Yankee Doodle Dandy

Duration: 2:07:00

Genre: Biography Drama Musical

Year Published: 1943

Creator: Warner Bros Pictures Inc

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: This film biography of song-and-dance man George M. Cohan begins in 1937 with Cohan performing as President Roosevelt in I'd rather be right. It follows Cohan's beginnings in vaudeville as part of a family revue to his spectacular Broadway successes. With its elaborate musical numbers extolling patriotic virtues, the movie was considered an integral part of the war movement and served as a lively morale booster. Songs include: Give my regards to Broadway, Over there, Harrigan, Mary's a grand old name, and You're a grand old flag. (Circulates)

Complete Record: , This film biography of song-and-dance man George M. Cohan begins in 1937 with Cohan performing as President Roosevelt in I'd rather be right. It follows Cohan's beginnings in vaudeville as part of a family revue to his spectacular Broadway successes. With its elaborate musical numbers extolling patriotic virtues, the movie was considered an integral part of the war movement and served as a lively morale booster. Songs include: Give my regards to Broadway, Over there, Harrigan, Mary's a grand old name, and You're a grand old flag. (Circulates) , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.