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    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942 · Musical · 2h 6m

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  1. Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, and Vera Lewis.

  2. Yankee Doodle Dandy: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf. The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

  3. Yankee Doodle" is a traditional song and nursery rhyme, the early versions of which predate the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today.

  4. Apr 23, 2008 · When the Revolution began, the Americans adopted the song as a rallying tune, and it was played by fifers and drummers in every camp and battle. At the British surrender at Yorktown on Oct. 19 ...

  5. Yankee Doodle Dandy - Jimmy Cagney. Dana Spiardi. 781 subscribers. Subscribed. Like. 590K views 7 years ago. Jimmy Cagney performs his signature number in this 1942 biographical film about...

  6. Jul 4, 2014 · The origin of the word Yankee, the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" explained, and George Washington likely did stand while crossing the Delaware River. And other factoids about the American Revolution.

  7. Jul 19, 2022 · In British vernacular, then, the term “Yankee doodle dandy” meant someone who was unsophisticated but who took on upper-class fashion—as if sticking a feather in your hat may give you supreme...

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