
Overview:
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.Status: | Released (1937-09-30) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total |
Screen: | Victor Schertzinger, Austin Parker |
Productions: | Grand National Pictures, Zion Meyers Productions, Grand National |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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There aren’t many actors who can go from menacing gangster to top-hatted crooner, but James Cagney was one of them, and he does it quite amiably in this comedy. With the unwieldy name of “Thaddeus McGillicuddy”, he is a band-leader in New York who is offered a contract in Hollywood b ....
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