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Being versatile, I played my mother's father. Yankee Doodle Dandy is directed by Michael Curtiz and collectively written by Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning,…
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
“Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy!”
71%
Movie
2h 6m
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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) — a movie tagged as Drama and Music with balanced tone moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~126 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Yankee Doodle Dandy 71% (231 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
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- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1942-05-29
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- TMDB rating
- 7.1
- TMDB ID
- 3087
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The official runtime for Yankee Doodle Dandy is approximately 126 minutes.
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Cast
James Cagney
George M. Cohan
Joan Leslie
Mary
Walter Huston
Jerry Cohan
Richard Whorf
Sam Harris
Irene Manning
Fay Templeton
George Tobias
Dietz
Rosemary DeCamp
Nellie Cohan
Jeanne Cagney
Josie Cohan
Frances Langford
Singer
George Barbier
Erlanger
Walter Catlett
Theatre Manager
Douglas Croft
George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13
Eddie Foy Jr.
Eddie Foy
Minor Watson
Albee
Chester Clute
Goff
Odette Myrtil
Madame Bartholdi
Patsy Parsons
Josie Cohan, as a girl of 12
S.Z. Sakall
Schwab
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Being versatile, I played my mother's father. Yankee Doodle Dandy is directed by Michael Curtiz and collectively written by Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. This is a biographical interpretation of the life of renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan (Cagney). As usual it is advised to seek out facts about the person the biography is about - if one so wishes of course to see how true the bio is. A wonderful spirited picture that begs and demands to be viewed in today's context. Unwavering in its flag waving patriotism, this was unashamedly a moral booster that acted as a recruiting poster for the war effort - of which George Cohan was rightly lauded. Though his singing voice was never what you would call high quality, his dancing however certainly was, and it's an utter joy to see the multi faceted Cagney light up the screen in every scene he is in. Great blood pumping songs help off set the slightly over long run time, to which even a British guy like myself found myself saluting such a jingoistic joy come pic's finale. 8/10
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