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Yankee Doodle Dandy

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

Director

Michael Curtiz

Year

Genre

biography, drama, music

Box Office

$11,800,000

Production

Warner Brothers

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

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George M. Cohan

Mary

Jerry Cohan

Sam Harris

Fay Templeton

Dietz

Nellie Cohan

Rosemary DeCamp

Josie Cohan

Singer

Frances Langford

Erlanger

Schwab

Theatre Manager

George M. Cohan - As a Boy of 13

Eddie Foy

Albee

Goff

Madame Bartholdi

Josie Cohan - As a Girl of 12

The President

Reporter

Theatre Patron

Wiseguy

George M. Cohan's Valet

Ernest Anderson

Pianist

Passerby on Sidewalk

Housekeeper

Audience Member

Magician

Dressing Room Guest

Brooks Benedict

George M. Cohan at 7

Theatre Patron

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Soldier

Reporter

Chorus Girl - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number

Boarder

Betsy Ross

Georgia Carroll

Colony Opera House Stagehand

Recruit

Teenager

Colony Opera House Stage Manager

Spencer Charters

Recruit

Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt

Choirboy

Soubrette

Woman Entering Cohan's Dressing Room

Maid to Faye Templeton

New York Stage Manager

William B. Davidson

Dressing Room Guest

Man Entering Cohan's Dressing Room

Theatre Patron

Actor in Play

Theatre Patron

Receptionist

Actor

Actor - Railroad Station

Soubrette

Reporter

Sergeant on Parade - Last Scene

Sgt. Lewis - White House Guard

Dancer

Union Army Veteran #1 on Caisson

Critic #1

William Forrest

Chorus Girl - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number

Karen X. Gaylord

Dancer

Baritone Solo - Grand Old Flag Number

William Gillespie

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Actor

Audience Member

Telegraph Operator

Recruiting Major

Dr. Llewellyn

Actor

Colony Opera House Doorman

Herbert Heywood

Backstage Actor - 'Peck's Bad Boy'

Reporter

Teenager

Reporter

Horse Race Announcer - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number

Stage Manager - 'Peck's Bad Boy'

Thomas E. Jackson

Sister Act

Actor in Play

Jack W. Johnston

Wilson - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number

Critic #2

Sister Act

Irish Cop in 'Peck's Bad Boy'

Fanny

Phyllis Kennedy

Motorist

Stagehand

Walter Lawrence

Newsboy

Actress

Actor in Play

Actor

Dietz and Goff's Receptionst

Singer

Peck's Bad Boy Stagehand

Josie Cohan - Age 6

Boarder

Hotel Clerk #2

Call Boy

Lon McCallister

New York Stage Doorman

Hotel Clerk #1

Actor

Dancer

Young Girl

Horse Race Official

John 'Skins' Miller

Pedestrian Seeking Newspaper

Maurice Ruppe - Music Publisher

The Pippirino

Friendly Man at Restaurant Window on New Year's Eve

Backstage Actor - 'Peck's Bad Boy'

Jockey

Actor in Play

Waiter

William H. O'Brien

Pedestrian

Streetcleaner

Army Clerk

Robinsons Theater Stagehand

Theatre Patron

Dr. Anderson

Francis Pierlot

Dressing Room Guest

Teenager

Nurse

White House Butler

Clinton Rosemond

Doctor

Soldier

Newsboy

Judge in Musical Number

Star Boarder

O'Rourke's Varieties Stagehand

Boarder

Porter

Napoleon Simpson

Teenager

Waiter

Soubrette

Dressing Room Guest

Army Recruiter Examiner

Elliott Sullivan

Army Recruiter

Actor

Dressing Room Guest

Ellinor Vanderveer

Schults - Grocer in 'Peck's Bad Boy'

Union Army Veteran #2 on Caisson

Backstage Actor - 'Peck's Bad Boy'

Chorus Girl - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number

Stage Manager, 'Peck's Bad Boy'

Sally

Boarder

Medical Officer

Victor Zimmerman

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George M. Cohan Mary Eddie Foy Sam Harris The President

Excuse me, can I get through here? - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Excuse me, can I get through here?

You don't say so.
We'll get you there in a jiffy! - Yankee Doodle Dandy

You don't say so. We'll get you there in a jiffy!

Nellie. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

- Is she all right?
- She's doing fine. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

- Is she all right? - She's doing fine.

Larry O'Leary is me name - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Larry O'Leary is me name

Keep your eyes upon me
And surprised you will be - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Keep your eyes upon me And surprised you will be

I was taken by surprise - Yankee Doodle Dandy

I was taken by surprise

Oh! Thief! Thief! Out! Out! - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Oh! Thief! Thief! Out! Out!

Why do you do this to me? - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Why do you do this to me?

Being versatile - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Being versatile

- Good luck, Josie.
- Thanks, Mom. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

- Good luck, Josie. - Thanks, Mom.

Hey, George, there's a young lady,
would like to talk to you. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Hey, George, there's a young lady, would like to talk t...

Got it - Yankee Doodle Dandy

I was born in Virginia - Yankee Doodle Dandy

I was born in Virginia

Pretty good. There's a contract
in my desk already made out. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Pretty good. There's a contract in my desk already made...

Reckon you'll like it
If you should strike it - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Reckon you'll like it If you should strike it

Ladies and gentlemen... - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Ladies and gentlemen...

My father thanks you - Yankee Doodle Dandy

My father thanks you

Yankee Doodle came to London
Just to ride the ponies - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle came to London Just to ride the ponies

Good luck, Johnny
Success to you - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Good luck, Johnny Success to you

It's in the air - Yankee Doodle Dandy

It's in the air

Good-bye, Johnny. And don't worry,
we still believe in you. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Good-bye, Johnny. And don't worry, we still believe in ...

We'll whisper of how you're yearning - Yankee Doodle Dandy

We'll whisper of how you're yearning

It's from George. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

It's from George.

For it is Mary - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Ham makes me self conscious - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Ham makes me self conscious

So long, Mary - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Cohan and Harris present George Washington Jr - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Cohan and Harris present George Washington Jr

Front row center, the greatest
show on earth, the people. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Front row center, the greatest show on earth, the people.

This is it, George. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

This is it, George.

It seems it always happens - Yankee Doodle Dandy

It seems it always happens

Well, thank you very much
for your entertainment, Mr. Cohan... - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Well, thank you very much for your entertainment, Mr. Cohan....

Still, it was lonely
on the main stem. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Still, it was lonely on the main stem.

- Seasick pills.
- Mm-hm. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

- Seasick pills. - Mm-hm.

Life was less full, but it
was by no means empty. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Life was less full, but it was by no means empty.

Nelson monument. It's a good thing
I wasn't born an Englishman. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Nelson monument. It's a good thing I wasn't born a...

I didn't know you could yodel - Yankee Doodle Dandy

I didn't know you could yodel

It takes two men to impersonate
a horse on Broadway. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

It takes two men to impersonate a horse on Broadway.

But folks always come back
to where their heart is... - Yankee Doodle Dandy

But folks always come back to where their heart is...

When I go up to Hyde Park - Yankee Doodle Dandy

When I go up to Hyde Park

Good work, kids. I'll see
you at 11 in the morning. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Good work, kids. I'll see you at 11 in the morning.

And uh I wouldn't worry about this country if I were you - Yankee Doodle Dandy

And uh I wouldn't worry about this country if I were...

What's the matter - Yankee Doodle Dandy

What's the matter

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The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

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Director: Michael Curtiz

Writer: Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein

Production: Warner Brothers

Genre: biography, drama, music

Year: 1942

MetaScore: 89/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $11,800,000

Released: 06 Jun 1942

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

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