3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 5 - Lawless Range / Lawless Frontier / Blood On The Sun

Starring: James Cagney, John Wayne Dvd Release: 10th January, 2005 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 0 Encoding

Article Index: [Background Info] [Biographies] [Articles/Resources] [Link To This Article] Looking To Buy? Buy This DVD Here

James Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American film actor. Born in Yonkers, New York, Cagney graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1918. He worked in vaudeville & on Broadway, marrying the dancer Frances Willard Vernon on September 28, 1922. When Warner Brothers bought the film rights to the play Penny Arcade they took Cagney & his co-star Joan Blondell from the stage to the screen in Sinners Holiday. Cagney went on to star in numerous films, making his name as a tough guy in a series of crime films such as The Public Enemy, Blonde Crazy & Hard to Handle. He went on to better things including Angels with Dirty Faces, an Academy Award -winning role in Yankee Doodle Dandy, White Heat & Mister Roberts. He was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild & president of the Guild from 1942 - 44. Cagneys final appearance on film was in Ragtime in 1981, capping a career that covered over seventy films, although his film prior to Ragtime had been in 1961 with One, Two, Three. Posters Of James Cagney

Editors Choice: Ragtime, Blood On The Sun, The Time Of Your Life, What Price Glory, 13 Rue Madeleine, Great Guy, James Cagney, View DVDology

John Wayne, nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies & talkies alike. He remains, by many accounts, the most popular star in the history of American film. He was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, but the name became Marion Michael Morrison when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. His family moved to Glendale, California in 1911 ; it was neighbors in Glendale who started calling him Big Duke, because he never went anywhere without his Airedale dog, who was Little Duke. He preferred Duke to Marion & the name stuck for the rest of his life. After nearly gaining admission to the US Naval Academy, he attended the University of Southern California, where he also played on the football team under legendary coach Howard Jones. An injury while swimming at the beach curtailed his athletic career, however; Wayne would later note that he was too terrified of Jones reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury. Posters Of John Wayne

Editors Choice: John Wayne Anthology, Memories Of Hollywood, Mclintock, Rooster Cogburn, The Shootist, Brannigan, Angel And The Badman, The Green Berets, View DVDology

©2004-2008 DVDArk.co.uk