Autographs of James Cagney
James Francis Cagney Jr. (/ˈkæɡni/; July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances.
Cagney is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), City for Conquest (1940) and White Heat (1949), finding himself typecast in the early years of his career. He was able to negotiate dancing opportunities in his films and ended up winning the Academy Award for his role of George M. Cohan in the musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth on its list of greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described him as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera".
After making his debut in 1919, he spent several years in vaudeville as a dancer and comedian and played his first major acting role in 1925. Al Jolson was sufficiently impressed by his performance in 1929's Penny Arcade that he bought the rights to it, securing Cagney's part in the Warner Bros. adaptation of the play. This marked the beginning of a lengthy, albeit turbulent association with the studio.
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The most expensive item with a signature of James Cagney (Collection Of Signed Autographs Includind The Beatles, James Cagney And Others) was sold in October 2013 for £820.99 while the cheapest item (James Cagney: The Signature Collection DVD (2009) James Cagney, Walsh (DIR)) found a new owner for £0.06 in August 2024. The month with the most items sold (32) was March 2025 with an average selling price of £15.60 for an autographed item of James Cagney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2015 with £134.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was March 2014. In average, an autographed item from James Cagney is worth £10.99.
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Latest News about James Cagney
James Cagney's 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' Oscar Fails To Sell At Auction (22/11/2014): A rare opportunity to purchase an Oscar statuette has been missed. The Oscar won by James Cagney in 1942 for his performance in Yankee Doodle Dandy, has failed to sell at an auction in Los Angeles. 
James Cagney's 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' Oscar fails to sell (21/11/2014): LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - James Cagney's best actor Oscar statuette for the 1942 musical film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" went unsold at auction in Los Angeles, in a rare offering of film's top award. Auction house Nate D. Sanders said on Friday they were attempting to secure a private sale of the gold statJames Cagney's 1942 Oscar fails to sell at auction (21/11/2014): In the world of auctions, there's always a chance no one will bite. Such was the case for James Cagney's 1942 best actor Oscar for his role in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." The trophy failed to meet ...James Cagney Best Actor Oscar Up For Auction (19/11/2014): James Cagney's best actor Oscar statuette for the 1942 musical Yankee Doodle Dandy could sell for over $800,000 (£511,000) when it goes up for auction.James Cagney's Oscar Going Up For Auction (19/11/2014): Film icon James Cagney 's Academy Award for his role in Yankee Doodle Dandy is expected to fetch $800,000 (£500,000) when it goes up for auction on Thursday (20Nov14).
Older News Stories about James Cagney
James Cagney double bill and The Witches - BFI London Film Festival pick of the (10/2013): Mid-week is as good a time as any for nostalgia, so here's a couple of suggestions from this year’s wide range of LFF archive restorations. Both involve films that wouldn’t have been given the critical time of day when they first came out, let alone have had money spent on restoring them for a festi
