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Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American black-and-white biographical musical drama directed by Michael Curtiz. The film, produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack Warner for Warner Bros. Entertainment, stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf. It depicts the life of George M. Cohan, a musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer. The screenplay was written by Robert Buckner, Julius J. Epstein, and Philip G. Epstein, with music by Ray Heindorf.
The 126-minute film was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. It received an Academy Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Sound. The production was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Story. Critics and audiences have rated the film highly, with an IMDb rating of 7.6 and a Metascore of 89.
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7.1A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Cast
- James Cagney as George M. Cohan
- Joan Leslie as Mary
- Walter Huston as Jerry Cohan
- Richard Whorf as Sam Harris
- Irene Manning as Fay Templeton
- George Tobias as Dietz
Themes
- dancer
- musical
- comeback
- biography
- singer
- vaudeville
- 1900s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
17,227 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
89/100
- Year
- 1942
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Family
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Written by
- Robert Buckner Edmund Joseph
- Produced by
- Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner
- Starring
- James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf
- Cinematography
- James Wong Howe
- Edited by
- George Amy
- Music by
- Score and songs , George M. Cohan , Score adaptation: , Ray Heindorf , Heinz Roemheld
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- May 29, 1942 ( 1942-05-29 ) ( New York City )
- Running time
- 126 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5 million
- Box office
- $6.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Screenwriter
- Philip G. Epstein
- Cast member
- Bill Edwards
- Composer
- Ray Heindorf
- Producer
- Jack Warner
- Cinematographer
- James Wong Howe
- Narrative location
- Washington, D.C.
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 538797
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942 poster).jpg
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- Commons category
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (film)
- publication date
- 1942-01-01
- film editor
- George Amy
- title
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Carl Jules Weyl
- color
- black-and-white
- executive producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- review score
- 7.6/10
- set during recurring event
- Independence Day
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Encyclopedic overview
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical drama film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, and Vera Lewis. Joan Leslie's singing voice was partially dubbed by Sally Sweetland.
The film was written by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph, and directed by Michael Curtiz. According to the special edition DVD, significant and uncredited improvements were made to the script by the twin brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. The film was a major hit for Warner Bros. Pictures, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three.
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