
Stormy Weather(1943)
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.


“Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy!”
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a drama, music film released in 1942 exploring themes of dancer, musical, comeback, biography, singer, vaudeville. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston. A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
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