JAMES CAGNEY Signed Photo FROM ESTATE In TORRID ZONE Warner Bros. & Vitaphone
Item History & Price
Each week on Saturday, Sunday and sometimes on Fridays, I will be listing GREAT AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL EPHEMERA, SIGNED BOOKS, ART AND ANTIQUES FROM MY LONG LIFE OF COLLECTING.
In fairness to all interested bidders PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME TO END THIS AUCTION EARLY.
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This one is an ORIGINAL, NOT A COPY, NOR REPRODUCTION, AUTHENTIC HAND SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH of the great actor JAMES CAGNEY sporting a little moustache from his 1930's movie TORRID. T...here is an estate stamp on the back verifying that this is a signed photo from his estate!
James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, Cagney was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), City for Conquest (1940) and White Heat (1949), finding himself typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. He was able to negotiate dancing opportunities in his films and ended up winning the Academy Award for his role in the musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described Cagney as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera".[6]In his first professional acting performance in 1919, Cagney was costumed as a woman when he danced in the chorus line of the revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a dancer and comedian, until he got his first major acting part in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good notices, before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. Al Jolson saw Cagney in the play and bought the movie rights, then selling them to Warner Bros. with the proviso that James Cagney and Joan Blondell be able to reprise their stage roles in the movie. After rave reviews, Warner Bros. signed him for an initial $400-a-week, three-week contract; when the executives at the studio saw the first dailies for the film, Cagney's contract was immediately extended.Cagney's fifth film, The Public Enemy, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period. Notable for a famous scene in which Cagney pushes a grapefruit against Mae Clarke's face, the film thrust him into the spotlight. He became one of Hollywood's leading stars and one of Warner Bros.' biggest contracts. In 1938 he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his subtle portrayal of the tough guy/man-child Rocky Sullivan in Angels with Dirty Faces. In 1942 Cagney won the Oscar for his energetic portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was nominated a third time in 1955 for Love Me or Leave Me with Doris Day. Cagney retired from acting and dancing in 1961 to spend time on his farm with his family. He came out of retirement 20 years later for a part in the movie Ragtime (1981), mainly to aid his recovery from a stroke.Cagney walked out on Warner Bros. several times over the course of his career, each time returning on much improved personal and artistic terms. In 1935 he sued Warner for breach of contract and won. This was one of the first times an actor prevailed over a studio on a contract issue. He worked for an independent film company for a year while the suit was being settled, establishing his own production company, Cagney Productions, in 1942 before returning to Warner seven years later. In reference to Cagney's refusal to be pushed around, Jack L. Warner called him "the Professional Againster". Cagney also made numerous USO troop tours before and during World War II and served as president of the Screen Actors Guild for two years.
Measures approximately 8 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches.
The 2009 SANDERS AUTOGRAPH PRICE GUIDE values a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH of JAMES CAGNEY at $240.00 and $80.00 for his signature only on a plain sheet.
It's worth a google search to learn more about this important and talented man's life and career!
Each item will be posted in a plastic cover between two strong, cross grained, hard to bend, pieces of cardboard.
PAYMENT & MAILING
I expect all items will be paid for within 5 days of the end of the auction. If you need more time to pay DO PLEASE CONTACT ME. I now offer one day shipping.
I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO COMBINE DOWN MAILING COSTS FOR ALL ITEMS LISTED BUYERS PLEASE wait for invoice before paying to receive a meaningful reduction in WITH A SEVEN (7) DAY, ONE WEEK, PERIOD for State side buyers. INTERNATIONAL mailing cost for multiple purchases.
BID WITH CONFIDENCE
All autographs and historical paper that I sell are MONEY BACK GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. I have authenticated autographs for insurance companies and collectors for more than three decades. I DO NOT SELL COPIES. I have collected historical autographs, books and ephemera since I was a kid in the late 1950's. I have had this OLD AUTOGRAPH in my own collection for a long, long time!
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In fairness to all interested bidders PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME TO END THIS AUCTION EARLY.
OFFERED HERE
This one is an ORIGINAL, NOT A COPY, NOR REPRODUCTION, AUTHENTIC HAND SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH of the great actor JAMES CAGNEY sporting a little moustache from his 1930's movie TORRID. T...here is an estate stamp on the back verifying that this is a signed photo from his estate!
James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, Cagney was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), City for Conquest (1940) and White Heat (1949), finding himself typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. He was able to negotiate dancing opportunities in his films and ended up winning the Academy Award for his role in the musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described Cagney as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera".[6]In his first professional acting performance in 1919, Cagney was costumed as a woman when he danced in the chorus line of the revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a dancer and comedian, until he got his first major acting part in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good notices, before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. Al Jolson saw Cagney in the play and bought the movie rights, then selling them to Warner Bros. with the proviso that James Cagney and Joan Blondell be able to reprise their stage roles in the movie. After rave reviews, Warner Bros. signed him for an initial $400-a-week, three-week contract; when the executives at the studio saw the first dailies for the film, Cagney's contract was immediately extended.Cagney's fifth film, The Public Enemy, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period. Notable for a famous scene in which Cagney pushes a grapefruit against Mae Clarke's face, the film thrust him into the spotlight. He became one of Hollywood's leading stars and one of Warner Bros.' biggest contracts. In 1938 he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his subtle portrayal of the tough guy/man-child Rocky Sullivan in Angels with Dirty Faces. In 1942 Cagney won the Oscar for his energetic portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was nominated a third time in 1955 for Love Me or Leave Me with Doris Day. Cagney retired from acting and dancing in 1961 to spend time on his farm with his family. He came out of retirement 20 years later for a part in the movie Ragtime (1981), mainly to aid his recovery from a stroke.Cagney walked out on Warner Bros. several times over the course of his career, each time returning on much improved personal and artistic terms. In 1935 he sued Warner for breach of contract and won. This was one of the first times an actor prevailed over a studio on a contract issue. He worked for an independent film company for a year while the suit was being settled, establishing his own production company, Cagney Productions, in 1942 before returning to Warner seven years later. In reference to Cagney's refusal to be pushed around, Jack L. Warner called him "the Professional Againster". Cagney also made numerous USO troop tours before and during World War II and served as president of the Screen Actors Guild for two years.
Measures approximately 8 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches.
The 2009 SANDERS AUTOGRAPH PRICE GUIDE values a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH of JAMES CAGNEY at $240.00 and $80.00 for his signature only on a plain sheet.
It's worth a google search to learn more about this important and talented man's life and career!
Each item will be posted in a plastic cover between two strong, cross grained, hard to bend, pieces of cardboard.
PAYMENT & MAILING
I expect all items will be paid for within 5 days of the end of the auction. If you need more time to pay DO PLEASE CONTACT ME. I now offer one day shipping.
I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO COMBINE DOWN MAILING COSTS FOR ALL ITEMS LISTED BUYERS PLEASE wait for invoice before paying to receive a meaningful reduction in WITH A SEVEN (7) DAY, ONE WEEK, PERIOD for State side buyers. INTERNATIONAL mailing cost for multiple purchases.
BID WITH CONFIDENCE
All autographs and historical paper that I sell are MONEY BACK GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. I have authenticated autographs for insurance companies and collectors for more than three decades. I DO NOT SELL COPIES. I have collected historical autographs, books and ephemera since I was a kid in the late 1950's. I have had this OLD AUTOGRAPH in my own collection for a long, long time!
FEEDBACK
Feedback is a huge issue for sellers. The new rules of eBay make the detailed feedback (the stars) as important as whether the feedback is positive or not. By giving a seller 1 or 2 stars you may cause him/her additional expenses on eBay fees of hundreds of dollars a month for a long period of time. Please contact me before leaving a less than perfect feedback to discuss any problem.
