A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
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| Walter Huston | ... | ||
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Richard Whorf | ... | |
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Rosemary DeCamp | ... | |
| Jeanne Cagney | ... | ||
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A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life- story of George M. Cohan, who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
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singing | dancing | father son relationship | family act | spanking |Taglines:
Based on the story of GEORGE M. COHAN with the Greatest of all his Great Music See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
6 June 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Yankee Doodle Dandy See more »Filming Locations:
New York Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Critic #1: I call it a hit. What'll your review say?
Critic #2: I like it too, so I guess I'll pan it.
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(1927) (uncredited)
from the Broadway show "The Merry Malones"
Written by George M. Cohan
Played and sung as part of the travel montage
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. See more »Goofs
After the scene showing New Year's 1912, Josie tells George she is getting married. Josie and Fred Niblo actually married in 1901, prior to George's successes on Broadway. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Critic #1: I call it a hit. What'll your review say?
Critic #2: I like it too, so I guess I'll pan it.
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Soundtracks
Like the Wandering Minstrel(1927) (uncredited)
from the Broadway show "The Merry Malones"
Written by George M. Cohan
Played and sung as part of the travel montage
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James Cagney recalls in his autobiography that this movie was his favorite, largely due to his love of dancing. He was one of the great "tough guys" of all time on film, but dancing was his passion, he noted. It shows here. This was "a labor of love," to use a cliché, and it's obvious how much fun he was having in this film. His hoofing talent also was obvious. He was good, very good.
In fact, for the audience, most of this movie is pure "feel good." Almost all the characters are nice people, the story is inspirational and nicely patriotic and the songs are fantastic. If you pick up the two-disc special-edition DVD that came out several years ago, then you'll see this film in all it's glory. The transfer is magnificent and really brings out the great cinematography. I never realized how beautifully filmed this was until I saw this on DVD.
The story is simply the biography of George M. Cohan, the writer and Broadway star of many, many hit plays and hit songs. Unlike today's biographies, this is a very positive story about a man who brought patriotism alive during World War I with such inspirational songs as "It's A Grand Old Flag" and "Over There." For some of us, listening to these songs can bring a tear or two.
Cagney is his normal riveting self and Joan Leslie certainly makes an appealing female lead as Cohan's wife. The great Walter Huston plays Cohan's father. I've always found Huston to be an actor of great presence. In this movie is a very, very touching deathbed scene with he and Cagney.
So you have a little bit of everything here from drama to romance to comedy to music and Cagney is the glue to fits it all together beautifully. One of the great classic films of all time.