Parkinson BBC James Cagney Pat O'Brien 70s

how do you meet in 1926 in Asbury Park New Jersey I was playing at a stock company a lowly young actor trying to get a break along the way on a doughnut hunt for a long time and there was a play that came through Asbury and wrote to Broadway is to break in a lot of places there years later I broke into play there but I was in a play that broken Italy phrase it that way the name of this play was women go on forever with Mary Boleyn my patrol there was a young fella Deadwood it looked like the future started for this my head and that I'd read things about him I know I just made up my mind I wanted to meet him now on backstage and did all Chris Jim and I see Jim is a complete introvert I'm an extrovert I'm an Irish show up I like to be on all the time so I take a shot in the dark hoping that I wouldn't meet this fella and he was just as kindly then and as wonderful as he is today and with a 1926 and it's a friendship that's enjoyed for 55 years but is it true that you talk there about being different one of the stories I heard was that you used to go out all night still up on the town and he used to go to bed early is that true sure just still happen oh no no you know 31 and 81 there's a lot of difference believe it what about the two of you you were all both around at that time in America were they with a kid that was a gangster near the for real wasn't it do you do you meet any real gangsters the two of you had a funny thing happened I was running on a horse show up in Connecticut and I think I told you this part but the kid the little red-haired kid was freckled all over his face come up onto the low side of me didn't know him never saw before I said hello son he said well did you didn't you I said did I didn't what he or did you didn't you I don't know what you're talking about soon what is it did you go yellow and you went to the chair that time

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Keywords: Parkinson, BBC, James, Cagney, Pat, O'Brien, 70s

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Length: 2min 25sec (145 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 16 2007