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James Cagney ("White Heat," "Angels With Dirty Faces") danced and sang his way to a well-deserved Academy Award for his outstanding portrayal of vaudeville composer and performer George M. Cohan in this Oscar-nominated biography. Recently selected as one of the top American films of all time by the prestigious American Film Institute and directed by Academy Award-winner Michael Curtiz ...
Parents need to know that Yankee Doodle Dandy is a classic 1942 musical in which James Cagney plays Broadway legend George M. Cohan. While overall a rousing movie that fully embodies a time when entertainment was enjoyed as a means of temporary escape from Great Depressions and World Wars, there are some dated moments that could be troubling to contemporary audiences.
There may be no American movie more patriotic than Yankee Doodle Dandy, a jingoistic biopic of famed Broadway star George M. Cohan that transcends its innumerable genre clichés through the sheer willpower of its star.
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Warner Brothers, 1942), directed by Michael Curtiz, is an autobiographical musical of a legendary Broadway showman, composer, actor and dancer, George M. Cohan (1878-1942), as played by James Cagney in what's been reported as his personal favorite of all movie roles, and it's easy to see why.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular ...
Nov 27, 1981 · James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy: Directed by Richard Schickel. With James Cagney, Treat Williams, John Alderson, John Archer. Documentary about the actor James Cagney with interviews with him, Donald O'Connor and Pat O'Brian.
When "Yankee Doodle Dandy" opened in movie theatres across America in June of 1942, the country had been suddenly(and tragically) pulled into another World War with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
