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Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy!

19427.02h 6m

Overview

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein
Produced by William Cagney
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Top Cast

James Cagney

James Cagney

George M. Cohan

Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie

Mary

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Jerry Cohan

Richard Whorf

Richard Whorf

Sam Harris

Irene Manning

Irene Manning

Fay Templeton

George Tobias

George Tobias

Dietz

Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp

Nellie Cohan

Jeanne Cagney

Jeanne Cagney

Josie Cohan

Frances Langford

Frances Langford

Singer

George Barbier

George Barbier

Erlanger

Themes & Keywords

dancermusicalcomebackbiographysingervaudeville1900s

About Yankee Doodle Dandy

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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