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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
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Musical | Romance 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
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations more
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(8 articles)
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User Comments:
They don't make them like this anymore- and "Yankee Doodle Dandy" will make you sorry that they don't make them like this anymore more (75 total)

Cast

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James Cagney ... George M. Cohan

Joan Leslie ... Mary

Walter Huston ... Jerry Cohan
Richard Whorf ... Sam Harris
Irene Manning ... Fay Templeton
George Tobias ... Dietz
Rosemary DeCamp ... Nellie Cohan
Jeanne Cagney ... Josie Cohan
Frances Langford ... Singer
George Barbier ... Erlanger
S.Z. Sakall ... Schwab
Walter Catlett ... Theatre Manager
Douglas Croft ... George M. Cohan, As a Boy of 13
Eddie Foy Jr. ... Eddie Foy
Minor Watson ... Albee
Chester Clute ... Goff
Odette Myrtil ... Madame Bartholdi
Patsy Parsons ... Josie Cohan, As a Girl of 12 (as Patsy Lee Parsons)
Jack Young ... The President (as Capt. Jack Young)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Acuff ... Reporter (uncredited)
Murray Alper ... Wiseguy (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson ... George M. Cohan's valet (uncredited)
Vivian Austin ... Pianist (uncredited)
Leon Belasco ... Magician (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict ... Dressing room guest (uncredited)
Henry Blair ... George M. Cohan at 7 (uncredited)
Walter Brooke ... Reporter (uncredited)
Leslie Brooks ... Chorus girl ('Little Johnny Jones' number) (uncredited)
Georgia Carroll ... Betsy Ross (uncredited)
Glen Cavender ... Colony Opera House stagehand (uncredited)
Dick Chandlee ... Teenager (uncredited)
Spencer Charters ... Colony Opera House stage manager (uncredited)
Wallis Clark ... Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (uncredited)
Alan Copeland ... Choirboy (uncredited)
William B. Davidson ... New York stage manager (uncredited)
Ann Doran ... Receptionist (uncredited)
Tom Dugan ... Actor, railroad station (uncredited)
Bill Edwards ... Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Faylen ... Sergeant on parade (last scene) (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty ... Sgt. Lewis (White House guard) (uncredited)
Robert Flatley ... Dancer (uncredited)
James Flavin ... Union Army veteran #1 on caisson (uncredited)
William Forrest ... Critic #1 (uncredited)
William Gillespie ... Baritone solo: Grand Old Flag number (uncredited)
Art Gilmore ... Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)

Joe Gray ... (uncredited)
Creighton Hale ... Telegraph operator (uncredited)
John Hamilton ... Recruiting officer (uncredited)
Harry Hayden ... Dr. Llewellyn (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes ... Backstage actor, 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
William Hopper ... Reporter (uncredited)
Joyce Horne ... Teenager (uncredited)
Charles Irwin ... Horse race announcer, 'Little Johnny Jones' number (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson ... Stage manager, 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Marijo James ... Sister act (uncredited)
Eddie Kane ... Wilson ('Little Johnny Jones' number) (uncredited)
Edward Keane ... Critic #2 (uncredited)
Dorothy Kelly ... Sister act (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey ... Irish cop in 'Pecks Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Phyllis Kennedy ... Fanny (uncredited)
Vera Lewis ... (uncredited)
Audrey Long ... Dietz & Goff's receptionst (uncredited)
Jerrie Lynne ... Singer (uncredited)
Hank Mann ... Peck's Bad Boy stagehand (uncredited)
Jo Ann Marlowe ... Josie Cohan, age 6 (uncredited)
Louis Mason ... Boarder (uncredited)
Frank Mayo ... Hotel clerk #2 (uncredited)
Lon McCallister ... (uncredited)
Edward McWade ... New York stage doorman (uncredited)
George Meeker ... Hotel clerk #1 (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller ... Horse race official (uncredited)
Frank Mills ... Pedestrian seeking newspaper (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse ... Maurice Ruppe (music publisher) (uncredited)
Dolores Moran ... Girl (uncredited)
Charles Morton ... Friendly man at restaurant window on New Year's Eve (uncredited)
Jack Mower ... Backstage actor, 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Lee Murray ... Jockey (uncredited)
Garry Owen ... Army clerk (uncredited)
Paul Panzer ... Robinsons Theater stagehand (uncredited)
Francis Pierlot ... Dr. Anderson (uncredited)
Joyce Reynolds ... Teenager (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson ... Nurse (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond ... White House butler (uncredited)
Thomas W. Ross ... Doctor (uncredited)
Syd Saylor ... Star boarder (uncredited)
Harry Seymour ... O'Rourke's Varieties stagehand (uncredited)
John Sheehan ... Boarder (uncredited)
Charles Smith ... Teenager (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan ... Army recruiter examiner (uncredited)
Frank Sully ... Army recruiter (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent ... Schults, grocer in 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Dick Wessel ... Union Army veteran #2 on caisson (uncredited)
Leo White ... Backstage actor, 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde ... Chorus girl ('Little Johnny Jones' number) (uncredited)
Dave Willock ... Stage Manager, 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Joan Winfield ... Sally (uncredited)
Jack Wise ... Boarder (uncredited)
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Directed by
Michael Curtiz 
 
Writing credits
Robert Buckner (screenplay) and
Edmund Joseph (screenplay)

Robert Buckner (story)

Julius J. Epstein  uncredited
Philip G. Epstein  uncredited

Produced by
William Cagney .... associate producer
Hal B. Wallis .... executive producer
Jack L. Warner .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Ray Heindorf (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
James Wong Howe 
 
Film Editing by
George Amy 
 
Art Direction by
Carl Jules Weyl 
 
Costume Design by
Milo Anderson (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Perc Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Everett A. Brown .... sound
Nathan Levinson .... sound (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein .... musical director
Ray Heindorf .... orchestral arranger
Heinz Roemheld .... musical director (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Jack Boyle .... choreographer: James Cagney's dances (as John Boyle)
William Collier Sr. .... technical advisor
Seymour Felix .... dance number stager and director
Hugh MacMullan .... dialogue director
LeRoy Prinz .... dance number stager and director (as Leroy Prinz)
Don Siegel .... montages
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
126 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
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
Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA more
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the very first black and white movie to be colorized using a controversial computer-applied process. Despite widespread opposition to the practice by many film aficionados, stars and directors, the movie won over a sizeable section of the public on its re-release. 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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) more
Soundtrack:
The Yankee Doodle Boy more

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27 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
They don't make them like this anymore- and "Yankee Doodle Dandy" will make you sorry that they don't make them like this anymore, 22 May 2004
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Author: Angus T. Cat from England

`Yankee Doodle Dandy' makes the viewer say, `They don't make them like that anymore.' The film is uplifting for its espousal of unabashed patriotism and its representation of America as a place in which a gifted performer like George M. Cohan could rise from vaudeville to Broadway. It is also moving for its reverence for the nineteenth late century theatre and early twentieth century Broadway: the sequence showing Cohan's successes of the 1920s commemorate the other musical and non musical hits of the decade as much as Cohan's. I was moved to tears by the ending showing the elderly Cohan joining in a World War II parade, a group of soldiers marching to `Over There' and being asked why he isn't singing, `Hey old-timer, don't you know this song?' `Yankee Doodle Dandy' is a celebration of Cohan's life and career -- a little sanitised perhaps, but still portraying his love for his family, his profession and his country. It isn't a museum piece but more of a picture from another era – and in a time when America is honoured by songs such as `Kick Ass USA' it's a valuable reminder of an age when people feeling their country under threat roused their nationalism by reminding themselves of what made them want to fight for it.

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