James Cagney Dancing Down Staircase

[guitarkidsteve]

how the fuck did he do that?

[kifliter1]

The man was a talented, original,gifted,likeable,etc,e­tc,etc,............. genius !

[candr]

The man was a trooper from the word go.

[andmaketherain]

Great dancer. Very, very hard to pull off that without falling down. Took great skill and balance.

[thegallerian]

Thanks

[isukaman]

Visual entertainment at its best.

[lindsayexculpated]

best scene ever!!! thanx! :D

[MrLightling]

there's only one Cagney and this is him at his best...

[lovesmusic36]

Thank you so much for posting 20 seconds of some of the best of Cagney! Just watched Yankee Doodle Dandy last night for the umpteenth time. I've been a Cagney fan for longer than I care to admit! The greatest ever! My absolute favourite actor. We'll never see the likes of him again...

[ChopsForBohemians]

...I believe Cohan , politically speaking , absolutely HATED FDR , BTW (Yes he played him):-)...

[misskittie1313]

Talent! I would've broken my neck.

[MyEndymion]

These scene symbolizes the good, old Hollywood! A true classic with one of the most talented actors ever - a real charactre! And, by the way, black and white movies have a very special charme of their own.

[miker2001]

REMARKABLE BEYOND WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BullshitsJohn]

I watch this film every day on July Fourth. Not once have I not cried during this scene.

[Pumarisi124]

@BullshitsJohn Same here.  I thought I was the only cry baby for this movie.

[litnaaaa]

improvisation...with great talent. fantastic scene, and knowing it was improvisation, makes it magnificent

[arweiss100]

So beautful, still makes my heart happy!

[nycdweller]

Damn, that was fantastic!!

[KungFuWombat]

Swagger.

[isuckaman]

Now that's what I call "visual entertainment".

[honkydudeman]

IM SPEECHLESS

[isuckaman]

WOW! I wonder if MJ could have done that.

[BearyHairy]

Oh my goodness! This brings me back to when I was the NCOIC at the Killeen Police Depratment in 1987. The old Jailor there, James "Jim" Treone was a retired soldier, a veteran of Korea and 4 tours of Vietnam. The film, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY came up in our many discussions. I told Jim that my favourite part was when James Cagney, after receiving his honor from FDR; skedaddled in a tap dance down the Whitehouse stairs. There in blazing B&W sent my soul flying! Thank you to the poster. Godspeed.

[pumpsiegr]

Not computer animated, either! 

[nganir]

won't ever forget the first time i saw this scene. it stopped me in my tracks. brilliant.

[agatematt]

The dance steps down the stairs at "The White House" set was total improvisation by Cagney and the director kept it in the scene --- adding the music post production --- and it became not only the most memorable moment in a truly great film but one of the most memorable scenes in motion picture history.

[matthewcgreen]

Now THAT is talent

[riitade644]

What a talent Cagney was! I could watch this millions of times and still get a thrill.

[agyvonne]

@riitade644 i get a thrill too !!!