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Yankee Doodle Dandy

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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

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Reviews Counted: 25

Fresh: 23

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: This much-loved and much-acclaimed musical biography salutes the life and career of American composer and performer George M. Cohan. James Cagney brilliantly essays the role of Cohan, a song-and-dance man who made his mark on the... This much-loved and much-acclaimed musical biography salutes the life and career of American composer and performer George M. Cohan. James Cagney brilliantly essays the role of Cohan, a song-and-dance man who made his mark on the vaudeville stage at the young age of 13. Thereafter, he continued to rack up triumph after triumph -- until he became the first performer of the popular theater to win a Congressional Medal of Honor. Along the way, he penned countless memorable tunes, including "Over There," "It's a Grand Old Flag," "Give My Regards to Broadway" and the film's rousing title number. [More]

Starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf

Starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Irene Manning, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney

Director: Michael Curtiz

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: William Cagney

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Release:

Sep 30, 2003

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Mono - English

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Flag waving, toe tapping, GREAT James Cagney performance as Broadway's George M. Cohan.

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03/08/08
Steve Crum
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A big, old-fashioned rousing biopic of patriotic showman George M. Cohan, played with energy and gusto by Jimmy Cagney in his only Oscar-winning performance.

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03/05/08
Emanuel Levy
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Raucous, vulgar, over long.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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It delivers its red-white-and-blue patriotism to you by the exuberant bushel, but this grand old film reminds us that there was a time when patriotism was more heartfelt than bullying and jingoistic.

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04/05/06
Mark Bourne
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10/15/05
Chuck O'Leary
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09/16/05
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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07/31/05
Emanuel Levy
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James Cagney played George M. Cohan with great vigor and won his only Oscar for that brilliant performance.

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07/04/05
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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06/01/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
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awfully dull and stodgy

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05/28/05
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
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Love that Cagney!

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01/01/05
Michael A. Smith
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12/22/04
Susan Granger
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11/18/04
Mark R. Leeper
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...Cagney's picture through and through. He imbues every scene with the kind of electricity only a handful of screen stars have ever managed.

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10/06/03
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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A timeless treasure that will never fade. Cagney is great; Huston unforgetable. A wonderful slice of Americana.

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09/20/03
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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Thanks to fluent direction, fine photography and Cagney's brillance as actor and song and dance man, the whole piece is surprisingly palatable.

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05/24/03
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You will find as warm and delightful a musical picture as has hit the screen in years, a corking good entertainment and as affectionate, if not as accurate, a film biography as has ever -- yes, ever -- been made.

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05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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Cagney rocks, if indeed one can use that verb to describe a movie about George M. Cohan

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01/22/03
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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12/02/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Cagney shines in a delightfully told biography of George M. Cohan

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07/29/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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