The West Point Story/Fine and Dandy Cagney, James performer Nelson, Gene performer Mayo, Virginia performer Prinz, LeRoy performer Boyle, Johnny performer Film 1950-12-22 Warner Brothers Warner Bros, Pictures original release. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. c. 1950. Dance numbers directed by LeRoy Prinz, staged by Eddie Prinz and Al White. James Cagney's dances created by Johnny Boyle, Jr. James Cagney (Elwin Bixby); Virginia Mayo (Eve Dillon); Doris Day (Jan Wilson); Gordon MacRae (Tom Fletcher); Gene Nelson (Hal Courtland). Musical about a Broadway director hired to stage a show at the US Military Academy at West Point. Dance and music numbers include : [Tap dance rehearsal] / danced by male soloist, female ensemble, James Cagney -- [Tap dance with canes] / danced by James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, male ensemble -- [Tap dance solo with canes and straw hats] / danced by Gene Nelson -- [Tap dance in dress uniform] / danced by Gene Nelson and male ensemble -- "100th Night Show" / includes a reprise of the preceding tap dance in dress uniform. Gene Nelson was delighted to work with Cagney in West Point Story : "He loved dancing...by nature he was an eccentric hoofer, that is, a dancer who invented funny little bits of business for himself. All of it was an extension of his stance and his walk and his body mannerisms. There was nobody else like him and we loved him." Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html James Cagney (biography) loc.music.tdabio.45 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.639