![]() ![]() SEE OTHER ITEMS ON MY EBAY LIST CLICK ON " See other items " ABOVE RIGHT. Please note, the images are for illustrative purposes only NEW SEALED DVD UK DVD THE WEST POINT STORY STARS JAMES CAGNEY VIRGINIA MAYO & STAR CAST CLASSIC = FAST PACED ROMANTIC MUSICAL COMEDY. Grade: 4.5/5Įnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Item: 374812632077 THE WEST POINT STORY = JAMES CAGNEY VIRGINIA MAYO = NEW SEALED = MUSICAL CLASSIC. White Heat still remains one of the greatest gangster films of all time.ĬAST: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark Warner Bros. Watching the film now, it’s honestly hard to imagine anybody else in the role. The fact is that co-writers Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts had suggested the veteran actor for the role. If Jack Warner had his way, it’s very well possible that Cagney might not have even been considered. Following the film, he would go on to make a few more films with the studio through 1955. The role would win him an Oscar but his Warner days were done for the time being. He made the decision to walk away in 1942 after starring in Yankee Doodle Dandy. The actor, who grew to fame with the Warner Brothers gangster dramas, was also away from the studio. It isn’t only that Cagney was away from the genre for so long. Poster for the US release of Raoul Walsh's 1949 film noir, 'White Heat', starring James Cagney and Virginia Mayo. American actress Virginia Mayo, circa 1950. Mayo received excellent reviews in another unsympathetic role, playing James Cagneys sultry and scheming wife in the gangster classic White Heat (1949), also for Walsh. Perhaps the two films could make for the perfect double feature? Actors James Cagney as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett and Virginia Mayo as Verna Jarrett in the film noir 'White Heat', 1949. Don’t worry because I’ll be watching the Hitchcock film in due time. They were both actors who were also excellent dancers. While I haven’t seen Psycho yet, this mother-son complex certainly begs a comparison between character relationships in the two films. With James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond OBrien, Margaret Wycherly. From the movie: THE WEST POINT STORY 1950 Jimmy Cagney and Virginia Mayo had something in common. We also see a character with a strong attachment to his mother. American Actress Virginia Mayo was born Virginia Clara Jones on 30th November, 1920 in St. Virginia Mayo and James Cagney were in White Heat (1949) together. ![]() One of the ideas to come out of White Heat is the idea of a gangster having a mental illness. Virginia Mayo and James Cagney were in an on-screen matchup. As such, Cody starts planning his escape from prison. ![]() That’s not the worst of it for Cody because he soon learns of his mother’s death. “Big Ed” Somers (Steve Cochran) takes over the gang while Verna also joins him. There’s a lot that happens both inside and outside of prison. Meanwhile, Phillip Evans (John Archer) assigns agent Hank Fallon (Edmond O’Brien) to go undercover as Vic Pardo. By confessing to another crime, he ends up with a shorter prison sentence. Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES Virginia Mayo, who rose to stardom in the 1940s in comedies opposite Bob Hope and Danny Kaye and had memorable dramatic turns with James Cagney in. Caught by the authorities, Cody decides to confess to a different crime that took place in Illinois. The relationship here is certainly a character study in its own right. While Cody is married to Verna (Virginia Mayo), one could certainly make the argument that he’s really married to his mother. 1947 She finally struck paydirt in 1947 with a plum assignment in the well-received The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) as Rosalind van Hoorn. The psychotic Arthur “Cody” Jarrett (James Cagney) is the leader of the aptly named Jarrett gang. She got some of the best reviews of her career in James Cagneys return to the gangster genre, White Heat (1949), as Verna, the scheming, cheating wife of homicidal killer Cody Jarrett (Cagney). gangster drama White Heat after being away from the genre. Oscar-winning actor James Cagney delivers one of his finest roles in Warner Bros. White Heat (1949, James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Margaret Wycherly, Edmond O’Brien) Classic Movie Review 147 James Cagney is brilliant as psychotic, epileptic gangster Cody Jarrett, fixated on his conniving mother Ma Jarrett (Margaret Wycherly), in the awesome 1949 gangster film White Heat.
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