I've Discovered George Raft

Nancy, I've seen all Cagney films, but I can't place this one from the picture
Do you know the title ?

 

Quote from Cagney bio


According to James Cagney's autobiography Cagney By Cagney, (Published by Doubleday and Company Inc 1976), a Mafia plan to murder Cagney by dropping a several hundred pound klieg light on top of him was stopped at the insistence of George Raft. Cagney at that time was President of the Screen Actors Guild and was determined not to let the mob infiltrate the industry. Raft used his 'many' mob connections to cancel the hit.

 

Thanks for that Tom - makes sense now. I have read a book on Cagney a good while back, not the one above
@Tom Galty

 

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

 

Thank you so much, will try to get it - been many moons since I watched that one
@Nancy Hart

 

I loved Cagney when I was a child because he killed people in his films.

But was shocked when I saw this.

He and Raft had something in common..

 

I loved his dancing, especially in the 7 little Foys with Bob Hope - love Cagney, no question about that

 

Moody …………………….

 

That is from the movie Scarface (1932) with Paul Muni and Boris Karloff. I always liked Paul Muni. Think I'll try to watch that one.

 

George Raft and James Cagney at a celebrity baseball game (circa 1935)
Raft is pulling off Cagney's catcher's mask.

“I had no education. I fought in the streets so I became a fighter. I played baseball, so I became a ballplayer. I saw some people dancing in a nightclub, so I became a dancer.” — George Raft

 

Many people don't know that Raft was also a magnificent Dancer.

Hal