“What Price Glory” Lobby Card – 1952

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This is a lobby card for the movie “What Price Glory,” starring James Cagney and Dan Dailey. The movie was directed by legendary director John Ford.
On its 1-10 rating scale, IMDb gives the movie a 6.3 rating.
This lobby card would look great matted and framed!
Synopsis: Longtime rivals in the Marines, Capt. Flagg (James Cagney) and Sgt. Quirt (Dan Dailey) are stationed together in France during World War I. Soon the two tough men are competing for the hand of pretty local girl Charmaine (Corinne Calvet). Flagg and Quirt get into plenty of trouble, but their playful brawling eventually gives way to camaraderie, particularly when the realities of war set in as the soldiers head back out to the battlefield.
James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899-March 30, 1986) was an actor and dancer. On stage and in film, Cagney was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances.
In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described Cagney as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera."
Cagney won the Academy Award in 1943 for his performance as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
For his contributions to the film industry, Cagney was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 with a motion pictures star.
In 1974 Cagney received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. Charlton Heston, in announcing that Cagney was to be honored, called him "...one of the most significant figures of a generation when American film was dominant, Cagney, that most American of actors, somehow communicated eloquently to audiences all over the world ...and to actors as well."
He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1980, and a Career Achievement Award from the U.S. National Board of Review in 1981. In 1984 Ronald Reagan awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1999 the U.S. Postal Service issued a 33-cent stamp honoring Cagney.