Bullets & Blood: A Hollywood Epic - Part 6

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The original Hollywood epic Bullets And Blood tells the sometimes unbelievable, but true tale, of a Hollywood dynasty, every bit as thrilling, shocking and dramatic as any Hollywood blockbuster. In part six, James Cagney's star is in the ascendent, and he seems a perfect fit for the newly emerging gangster genre. Also on the rise, is a Romanian immigrant who has fled persecution in Romania to pursue his own dreams. Meanwhile, Jack Warner is growing a little tired of his biggest star's attitude... To gain instant access to the entire series, as well as hundreds more hours of Hollywood storytelling and much more, simply sign up now at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Sign up now and unlock an entire universe of Hollywood legends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.0	When it came to movie acting, James Cagney was a natural. While more respected, classically trained actors fretted out
0:58.6	of shot about their placement, their makeup or their dialogue. Jimmy glided, giggled, skipped and wise-cracked his way through each scene.
1:08.0	And if the director called for another take,
1:10.0	he would bounce back to his starting point and do it all again.
1:14.0	Occasionally, he would watch the tortured souls grimacing at their scripts and mouthing lines to themselves in desperation, mere minutes before they were
1:25.1	due to deliver.
1:26.1	Why do they take it so seriously, he said, it's just a job, no stress, no strain.
1:33.2	And from his first moment in Hollywood,
1:35.8	this self-invented proverb would serve him well.
1:39.1	His first movie, The Adaptation of Penny Arcade that had brought him to Hollywood,
1:48.8	and which was now renamed Sinners Holiday for some incomprehensible reason, was shot in 15 brief days, with Jimmy and his New York
1:57.2	buddy Joan Blondell, reprising their roles from the original stage play.
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