Bob Hope & Jimmy Cagney

[AngliaGT]

 

[Basil]

Dang, Bob could hoof with the best of them. But Cagney looked like his legs had no bones!

 

[maynard]

What movie was that from? And why don't they make movies like that anymore?

 

[mikephillips]

I believe that is "The Seven Little Foys" with Hope playing the father to a performing family. Despite those who remember him thinking of Cagney being a gangster character type, he was a much a song and dance man in his prime.

 

[pdplot]

Bob Hope has not aged well. Some of his early movies were funny but his act had worn a bit thin in later years. And he was a notorious womanizer. Dolores spent many lonely nights alone.

 

[mikephillips]

I've read too, that he was very open in front of her and others that off screen he ran around. I do respect his USO service over the decades, but someone I'd want as a friend.

 

[Basil]

He wouldn't be the first otherwise renowned personality in history to have exploits outside the home. (more than one past President come to mind). Nevertheless, he did a tremendous service with his shows and I recall my dad, who saw him in Vietnam, always liked the guy.

 

[waltesefalcon]

We probably shouldn't judge others too harshly. A lot of otherwise upright people have their failings.

 

[mikephillips]

Oh yes, childhood friend of mine ran around on his wife when she was pregnant years ago, cried on my shoulder during the divorce, drunk at a reunion, that she didn't understand he couldn't be seen with a "fat" woman and when she'd delivered and got back in shape he had intended to return. I made the remark that she wasn't a fat woman but near the end of carrying their child and he had been completely unreasonable. And that if he was going to behave that way, I hoped she took him for every dime she could get. Took him years to grow up and speak to me again.

 

[Basil]

How about we get it back on the rails, please. Two great showmen - Hope and Cagney. I knew Cagney was a great dancer, but I don't think I ever realized that Hope was as good a hoofer as he obviously was.

 

[mikephillips]

In those 1930s and 40s films when he was still young Hope could hold the line with most you'd see in films who were not primarily dancers.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Cagney was an excellent dancer and all around entertainer. It's kinda a shame that he's usually remembered as a tough guy more than anything else.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Cagney was an excellent dancer and all around entertainer. It's kinda a shame that he's usually remembered as a tough guy more than anything else.

Yeah, but he did that better than just about everyone! Always a cocky little ..............