Yankee Doodle Dandy

The film has also been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film plays on the relationship between Streisand and O'Neal and O'Neal's stage wife Kahn. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Walter Huston), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Original Story. Streisand and O'Neal sing "You're the Top" over the credits; "Anything Goes" plays in the background in the hotel lobby. It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording. Songs from the musical Anything Goes are featured throughout the movies. Other Cohan tunes in the movie included "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Harrigan", "Mary's a Grand Old Name"; and "Over There". The director did not get permission from the city to drive cars down the Taylor Street Steps, which were badly damaged during filming.

The title song was Cohan's trademark piece, a patriotic pastiche drawing from the lyrics and melody of the old Revolutionary War number, Yankee Doodle. The movie takes place in (and was filmed in) San Francisco. The movie was written by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph, and directed by Michael Curtiz. It was intended to pay homage to screwball comedies of the 1930s, such as Bringing Up Baby. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. What's Up, Doc? is a classic, lighthearted and feeling-good screwball comedy directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, and Madeline Kahn. Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M.