Yankee Doodle Dandy Movie Review 1942

Nostalgic view of the Golden Era of show business and the man who made it glitter--George M. Cohan. His early days, triumphs, songs, musicals and romances are brought to life by the inexhaustible Cagney in a rare and wonderful song-and-dance performance. Told in flashback, covering the Irishman's struggling days as a young song writer and performer to his salad days as the toast of Broadway. Cagney, never more charismatic, dances up a storm, reportedly inventing most of the steps on the spot.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 126 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Drama, Showbiz Musicals, Biopics: Showbiz, Dance Fever, Top Grossing Films of 1942, MGM Musicals, Stagestruck, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Robert Buckner

Cast

James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, S.Z. Sakall, Walter Catlett, Frances Langford, Eddie Foy, George Tobias, Michael Curtiz

Cinematography

James Wong Howe

Director

Michael Curtiz

Producer

MGM

Awards

Oscars 1942: Actor (Cagney), Sound, Scoring/Musical; AFI 1998: Top 100, Natl. Film Reg. 1993;; N.Y. Film Critics 1942: Actor (Cagney).