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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Michael Curtiz
Writers:
Robert Buckner (screenplay) and
Edmund Joseph (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 June 1942 (USA) more
Tagline:
Based on the story of GEORGE M. COHAN with the Greatest of all his Great Music more
Plot:
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations more
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(8 articles)
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
 (From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)

Ten greatest Films about America
 (From SoundOnSight. 4 July 2009, 6:48 PM, PDT)

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A Flag Waving Triumph more (74 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
126 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #7929) | Canada:G (video rating) | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

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Trivia:
The movie's line "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." was voted as the #97 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In a newspaper photograph, the Lusitania has two funnels instead of four. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Critic #1: I call it a hit. What'll your review say?
Critic #2: I like it too, so I guess I'll pan it.
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Referenced in Frankie and Johnny (1991) more
Soundtrack:
(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land more

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19 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
A Flag Waving Triumph, 22 July 2004
8/10
Author: dougandwin from Adelaide Australia

Right from the start, I have to say you do not need to be an American to be caught up in the excitement of the blatant flag waving tribute to a great artist. "Yankee Doodle Dandy" made to boost morale after the U.S. entered the war surely would have achieved its goal. It would have been even better in Technicolor (not the coloured version later shown). The songs were great, the acting and the individual dancing style of James Cagney was superb and deserved the Oscar. The two scenes featuring "Over There" were very moving with Frances Langford a standout! The story, while bearing small resemblance to real life, was good and Walter Huston and Rosemary de Camp were excellent. When you see a film such as this some 60 years after its release, and still really enjoy it, it shows how the Golden Years of Hollywood were just that.

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