's degree acting class. Holy cow - they're perfection - nobody stealing a scene here because they're equally strong and confident. Fabulous.

  • @russellbrown7028
    @russellbrown7028 7 лет назад +13

    Brilliant stuff from a pair of real pros. Love the way he sits her down twice, but not for a third time...

  • @blacsouljah
    @blacsouljah 4 года назад +2

    Wow! They set the screen on FIRE!

  • @bashbrannigan
    @bashbrannigan 8 лет назад +10

    Good god, this is fantastic. Especially the ending.

  • @kimmonroe8305
    @kimmonroe8305 Год назад

    Watching Mr Cagney and Miss Davis, is like watching a great tennis match. They truly were wonderful together, it's such a shame they weren't paired together more.

  • @dorothyaguilar5639
    @dorothyaguilar5639 4 года назад +2

    Icons of all time both were simply marvelous the best of the best , l just wish they would of made more movies together. May they both be resting with the Angels 🙏🌿......

  • @MeIn321
    @MeIn321 5 лет назад +5

    Cagney, the coolest cat ever on the big screen!

  • @CorneliaAmiri
    @CorneliaAmiri 2 года назад +2

    Just watched it on TLC. It's like a time machine - seeing the authentic girl's hairstyles, dresses, and the slang they used in 1934. Bette Davis is so young in this. Both stars are so charismatic.

  • @catman3552
    @catman3552 5 лет назад +11

    This was Jimmy the gent from1934. They made one other film together The bride came c.o.d 1941. Both movies were alright comedy/drama. I believe they got along,they are both cut from the same mold. Both had issues with Jack warner,who was a real SOB. And they were 2 of warners biggest stars.

  • @calvinnme2
    @calvinnme2 12 лет назад +16

    Cagney cut his hair like this on purpose to get back at WB management. He and Jack Warner were always going round and round.

    • @artivism4068
      @artivism4068 5 лет назад

      is there a book u might know that details that?

  • @LadyAmerican
    @LadyAmerican 7 лет назад +14

    Watched this last weekend on TCM and I am just amazed of the chemistry these two had!!! I wondered if they ever got along off-screen?

    • @Comdesron17
      @Comdesron17 6 лет назад

      I would bet they did get along off screen ....

    • @lillianbarutti4875
      @lillianbarutti4875 4 года назад +1

      They hated each other off screen. Jim had that stupid haircut for this character and Bette refused to be photographed with him.

    • @moriahjacobs6131
      @moriahjacobs6131 2 года назад

      @@lillianbarutti4875 not true. There is a photo of them together with JC buzz haircut.

  • @zekekresco3443
    @zekekresco3443 8 лет назад +9

    7 years later they did " The Bride Came C.O.D " . I haven't seen this Cagney/Davis movie , but I have seen " The Bride Came C.O.D " , cause I own it . Boy , Bette certainly is young in here , she's like 25/26 in here , and Jimmy he's like 34/35 in here . James Cagney 1899 - 1986 and Bette Davis 1908 - 1989 . Cagney was 86 and Davis was 81 .

  • @rodrigoraulsuarez
    @rodrigoraulsuarez 11 лет назад +4

    Amazing stuff. Two great artists.

  • @MrsMuir-yp7kw
    @MrsMuir-yp7kw 3 года назад +2

    Bette could hold her own. One of the best actress s Ever ❤

  • @Raychristofer
    @Raychristofer 4 года назад +1

    This is awesome . Thanks much,

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 4 года назад +2

    I love the quality of the dialogue, the English grammar was so correct. You don't see that anymore.

  • @wlee6685
    @wlee6685 4 года назад +4

    Slow the speed to .75 and thats the way actors sound now.

  • @randyacuna3248
    @randyacuna3248 5 лет назад +3

    Classic Hollywood greatness.

  • @royaljai5009
    @royaljai5009 6 лет назад +5

    "Am i a gentleman or ain't i "😂.

  • @carylbarnett7448
    @carylbarnett7448 4 года назад +3

    A battle of machine gun dialogue! A wonder one of them didn’t bite their tongue!

  • @christopherscotellaro5027
    @christopherscotellaro5027 3 года назад +1

    Epic talents

  • @Ma_Pooh
    @Ma_Pooh 4 года назад +1

    Ah, two of my favorite actors!!!

  • @samanthanickson6478
    @samanthanickson6478 4 года назад +6

    she was definitely his match!

  • @reneebraxton1032
    @reneebraxton1032 5 лет назад +4

    "EVERY BUSINESS IS CROOKED!"

  • @reginaldstyles3129
    @reginaldstyles3129 2 года назад +1

    Classic 🙏💙😇

  • @kathrynbellerose3925
    @kathrynbellerose3925 4 года назад +1

    Dynamic Duo. Bette once said she would take second billing to James Cagney any day. 💐🌷🌹

  • @hl6087
    @hl6087 3 года назад +1

    Those two were such big stars of warner bros

  • @millardwashington6216
    @millardwashington6216 4 года назад +1

    Only woman I have seen get to tag Cagney, I’ve never seen this , I’m impressed!!!

  • @reneebraxton1032
    @reneebraxton1032 5 лет назад +1

    2 greats!

  • @73reider
    @73reider 6 лет назад +4

    The story of Jimmy Cagney is the story of America, Born in the gutter, Worked hard despite setbacks, struggled, strived, persevered and in the end became a giant. The Cagney name is Irish, But you can put a Jewish, German, Polish, Italian etc etc name there the narrative is the same, America is an incredible idea.

    • @lawrencelewis8105
      @lawrencelewis8105 5 лет назад

      As I've read, Cagney spoke Yiddish at home, but he was still Irish. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but he did grow up in a German/Jewish neighbourhood of Manhattan, Yorkville on the upper East side.

    • @caraqueno
      @caraqueno 5 лет назад

      Put the last name of a black person and see if you get the same perseverance and success.

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 6 месяцев назад

      He was from a Jewish and Irish area. That's why he knew Yiddish. Maybe German area too. But Little Germany was gone with the sinking and fire of the General Slocum.

  • @davidlona7553
    @davidlona7553 5 лет назад +5

    why can't we have Actor's Like These

  • @jeffpope7811
    @jeffpope7811 2 года назад

    They were BOTH forces of nature eventually challenging the studio systems, going to war with, & eventual winning!

  • @sojourningteddybear6838
    @sojourningteddybear6838 5 лет назад +3

    The only time Bette said no to a cigarette. 😂
    #LoveHer

    • @lawrencelewis8105
      @lawrencelewis8105 5 лет назад +2

      That't true- you could tell what she was thinking by the way she smoked. She made it an art form.

  • @Gallia64
    @Gallia64 12 лет назад +1

    fantástic scene! thanks!

  • @IGotYumph
    @IGotYumph 12 лет назад +1

    I knew about the tiff with WB, but I didn't know the reason behind the haircut. That's awesome trivia, thanks! :D

  • @royaljai5009
    @royaljai5009 8 месяцев назад

    " sure boss you've been a sucker for class your whole life"😂

  • @nottavictim5
    @nottavictim5 2 года назад

    Great stuff!!!

  • @aewd1980
    @aewd1980 12 лет назад +6

    these two have great on-screen chemistry but why couldn't the studio find them better films for their talents?

  • @Mr1gladiatore
    @Mr1gladiatore 4 года назад

    Two of the best ever. A ton of very good actors back then and not one of them was a method actor.

  • @chrisd2051
    @chrisd2051 3 года назад

    "Do ya need a diagram?" Best insult I've ever heard.

  • @brianthomas2434
    @brianthomas2434 4 года назад +1

    Someone else will probably bring it up, but seven years later they were even better together in "The Bride Came C.O.D.".

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles 4 года назад +2

    The two teamed again for "The Bride Came C.O.D".

  • @susanryan4347
    @susanryan4347 8 лет назад +1

    To Evening T - that wasn't the scarecrow at the end; you must have meant the cowardly lion!

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 6 месяцев назад

    I love her outfit, especially the hat.

  • @loudenblogger
    @loudenblogger Год назад

    I am crushing on Jimmy

  • @songanddanceman100
    @songanddanceman100 11 лет назад +6

    Allen Jenkins came out of a vaudeville background just like Cagney. Both were hoofers.

  • @paulcarter2907
    @paulcarter2907 5 лет назад +6

    Well in his latter years JC said he never said 'you dirty rat' perhaps it came from this...

    • @ToonReel001
      @ToonReel001 4 года назад

      It seems to be similar to 'Beam me up, Scotty' where it spawned from several variations in his career but was never said word for word.

  • @sandroguillenguere587
    @sandroguillenguere587 2 месяца назад

    Extraordinarios actores no la basura de hoy

  • @ArthurBrinkman-c5z
    @ArthurBrinkman-c5z 4 года назад +1

    I'd pay good money to have Better slap me like that! I always liked her when she played angry! The words just flew off her tongue and we're sharp as needles.

  • @IGotYumph
    @IGotYumph 13 лет назад +2

    LMAO Only Cagney could get away with shoving a woman and slapping someone repeatedly and claim to have ethics. And that haircut is silly. Love him, thanks for posting this!

  • @tyxikosgatopoulos3094
    @tyxikosgatopoulos3094 4 года назад +6

    When the world was normal and movies were great.

  • @joep8787
    @joep8787 4 года назад +2

    In one of her autobios "The Lonely Life", Davis says she wished she'd done something fine with Cagney in addition to those two manic comedies. Both fought very hard to avoid getting typecast; both actually went on strike against Warners. It's a cliche that most actors get typecast and privately have more talent and sides to their personalities than is ever shown on screen.

  • @maralinekozial9131
    @maralinekozial9131 Год назад +1

    Betty is smart , she slapped James Cagney like she was James Cagney & then got the hwll outta there to let someone else take the beating 😂

  • @spockboy
    @spockboy 6 лет назад +2

    2 giants.

  • @bevilhive
    @bevilhive 6 лет назад +2

    Could I move to this reality please?

  • @christopherscotellaro5027
    @christopherscotellaro5027 3 года назад

    Carbuncles. ‘Nuff said.

  • @millardwashington6216
    @millardwashington6216 4 года назад +1

    These two gave Jack Warner fits, she quite and made Jack come get her and Jack called Cagney a “professional againster “

  • @haydenwayne3710
    @haydenwayne3710 4 года назад

    Great is great and they were great!!!!

  • @toomuchinformation
    @toomuchinformation 4 года назад

    Those were the days.

  • @EveningT
    @EveningT 11 лет назад +2

    Tough guy meets tough gal. Btw, that's the scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz Cagney's slapping up at the end of the clip... ;)

    • @susanryan4347
      @susanryan4347 8 лет назад +1

      I think he might be the lion, he isn't the scarecrow.

    • @sillysambo1000
      @sillysambo1000 6 лет назад +1

      its not the lion or the scarecrow..bert lahr was the lion

  • @spactick
    @spactick 4 года назад

    one of the things that Orson Welles brought to film was 'over speaking', where the actors would talk at the same time instead of these two waiting for the other to finish his or her line before doing theirs, which really isn't normal/natural way to converse

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 5 лет назад +2

    She hit him hard in the face with her purse at the end of this encounter.

  • @orangewarm1
    @orangewarm1 2 года назад

    Look at that Peaky Blinders haircut.

  • @johnbarrett3437
    @johnbarrett3437 4 года назад

    I think he was the greatest ...

  • @tinawallace856
    @tinawallace856 5 лет назад

    Jimmy the Gent

  • @celt67
    @celt67 12 лет назад +10

    Jimmy didn't have much time for Betty Davis actually. He said she had a mouth like a sewer,,,and being an old-fashioned guy, Cagney didn't approve. ( and told her so ).

    • @Comdesron17
      @Comdesron17 6 лет назад

      Do you mean for the movie or off screen? I'm trying to find out if they got along off screen ......

    • @deancox8634
      @deancox8634 5 лет назад +4

      @@Comdesron17 They actually got along according to Cagney in his biography...because they both disliked Jack Warner.

  • @raymondsteen5316
    @raymondsteen5316 5 лет назад +1

    Cagney as "Jimmy, the Gent"....😠🎥🎬

  • @lucianakueker5001
    @lucianakueker5001 4 года назад

    To me he's like the old time Sean Penn lol.

  • @georgepupparo1629
    @georgepupparo1629 6 лет назад +1

    I never seen this movie : (

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 2 года назад +1

    damn. she really whacked him one. lol

  • @theresame4037
    @theresame4037 4 года назад

    James cagney is a true gent?? I will overlook his errant ways . Esp as this is from years ago