James Cagney

The “Gang” costarred with James Cagney, aka Rocky Sullivan.

Raw Law Esq Muhammad Ibn Bashir 2010

The “Gang” costarred with James Cagney, aka Rocky Sullivan.

Raw Law Esq Muhammad Ibn Bashir 2010

The “Gang” costarred with James Cagney, aka Rocky Sullivan.

Raw Law Esq Muhammad Ibn Bashir 2010

James Cagney, who succeeded Cohan as the most prominent Irish American, won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the lead role.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

He preferred to be understood more simply: "They were called movies," he more than once said to me, "and I made them move"—perhaps better and less pretentiously than any of his peers, especially after he signed on at Warner Bros. and entered his glory years with "The Roaring Twenties" 1939, a James Cagney gangster film.

We Shall Not See His Like Again Richard Schickel 2011

Although there's some question as to how many people under 60 even know who Myrna Loy was, Emily Leider's "Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood" California, 411 pages, $34.95 lovingly recreates the life of the actress, who was as much an icon of the 1930s as James Cagney.

Gift Guide: Books on Movies Scott Eyman 2011

Eager to cash in on the OSS story, Hollywood put into production three movies extolling the agency: Cloak and Dagger starring Gary Cooper, OSS with Alan Ladd, and 13 Rue Madeleine with James Cagney.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

James Cagney and John Garfield had some of the same sense of attack, which probably derived from shared New York roots and from the fact that acting was more than a family business or an expression of a need for approval.

Hail, the Conquering Heroine Scott Eyman 2012

Eager to cash in on the OSS story, Hollywood put into production three movies extolling the agency: Cloak and Dagger starring Gary Cooper, OSS with Alan Ladd, and 13 Rue Madeleine with James Cagney.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

One of the piquant comedy highlights is when Mr. Brooks, asked to re-create some of his old impressions, does an agonizingly long—because it is so believable—imitation of "James Cagney having sex."

Shining Past, Darker Present Nancy deWolf Smith 2011