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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391137009
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Running Time: 489 minutes
Sales Rank: 9882
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 06, 1941
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Description:
Warner Home Video will honor one of America's greatest motion picture stars with the release of James Cagney: The Signature Collection. The Oscar® winning screen icon comes to life in this collection that includes five new-to-DVD films - The Bride Came C.O.D., Captain of the Clouds, The Fighting 69th, Torrid Zone and The West Point Story. Cagney's versatile talent is on display opposite a star-studded array of screen favorites including Bette Davis, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien. Special features on each title in the Collection include the entertaining 'Warner Night at the Movies' short subject galleries with vintage newsreels, vault treasures and classic cartoons.
Amazon.com:
Spanning a lively decade in the career of one of Hollywood's greatest stars, The James Cagney Signature Collection highlights Cagney's versatility beyond the gangster roles he was best known for. You won't find any of Jimmy's hard-boiled classics in this five-disc set, but you'll find plenty to enjoy, with each film given the care and respect we've come to expect from Warner Bros.' archival DVD releases. From the World War I heroism of The Fighting 69th to the musical extravaganza The West Point Story, these five films represent fully one-third of Cagney's movie output from 1940 to 1950, and they're all above-average showcases for Cagney's enduring appeal. For sheer entertainment value, the best of the bunch is 1940's Torrid Zone, a still-delightful comedy teaming Jimmy with his best pal Pat O'Brien and Hollywood's 'Oomph Girl,' Ann Sheridan, in a savvy send-up of tropical adventure. Cagney loved working with O'Brien (who also costars in The Fighting 69th), and this collection also highlights Cagney's generous penchant for surrounding himself with some of Hollywood's best-loved character actors, like George Tobias, Alan Hale (Sr. and Jr.), George Brent, and others. And while 1941's The Bride Came C.O.D. teamed Cagney and Bette Davis for the second and final time (resulting in a breezy comedy that shows both stars at their most endearing), 1942's Captains of the Clouds is a standard-yet-sturdy example of Hollywood's wartime patriotism, with Cagney (in his first Technicolor feature) as a seasoned pilot recruited into the Royal Canadian Air Force. The latest film in this batch, 1950's The West Point Story, was conspicuously promoted to capitalize on Cagney's Oscar-winning role in 1942's Yankee Doodle Dandy, and while it's the most dated movie in this set, it's still got plenty to offer in terms of Cagney's unique style of showmanship.
As with previous Signature Collections, Warner Bros. has done a spectacular job of bringing these films to DVD. Picture and sound quality are uniformly superb throughout, and each film is accompanied by a variety of 'Night at the Movies' short subjects, specifically organized to approximate the experience of seeing these films in their original theatrical context. Vintage newsreels, Warner Bros. cartoons (both 'Looney Tunes' and/or 'Merrie Melodies'), documentary shorts, and movie trailers are all included here, some seen for the first time in decades and chronologically corresponding to the feature presentation. No other studio cares for its library as passionately as Warner Bros., and The James Cagney Signature Collection is further proof that there's a wide and appreciative audience for DVD sets that showcase great stars while honoring Hollywood's history and the nostalgic pleasure of 'a night at the movies.' --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - James Cagney - The Signature Collection
James Cagney at his very best in 5 of his classic movies. A must for any James Cagney Fan. Enjoy
Rating: - james cagney collection
I ordered this collection for my Dad hoping it would get to him in time for Fathers' Day. I didn't really give myself enough time to be certain that it would arrive in time. To my surprise it arrived days before the event. My Dad loves the collection, the quality was excellent, there was so much variety of talent to enjoy. Every so often my Dad puts in a DVD to watch over again because James Cagney was so exceptional. He was a son & dance man, and a terrific actor, he was convincing in every role he played.
Gladys
(from New York)
Rating: - Here's wishing for a second Cagney collection
the James Cagney Signature collection, is a great way to introduce Cagney's non gangster films to a new generation of film fans.
Most people only know of his tough guy/gangster films. Such as White Heat
the Public Enemy. or "G"Men.
But Jimmy Cagney was such a versitile actor. That he could and did play
other type of people. Singers, dancers, circus performers. young lover,
soilder, admirals and the hardest role of all, playing another actor.
As he did in "Man of a Thousand Faces". But his best role to me, was in
the movie "The Gallent Hours". When he played Admiral William F. Halsey.
This was his best role as the couragous commander of the Pacific Fleet during
the middle phase of WW2.
I am hoping for a seconed Signature Collection that includ these last two films.
As well as some of his later work during late fifties and early sixies.
Before he retired.
Rating: - Excellent, but...................
I agree with most of the comments by cody jarret and calvinnme. I would have preferred "Strawberry Blonde" and "Oklahoma Kid" over "Fighting 69th" and "Bride Came COD". Let's hope for a second volume PLUS a couple of sets of early 30s Cagney films. There are plenty to choose from.
And I love the slim cases.
Rating: - A Collector's Find
I'm a serious collector of movies. Not only does this collection contain movies not available before on DVD, it also contains many cartoons and short subjects which were not previously available on DVD. I highly recommend this collection.
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