Bowery to Broadway: The American Irish in Classic Hollywood Cinema by Christopher Shannon

Bowery to Broadway: The American Irish in Classic Hollywood Cinema

Christopher Shannon

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Before Johnny Depp and Public Enemies, there was The Public Enemy. James Cagney's 1931 portrayal of the Irish American gangster, Tommy Powers, set the standard for the Hollywood gangster and helped to launch a golden age of Irish American cinema. ...

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