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Yankee Doodle Dandy
by Michael Curtiz
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60 editions published between 1942 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 2,475 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer
Mister Roberts
by John Ford
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28 editions published between 1955 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,814 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain
Public enemy
by William A Wellman
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50 editions published between 1931 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "Relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in Prohibition-era urban America"--Wikipedia
White heat
by Raoul Walsh
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57 editions published between 1949 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A gangster escapes from prison to take revenge on the people that murdered his mother
James Cagney, the authorized biography
by Doug Warren
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10 editions published between 1983 and 1986 in English and held by 1,212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A midsummer night's dream
by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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23 editions published between 1935 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Love is blind, fickle and true. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged to Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies, have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get the boy from her by using some magic. Lysander and Hermina meet in the forest. Helena and Demetrius are there as well. There are actors practicing a play for the upcoming wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit more confused
Angels with dirty faces
by Michael Curtiz
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49 editions published between 1938 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,093 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Two childhood friends grow up and go their separate ways--one a criminal and the other a parish priest. Rocky Sullivan returns to his old neighborhood to find his lawless life style idolized by the young hoodlums there. Jerry Connelly, the parish priest sees his hard work turn unavailing because of Rocky's corruptive influence
The roaring twenties
by Raoul Walsh
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37 editions published between 1939 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 885 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A World War I veteran becomes involved in bootlegging. Set in New York City during the 1920s
Footlight parade
by Lloyd Bacon
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26 editions published between 1933 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 877 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Cagney stars as Chester Kent, a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas. He succeeds and features the finest in Busby Berkeley
Love me or leave me
by Charles Vidor
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22 editions published between 1949 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Jazz age singing sensation Ruth Etting had it all, but it took more than talent to make it big. Her rise to fame at the hands of her Chicago gangster boyfriend turned her life off stage into a world of fear and abuse
One, two, three
by Billy Wilder
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55 editions published between 1961 and 2012 in 8 languages and held by 741 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Berlin, after the Second World War: C.R. MacNamara presides over the German branch of Coca-Cola, dreaming of being promoted to London, by capturing the untapped Russian market. His plans for advancement run into a snag, when he is asked to watch over the boss' ditsy, impulsive 17 year-old daughter Scarlett on her European vacation. Unsurprisingly, she almost immediately gets into trouble of the worst kind by slipping across the border to East Germany, to marry the violently anti-Yankee Communist Otto. When the home office headman decides to visit his daughter, Cagney masterminds an elaborate masquerade that backfires
Ragtime
by E. L Doctorow
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15 editions published between 1981 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City
The Busby Berkeley disc
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4 editions published between 1992 and 2006 in English and held by 576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A collection of 21 song-and-dance numbers choreographed & directed by Busby Berkeley, excerpted from movie musicals originally released by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1933-1937
Celebration of America
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2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Presents fourteen patriotic songs in a variety of genres, and includes facts about the history of the U.S., and a trivia question that relates to each selection
Blood on the sun
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62 editions published between 1945 and 2010 in English and held by 460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An American newspaper editor working in pre-World War II Japan tries to expose the menace of a Japanese militarist plan for world conquest
Ragtime
by Miloš Forman
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26 editions published between 1981 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The lives and passions of a middle class family are interwoven with the scandals and events of a transitional America in 1906
The time of your life
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39 editions published between 1948 and 2012 in English and held by 397 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The assorted customers of a small saloon in the big city are a passing parade, relating their problems and accomplishments, their joy and sorrow to Joe, "whose hobby is people."
What price glory
by John Ford
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25 editions published between 1952 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 389 WorldCat member libraries worldwide During World War II, two American Marines are best buddies in competition for an alluring French woman, daughter of a local shopkeeper
The seven little Foys
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6 editions published between 1987 and 2004 in English and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A musical comedy based on the life of vaudevillian Eddie Foy. When Eddie's wife dies, leaving him with seven children, he puts the kids into the act and takes the show on the road
"G" men
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11 editions published between 1949 and 2006 in English and held by 352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide James Cagney plays a FBI agent in this punchy hot-off-the-presses account of the pursuit and capture of John Dillinger more
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Abusive men Actors America Children's songs City and town life in motion pictures Civilization--American influences Cold War (1945-1989) Composers Courtship Criminals Emotions Escapes Etting, Ruth, Executives--Promotions Gangsters Germany--Berlin Greece--Athens Hippolyta (Greek mythology) Illinois--Chicago Man-woman relationships Men in motion pictures Military campaigns Military operations, Naval--American Mothers and sons Motion picture actors and actresses Motion picture music--Excerpts Musical films--Excerpts Musicals New York (State)--New York Nineteen twenties Organized crime Pacific Ocean Patriotic music Political science Popular music Priests Prohibition Ragtime music Revenge Revues Revues--Production and direction Sailors Teenage boys Theatrical producers and directors Theseus (Greek mythology) United States Veterans Women jazz singers World War (1914-1918) World War (1939-1945)
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Cagney, James
Cagney, James 1899-
Cagney, James Francis 1899-1986
Cagney, Jimmy 1899-1986
キャグニー, ジェームズ
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