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66 DGA QUARTERLY PHOTOS: (TOP & BOTTOM RIGHT) PHOTOFEST; (BOTTOM LEFT & OPPOSITE) EVERETT YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) > Shooting commenced on this George M. Cohan biopic the day after Pearl Harbor, add- ing to the patriotic fervor on the set. As Rode writes, "The star and director had developed a bond of trust. Curtiz knew he did not have to explain to Cagney how a scene should be played, nor did Cagney need to tell the direc- tor how to shoot the picture." Cagney would win an Oscar for his performance. ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES (1938) > Although Curtiz never helmed a gangster picture, the film—about the relation- ship between a hoodlum and a Catholic priest—stands as a high-water mark in the WB outlaw canon. Curtiz's chemistry with James Cagney proved elastic and fruitful. "Both the star and the director made changes and additions that raised Angels with Dirty Faces to the level of something memorable"—a film of both epic scope and intense, character-driven intimacy. "The star and director had developed a bond of trust." — R O D E O N C A G N E Y A N D C U R T I Z