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Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Writer:
Carey Wilson (writer)
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Release Date:
14 January 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Drama | War more
Plot:
John Jones' daughter is rehearsing the Gettysburg Address in preparation for a school elocution when he is called away by an air raid alarm... more | add synopsis
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Glad to be an American more

Cast

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James Cagney ... John Jones

Ann Sothern ... Mary Jones
Margaret O'Brien ... Daughter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
11 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Unrated

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Trivia:
Included in Warner Home Video's 2-disc DVD release of Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). more

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7 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Glad to be an American, 2 August 2006
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Though the film is dated because of it's obvious World War II origin, You John Jones still has a somewhat relevant message for today. I qualify that with a somewhat because surely 9/11 shattered quite a few illusions about that.

Still we are a wealthy and prosperous country and still relatively safe as opposed to a lot of areas on this globe. May it ever be so as James Cagney realized while doing his thankless job as an air raid warden in World War II America.

Of course these war time shorts brought together folks from different studios for the war effort. Cagney got to work with Ann Sothern and Margaret O'Brien and never did so again.

Wouldn't it be interesting today though if this short film was updated and say Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their little bambino did something similar? As an example of course.

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