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Anjos de Cara Suja (1938) / Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Nós começamos a moldar nosso futuro ainda na juventude. Os amigos Jerry e Rocky aprendem essa lição do jeito mais difícil. Depois de roubarem canetas da carga de um trem, apenas Rocky é pego, e ele pede que Jerry fique calado read more

DOUBLE BILL #12: The Public Enemy (1931) and Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) On March 9, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized James Cagney once said about acting, ‘Learn your lines, find your mark, look ‘em in the eye and tell ‘em the truth.’ And he did. That read more

Whaddya hear, whaddya say ~ Jimmy Cagney as Rocky Sullivan If he hadn’t been on the stage and screen, it’s easy to get the sense that James Cagney, born and bred on the streets of the Lower East Side of Manhattan could have easily been a gangster. And it’s true that in films like P read more

Whaddya hear, whaddya say ~ Jimmy Cagney as Rocky Sullivan If he hadn’t been on the stage and screen, it’s easy to get the sense that James Cagney, born and bred on the streets of the Lower East Side of Manhattan could have easily been a gangster. And it’s true that in films like P read more

Today, I'm writing about the friendship of Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Conolly (Pat O'Brien) in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), This article is part of the You Gotta Have Friends Blogathon hosted by Moon in Gemini. A gentle reminder that this article contains spoilers for a 78-year read more

Due to work-related issues, I didn't get to all the posts I wanted to write about Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), but here's a round-up of all the posts for the March movie of the month. -An overview of Angels with Dirty Faces . -A classic clips entry for a memorable scene in Ange read more

It's hard to believe we're already more than halfway through March, but here's a roundup of my posts so far for the Movie of the Month, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938). -An overview of Angels with Dirty Faces . -A classic clips entry for a memorable scene in Angels with Dirty Faces between read more

Angels with Dirty Faces runs less than ninety minutes, but doesn’t really fill them. The first fifteen minutes of the film are flashbacks, tracking James Cagney’s character from troubled boyhood to juvenile detention to prison. Once the present action starts, Cagney immediately reunites read more

The electric chair sequence in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) is one of the most famous scenes in old Hollywood films. Above, James Cagney (center left) walks the last mile with Pat O'Brien. We'll break down the scene -- and what makes it work -- below. The Key Players: Director Michael Curtiz an read more

Our March movie of the month is Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. Here is Cagney with The Dead Ends Kids. They are, from left to right: Bernard Punsly; Bobby Jordan; Billy Halop; Leo Gorcey;  Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell. Angels with Dirty Fa read more

Angels with Dirty Faces Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by John Wexley and Warren Duff from a story by Rowland Brown 1938/USA Warner Bros. First viewing #122 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die James Cagney is charismatic as a tough career criminal with a tiny spark of humanity deep within read more

Angels with Dirty Faces Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by John Wexley and Warren Duff from a story by Rowland Brown 1938/USA Warner Bros. First viewing #122 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die James Cagney is charismatic as a tough career criminal with a tiny spark of humanity deep within read more

My Review —A Must See Cagney Film— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 bogies! Director: Michael Curtiz The Lowdown Two childhood friends (James Cagney and Pat O’Brien) grow up and go down very different paths after a run-in with the police. One becomes a gangster, and the other a priest. read more

The early 30s were the heyday of gangster pictures, with movies like The Public Enemy (1931) and Scarface (1932) heating up the screen. By the end of the decade the moral arbiters had become alarmed about gangster movies being a bad influence on the kids in the audience; therefore, pictures that fea read more

The early 30s were the heyday of gangster pictures, with movies like The Public Enemy (1931) and Scarface (1932) heating up the screen. By the end of the decade the moral arbiters had become alarmed about gangster movies being a bad influence on the kids in the audience; therefore, pictures that fea read more

The early 30s were the heyday of gangster pictures, with movies like The Public Enemy (1931) and Scarface (1932) heating up the screen. By the end of the decade the moral arbiters had become alarmed about gangster movies being a bad influence on the kids in the audience; therefore, pictures that fea read more

Anjos de Cara Suja (1938) / Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Nós começamos a moldar nosso futuro ainda na juventude. Os amigos Jerry e Rocky aprendem essa lição do jeito mais difícil. Depois de roubarem canetas da carga de um trem, apenas Rocky é pego, e ele pede que Jerry fique calado read more