[Doctor Stochastic]

Well, Cagney did get the Academy Award for "Yankee Doodle Dandy" rather than for playing a gangster.

"You dirty rat. You sang that off-key. Now I'm going to show you how to sing really high."

[DeFault User]

Well, Cagney did get the Academy Award for "Yankee Doodle Dandy" rather than for playing a gangster.

Yes he did, but I don't recall O'Connor and Cagney being placed in the same category as Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire when referring to great dancers. BTW, a lot of references on this thread about O'Connor dancing up the wall, but I recall Cagney doing it in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).