tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528812496347938474.post7991967400460039920..comments2024-03-28T14:26:41.776-07:00Comments on Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: Ragtime (1981)Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408150910056369989noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528812496347938474.post-16991006711854602622009-12-31T22:10:00.165-08:002009-12-31T22:10:00.165-08:00I knew you would know something that I missed. I a...I knew you would know something that I missed. I always assumed and its the common misconception that he did die soon after this movie was released. Thanks for the fix.Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408150910056369989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528812496347938474.post-86295122266302946882009-12-31T21:54:58.188-08:002009-12-31T21:54:58.188-08:00I love RAGTIME, too, and have long been surprised ...I love RAGTIME, too, and have long been surprised that it has largely faded from our collective moviegoing memory. In the interest of accuracy, though, I must point out that Cagney didn't die soon after as you state. Actually he lived several more years in reasonably good health and even made another film, the 1984 TV movie TERRIBLE JOE MORAN with Art Carney and Ellen Barkin. His voice was weak enough that it had to be redubbed by an impressionist but his sparkle was still there and he gave quite a good performance in a sentimental script about an old boxer!Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.com