Yankee Doodle Dandy

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)

Credits

Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Written by: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Robert Buckner
Cast: Irene Manning, Lon McCallister, Ann Doran, Frank Faylen, Frances Langford, Walter Huston, Leslie Brooks, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Paul Panzer, James Cagney, Dolores Moran, Douglas Croft, Fred Kelsey, George Barbier, George Meeker, Walter Catlett, Audrey Long …
Produced by: Jack Warner, Hal B. Wallis
Cinematography: James Wong Howe
Music: Ray Heindorf
Edited by: George Amy

Complete catalog 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)
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Sources

16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
Wikidata · Q1321622 ↗ — country, credits

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