Comment CAGNEY and I’ll DM you the full ep! ▶️ James Cagney is remembered as Hollywood’s original tough guy — the streetwise gangster, the rapid-fire talker, the Oscar winner whose intensity lit up the screen. But behind that persona was something most people don’t know: He was a dancer first. Before the fame, before Public Enemy, before he became one of the most iconic actors of the 20th century, Cagney grew up in vaudeville — tapping, clowning, singing, and performing for pennies long before H