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Title: Not the Best Research
Review: I found myself filling in a lot of blanks. Romano could have done better research on a few of these movies. He does not include Cagney on Cagney as a source and it shows. In the autobiography, Cagney discusses several things he did to train for the movies, like how much weight he lost, life experience as a fighter, his trainers, and where he got his keen ability to move like a boxer. He lost 35 pounds for City for Conquest, and that's not in the book. I lost trust for the author as a careful researcher. If he did not bother to read a source as important as Cagney's autobiography, what else did he not do? And I don't think he's ever head of Terrible Joe Moran. Don't waste your time on this rushed to print gimmick book. The table of contents is the best part.If you must have this get it our of a bargain bin or hold out for a 2nd edition, with updates and revisions.
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