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humphrey bogart James cagney roaring twenties #1 1939-2016 Poster
by David Lee Guss
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humphrey bogart James cagney roaring twenties #1 1939-2016 poster by David Lee Guss. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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At the end of the film, as Eddie (James Cagney) is lying dead on the stairs of a church after having been shot, his head cradled in the arms of... more
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"At the end of the film, as Eddie (James Cagney) is lying dead on the stairs of a church after having been shot, his head cradled in the arms of Panama Smith (Gladys George), a police officer asks her, "What was his business?". She answers, "He used to be a big shot", the last line in the film. This his been ranked by the American Film Institute (AFI) and others as the #1 last line of a gangster movie."
"This marked the end of James Cagney's cycle of gangster films for Warner Bros. Cagney wanted to diversify his roles and would not play a gangster again until White Heat (1949), ten years later."
Bogie would have to wait a few more years before shedding the gangster roles.
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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