[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




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