Four-disc set includes:The Public Enemy (1931)Grown up poor in early-20th-century Chicago, Tom Powers (James Cagney) got used to taking what he wanted. When Prohibition came in, he was ready to grab easy cash as a bootlegger's muscle, but the bill for a criminal lifestyle would ultimately come due. Star-making gangster cycle foundation piece from Warner co-stars Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Eddie Woods, Jean Harlow, and (in the classic grapefruit-in-the-kisser scene) Mae Clarke. William A. Wellman directs. 84 min. BW/Rtg: NRAngels With Dirty Faces (1938)Ex-con Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) came back to the old neighborhood to find a gang of local boys (the Dead End Kids) that idolized him--and his friend and former fellow J.D., Fr. Jerry Connolly (Pat O’Brien), struggling to keep the kids out of trouble. When Rocky goes after the payday he was promised for taking the fall, the stage is set for tragedy...and, perhaps, redemption. Classic WB "urban crime drama" co-stars Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft; Michael Curtiz directs. 97 min. BW/Rtg: NRYankee Doodle Dandy (1942)James Cagney is a red, white, and blue bundle of song-and-dance energy in his Oscar-winning portrayal of early-20th century Irish-American George M. Cohan, "the man who owned Broadway." Follow George from his vaudeville days as one of The Four Cohans to fame as the writer of "Over There," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "You’re a Grand Old Flag," and many other classic songs. Joan Leslie, Rosemary DeCamp, and Walter Huston co-star in one of Hollywood’s best-loved musicals; directed by Michael Curtiz. 125 min. BW/Rtg: NRWhite Heat (1949)Quintessential gangster film features James Cagney as Cody Jarrett, a psychotic, mother-obsessed gunman who plans to escape from prison with fellow inmate Vic Pardo (Edmond O’Brien) and reunite his old crew for an armored car job. But Pardo is a federal agent sent to infiltrate the gang, leading to a violent shoot-out with the law and a fiery finale. Virginia Mayo and, as Ma Jarrett, Margaret Wycherly co-star; Raoul Walsh directs. 113 min. BW/Rtg: NRStandard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).
