a belter of a musical or drama with day and cagney in contrastingly powerhouse role . my folk have long urge me to watch this movie to see the other side of ms day and here she deliver grit and not ditz and to great effect . she look genuinely sexy in her scene and not a word often use to describe her screen persona . her sing too be terrific and almost all the song be great and although a little artistic control might have see fit to drop sam the accordion man . cagney be and well cagney and rampage through the movie and slug everyone in sight and include day . i think the film be right to depict him with almost no redeeming feature up until and i suppose and the obligatory happy end you feel he doesn not deserve the good turn that day or etting pay him when his new club open . the only problem for me with continuity in the film be one minute cagney force himself onto day at her moment of great repulsion to him and the next theyre marry . do i nod off or something . by the way i have notice that hardly any of the review here mention the young cameron ( buck cannon ) mitchell a the triangular love interest . in contrast to cagney overblown characterisation and he subtly underplay his part and be clearly in sympatico with day in their scene together . however and he really should get his hand closer to the dummy keyboard in the song set piece . in fact it a real shame that day do not continue in this vein of act and a many have say and but also and for me and that mitchell subside into hack television work . what else . well and the dialogue be realistic and smart and sassy and the set sumptuous and the direction well pace . i too can not understand why cagney and not day ( or mitchell come to that ) get the oscar nomination . love me or leave me be a refresh contrast to the rodgers or hammerstein musical of the time with it candid depiction of 20 and 30 america and surely one of the most fascinating and exciting time ever .