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Two Old Guys Dancing
Videos2view ^ | 1955 | Hope/Cagney

Posted on 09/17/2015 2:46:07 PM PDT by gorush

Cagney and Bob Hope at a Friar's Club Meeting in 1955, back when actors were real performers; Hope was 52 and Cagney was 56.

This looks like it's from a movie, not a routine from a Friar's Club meeting. Doesn't take away from it though!

For the young folks, here is something you probably never seen before and, unfortunately, you may never see again.

For us older folks, this is the best of the best, and we had it for many years! This is a side of these two entertainers you hardly ever saw, but it shows you their enormous talent. Bob Hope, the best of comedians, and James Cagney, mostly cast as the bad guy, a gangster in the movies.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; History; Humor
KEYWORDS: celebrity; dance
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I hope you all enjoy this, I know I did.
1 posted on 09/17/2015 2:46:07 PM PDT by gorush
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To: gorush

http://videos2view.net/Hope-Cagney.htm


2 posted on 09/17/2015 2:47:59 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: gorush

This is from “The Seven Little Foys.”


3 posted on 09/17/2015 2:50:55 PM PDT by missingwv
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To: missingwv

Could be, I guess. I just got it from my inbox.


4 posted on 09/17/2015 2:52:15 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: gorush

That was great! Thanks!


5 posted on 09/17/2015 2:52:58 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: gorush

Freaking great! Thanks for posting! I’m still smiling.
When I was young, I thought Hope was schmaltzy and stupid. Then I grew up, and recognized him as the great man he was! Can’t get enough!


6 posted on 09/17/2015 2:53:30 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: gorush

Loved it! Thanks food the memories……..


7 posted on 09/17/2015 2:53:58 PM PDT by basil (get the hell out of my country)
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To: gorush

It’s from “The Seven Little Foys”. Good movie.


8 posted on 09/17/2015 2:54:41 PM PDT by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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To: gorush

I enjoyed and it had a bonus for me—the curtains. I’m going to copy them. Thanks!


9 posted on 09/17/2015 2:56:33 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: gorush

Cagney’s dance looks a lot like his dancing in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”. Compare Cagney’s talent the talent of today’s movies stars. Let me correct myself. There is no comparison.


10 posted on 09/17/2015 2:57:18 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: gorush

Thanks for posting.

I’ve seen it several times but never tire of watching it.

They were both great dancers and entertainers.


11 posted on 09/17/2015 3:01:31 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: gorush

I have watched this scene 50 times and I am still amazed at Cagney’s flawless technique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlvB4xk4LNQ


12 posted on 09/17/2015 3:02:23 PM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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I am so ignorant, I was not aware that Cagney could dance like that, simply amazing! And no CGI either :)


13 posted on 09/17/2015 3:05:15 PM PDT by Paradox (Sayin it like I see it, wherever and whenever I see fit.)
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To: gorush

Excellent! Two of the most outstanding entertainers of all time!

Also viewed the “Jersey Boys” video linked right below it. Another not to miss.


14 posted on 09/17/2015 3:08:10 PM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: gorush

That’s Old School. When DiCaprio and Damon are that age they’ll probably be twerking together.


15 posted on 09/17/2015 3:08:19 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Step away from the Koolade.)
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To: gorush
Fred Astaire and, surprise, Bing Crosby

And of course, Fred and Ginger


16 posted on 09/17/2015 3:11:46 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Paradox

Cagney was a vaudeville hoofer before he became an actor playing punks and bad guys during the heyday of the Hollywood gangster period. If you get a chance check out “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, the biography of George M. Cohan. Then you’ll see Cagney at his best. Although you may have to swallow a little gorge at the end where there’s a scene with an off camera FDR. But hey, it was 1942 and Franklin was CIC leading the nation through a really rough time.


17 posted on 09/17/2015 3:12:58 PM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: missingwv
This is from “The Seven Little Foys.”

Agreed, from 1955 in glorious Technicolor. What is fun is to know how this is a celebration of vaudeville, traveling acting troupes & Tin Pan Alley in the early 1900s. Like now, there was great fun for performers then to compete in impromptu contests of skill as shown in this clip.

Hollywood put out a lot of these bio-pics that celebrated people like Cohan and Foy and made a good profit as well WITHOUT guns, curses and hero denigration. One wonders if they could do such today?

18 posted on 09/17/2015 3:14:43 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: Excellence

Bfl


19 posted on 09/17/2015 3:14:45 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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Compare Cagney’s talent the talent of today’s movies stars. Let me correct myself. There is no comparison.

Kevin Bacon danced alright in Footloose, and John Travolta in his movies. But to tell you the truth, I don't care if Al Pacino can dance or not. He's certainly not inferior to Bob Hope.

20 posted on 09/17/2015 3:15:18 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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