James Cagney

Joan Leslie

Walter Huston

Richard Whorf

Irene Manning

George Tobias

Rosemary DeCamp

Jeanne Cagney

Frances Langford

George Barbier

Walter Catlett

Douglas Croft

Eddie Foy Jr.

Minor Watson

Chester Clute

Odette Myrtil

Patsy Parsons

S.Z. Sakall

Jack Young

Ann Doran

Frank Faylen

Pat Flaherty

Bert Moorhouse

Dolores Moran

Poppy Wilde

Phyllis Kennedy

Doris Merrick

Jean Inness

Dorothy Kelly

Hazel Dohlman

John Breen

Jack Deery

John Alban

Murray Alper

Audrey Long

Michael Curtiz

Robert Buckner

Edmund Joseph

Julius J. Epstein

William Cagney

Hal B. Wallis

Jack L. Warner

James Wong Howe

George Amy

Milo Anderson

Perc Westmore

Martha Acker

Bill Cooley

Ruby Felker

Everett Alton Brown

LeRoy Prinz

Heinz Roemheld

Ray Heindorf

Bill Phillips

George M. Cohan

Carl Jules Weyl

Rydo Loshak

Drama

Music

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

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

English

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson announce YANKEE DOODLE DANDY for AFI Movie Club

Original Theatrical Trailer