Comments on: Happy Fourth of July!

By: R2L

R2L — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 03:09:49 +0000

Harry S Truman:
then shouldn’t his parents have spelled it “Ess” on his birth certificate?? 🙂

By: ObloodyHell

ObloodyHell — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 02:48:26 +0000

I recall what was, I believe, his last picture for 20 years**, “One, Two, Three” (1961), in which he plays a Coca Cola executive on a “family trip”, looking to expand company operations in Germany. This gets complicated by his daughter’s involvement with a West German communist-beatnik type.

Light fun, as I recall, particularly enhanced by Cagney’s performance. Family played by Arlene Francis (the wife), daughter played by a very young Pamela Tiffin, and the boyfriend by an exceedingly young looking Horst Bucholz.

Later this month would have been his 122nd birthday.

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He did a couple bits of voicework, then came out of retirement in 1981 for Ragtime, a movie about high society in the 19-00s centered around the Stanford White scandal/murder. That was his last movie except for a TV movie in 1984

By: ObloodyHell

ObloodyHell — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 02:34:17 +0000

}}} attended Columbia College of Columbia University where he intended to major in art…

He attended College in an era when very few attended college. Not so sure he was all that impoverished, by that light, unless there was something else involved, such as a benefactor or scholarship…

}}} Harry S. Truman

Harry S Truman

No period after the “S”. That’s his actual middle name, “S”. It’s not a contraction.

😀

By: Patrick Wahl

Patrick Wahl — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 02:31:00 +0000

I watch this every month or two. Jimmy Cagney at about 1:54, I believe from Yankee Doodle Dandy. I like how easy he makes it look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9i0s4WEY0

By: PA+Cat

PA+Cat — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 01:00:16 +0000

Tom Grey:

Yes, Canada has a 4th of July; it falls between July 3 and July 5.

Update to physicsguy’s reference to the Highland Park shooting: the Chicago PD arrested the perp about an hour ago. He’s described as an “aspiring rapper”– go figure:

https://nypost.com/2022/07/04/robert-crimo-highland-park-parade-shooting-suspect-in-custody/

The kid has a decidedly unhealthy druggie look about him.

By: Aggie

Aggie — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 23:25:38 +0000

Cagney was the embodiment of the American Dream, hardship being answered with grit and determination, applied to natural ability. For all those feeling despair because of the mass shooting in Chicago – by early accounts a deranged young man with Antifa associations – or because leftists with access to the microphone are broadcasting their hateful Fourth of July messages, well… all I can say is, the country and its freedoms are yours to lose, passively – or keep, as an American.

Happy Fourth everybody!

By: YoungHegelian

YoungHegelian — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:24:17 +0000

Cagney also spoke Yiddish fluently, which is a little strange for an Irish boy. But, hey, his Irish neighborhood bordered on Jewish one and he had lots of Yiddish speaking friends in his boyhood.

An example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynpOEcPdjdk

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 19:47:13 +0000

Happy Independence Day to all Americans! And Liberty lovers throughout the world.

Q: Do they have a July 4th in Canada?

A: …

By: Mike K

Mike K — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 19:18:21 +0000

Cagney was a/the developer of Emerald Bay, a very high class community in southern California just south of NewPort Beach. His brother was a dentist for several people I knew. Office in Culver City.

By: IrishOtter49 (Roughcoat)

IrishOtter49 (Roughcoat) — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 18:52:18 +0000

Try this on for size:

“After 30+ Years, NPR Cancels Declaration of Independence Reading”

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/07/04/npr-cancels-annual-declaration-of-independence-reading-to-discussequality-n2609721