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2 days ago · Throughout the likes of The Public Enemy, Angels with Dirty Faces and White Heat, Cagney played a series of tough-guy characters, but before long, he was typecast.A talented dancer and an actor beyond the realms of the tough guy archetype, Cagney eventually got to show his range in the 1942 musical Yankee Doodle Dandy, which earned an Academy Award and the endless love of Malcolm McDowell,
5 days ago · Cagney won the Academy Award in 1943 for his performance as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. For his contributions to the film industry, Cagney was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 with a motion pictures star located at 6504 Hollywood Boulevard.
5 days ago · The wonderfully classic 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' was awarded three Academy Awards: Best Actor (James Cagney), Best Sound Recording and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. Five other nominations included Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Walter Huston), Best Director, Best Original Story, and Best Film Editing.
2 days ago · Website. oscar .go .com /nominees /best-picture. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the ...
3 days ago · 19 In "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942,) James Cagney won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of which American entertainer? Answer: George M. Cohan George M. Cohan (1878-1942) was an entertainer, composer, singer, dancer, actor, playwright and producer.
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4 days ago · Answer: Yankee Doodle Dandy Although popular as a tough guy on film, James Cagney actually got his start as a dancer, and he was able to showcase his dancing skills while portraying the entertainer George M. Cohan. Like Cohan, Cagney had started out in vaudeville, and he studied Cohan's dancing and singing style to mimic it in the film.
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4 days ago · 1942 - Premiere of the classic film “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” starring James Cagney, a musical biography of American performer and composer George M. Cohan. 1953 - New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first explorers to reach Mount Everest’s summit.
