[Genealib] Jimmy the Gent
Michael Kirley
mkirley at lapl.org
Fri Jan 25 18:32:55 EST 2008
Yesterday Turner Classic Movies broadcast "Jimmy the Gent," in which James
Cagney and Bette Davis both play genealogists! Here is some information
about the film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025330/usercomments
Here is some more:
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=184909&mainArticleId=184891
Here is a link to the original trailer, but it doesn't emphasize the
"genealogical" content of the film:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=95704
If you want to know what Hollywood's idea of a genealogist was in the 1930s,
the movie is worth seeing.
Michael Kirley
More information about the genealib
mailing list