Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney.

The movie was written by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph, and directed by Michael Curtiz.

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. Other Cohan tunes in the movie included "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Harrigan", "Mary's a Grand Old Name"; and "Over There".

It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Walter Huston), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Original Story. The film has also been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.


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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 has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Walter Huston), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Original Story. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story. It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording. The movie was written by Monckton Hoffe and Preston Sturges, and directed by Sturges. Other Cohan tunes in the movie included "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Harrigan", "Mary's a Grand Old Name"; and "Over There". It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette and William Demarest.

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