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Yankee Doodle Dandy, with its many flag-waving musical numbers, proved just the ticket for World War II-era audiences and became the top-grossing movie of its year, as well as Warners' top-grossing movie to that time. It was nominated for Academy Awards in eight categories, including Best Picture and Director (Curtiz), and won three Oscars ...
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.
Yankee Doodle Dandy is 515 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -276 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than The Empty Man but less popular than The Green Knight.
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Jul 19, 2022 · The word “dandy” also appears in “Yankee Doodle” and that word, similar to “fop,” denotes someone who placed importance on physical appearance and refined language, as well as leisure ...
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Brought to the White House to receive a Congressional Gold Medal from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Broadway legend George M. Cohan (James Cagney) reflects on his life. Flashbacks trace ...
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In the fife and drum state of Connecticut, it is the official state song. George M. Cohan revived the tune in his "Yankee Doodle Boy" (also known as "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy") of 1904. It should surprise no one that John Philip Sousa was immensely fond of this work. He employed it in many of his arrangements and patriotic fantasies.
Jul 5, 1998 · Unlike Astaire, whose entire body was involved in every movement, Cagney was a dancer who seemed to call on body parts in rotation. When he struts across the stage in the “Yankee Doodle Dandy” number, his legs are rubber but his spine is steel, and his torso is slanted forward so steeply we're reminded of Groucho Marx.
