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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391136996
Feature: Academy Award winner James Cagney puts on his dancing shoes again for The West Point Story, a spirited comedy packed with star-power and tunes by vetran songwriters Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.Running Time: 107 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS Rating: NR Age: 085391136996 UPC: 085391136996 Manufacturer No: 113699
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 113699
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Running Time: 107 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 1950
Features:- Academy Award winner James Cagney puts on his dancing shoes again for The West Point Story, a spirited comedy packed with star-power and tunes by vetran songwriters Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.Running Time: 107 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS Rating: NR Age: 085391136996 UPC: 085391136996 Manufacturer No: 113699
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Academy Award winner James Cagney puts on his dancing shoes again for The West Point Story a spirited comedy packed with star-power and tunes by vetran songwriters Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.Running Time: 107 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS UPC: 085391136996 Manufacturer No: 113699
Amazon.com:
Eight years after Yankee Doodle Dandy, the gracefully aging James Cagney found some extra spring in his step for his role in The West Point Story, a snappy musical that finds Jimmy singin' and dancin' at the prestigious military academy. Elwin "Bix" Bixby (Cagney) is a big-city nightclub owner with a long history on Broadway, but he's down on his luck, and accepts an assignment to stage the annual cadets' musical at West Point, thinking he might be able to turn the show into a Broadway hit. To his hot-tempered chagrin he discovers a rag-tag cast of rank amateurs (among them Alan Hale Jr., long before he became "The Skipper" on Gilligan's Island), and it's his job to whip the cadets into shape in time for their big premiere. In an attempt to lure his talented lead performer (Gordon MacRae) to Broadway, Bix recruits a sweet-natured Hollywood star (Doris Day) and plots a backstage matchmaking scheme, but eventually he realizes the kid's true devotion to military service, and devotes himself to staging the best musical West Point has ever presented. This all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza seems a bit corny and dated now, but veteran director Roy Del Ruth keeps West Point Story on an even keel, letting Cagney strut his stuff like an old pro, with Virginia Mayo keeping pace as Cagney's on-and-off love interest. Catchy tunes by the legendary songwriting team of Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn make this a must-see for musical fans, and the score (by Ray Heindorf) was nominated for an Academy Award.
Available separately or as part of the James Cagney Signature Collection, The West Side Story comes with a variety of Warner Bros.' "Night at the Movies 1950" short subjects, including a vintage newsreel of President Truman vowing to eradicate the Communist threat; the Oscar-winning "Sports Parade" short Granddad of Races (about Italy's most popular horse race); the classic cartoon "His Bitter Half" and a pair of 1950 movie trailers, for The West Point Story and the Doris Day/Gordon MacRae musical comedy Tea for Two. --Jeff Shannon
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Is there nothing Cagney can't do? It would be rather intimidating to sing alongside powerhouses like Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, but James Cagney cannot be outdone. He's his usual stage-hogging but likable self. He's not a singing sensation, but he proves he had the confidence to pull it off. The film's weakest part is its plot; it is so insanely unrealistic and with any other actors I would've thrown this in the garbage, but the cast truly saves the day. The musical numbers aren't very catchy, ... Read More
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What do you get when you mix a passionate stage director, an army boy with a heck of a voice, and a pretty young movie actress? You get West Point Story, a film that emphasizes the value of hard work, honor, and commitment.
Elwin Bixby, "Bix" (James Cagney), a major Broadway stage production director, is in trouble at the beginning of the movie. His addiction to gambling on race horses is causing him to lose money and his "girl"/assistant, Eve Dillon (Virginia Mayo) threatens to ... Read More
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his style was not fred astire but he work hard on films and doris day and gordon macrae are great together so is gene nelson
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Totally classic. James Cagney with Doris Day and a young Gordon McCrae is an excellent combination. Love U.S.M.A. and film manages to convey some of the magic of the place and its traditions.
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I no sooner got the movie and it vanished. I think everyone in my family watched it before me. But it was worth waiting. His energy level was just like in Yankee Doodle Dandy. The quality of the dvd was very good.
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