Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) |
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Other InformationAwardsNational Film Registry National Film Preservation Board, USA [1993] Best Writing, Original Story Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Picture Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Film Editing Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Director Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Sound, Recording Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Won) Plot SummaryYankee Doodle Dandy is no more the true-life story of George M. Cohan than The Jolson Story was the unvarnished truth about Al Jolson -- but who the heck cares? Dandy has song, dance, pathos, pageantry, uproarious comedy, and, best of all, James Cagn... TaglineThe Yankee Doodle Dandiest Entertainment of `em all! Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam`s Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy! Based on the story of GEORGE M. COHAN with the Greatest of all his Great Music DiscographySinglesHarrigan [1908] I Was Born in Virginia [1906] The Warmest Baby in the Bunch [1896] While Strolling Through the Park One Day [1894] Jeepers Creepers Billie Molly Malone The Man Who Owns Broadway Nellie Kelly, I Love You Love Nest In a Kingdom of Our Own America (My Country `Tis of Thee) When Johnny Comes Marching Home Auld Lang Syne (I Wish I Was in) Dixie`s Land The Belle of the Barbers` Ball Blue Skies, Gray Skies Oh, You Wonderful Girl All Aboard for Old Broadway Little Johnny Jones Keep Your Eyes Upon Me (Dancing Master) Good Luck, Johnny The Red, White and Blue At a Georgia Camp Meeting Off the Record So Long Mary Only 45 Minutes from Broadway Mary`s a Grand Old Name You`re a Grand Ole Flag Over There Give My Regards to Broadway The Yankee Doodle Boy |
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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) was nominated for the following awards:
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes George M. Cohan: It seems it always happens. Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we`re a push-over all ready to be blackjacked. And it isn`t long before we`re looking up, mighty anxiously, to be sure the flag`s still waving over us. [a group of soldiers in marching off to fight in World War II, singing Cohan`s World War I song, "Over There"]
Sergeant on parade: What`s the matter, old timer? Don`t you remember this song?
George M. Cohan: Seems to me I do.
Sergeant on parade: Well, I don`t hear anything.
[Cohan starts singing along, with tears coming into his eyes] [first lines]
Critic #1: I call it a hit. What`ll your review say?
Critic #2: I like it too, so I guess I`ll pan it. George M. Cohan: Thanks, Sam. It`ll be great as long as those critics don`t start to eat off my leg.
Sam Harris: Oh, don`t worry about the critics! You got a smash hit! It`s in the air, kid! It`s in the air! You can`t stop anything that`s in the air! [George M. Cohan comes into apartment and smells something cooking]
George M. Cohan: Mmmmm... ham or bacon?
Mary: Bacon.
George M. Cohan: Good. Ham makes me self-conscious. George M. Cohan: My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you.Trivia In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #98 Greatest Movie of All Time. The movie`s line "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." was voted as the #97 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100). James Cagney`s performance as George M. Cohan is ranked #6 on Premiere Magazine`s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. Warner brothers second highest grossing film of 1942 ($4.8 million). Frances Langford is listed in the credits simply as "singer". In the film Cagney calls her "Nora" so this character is probably the real life Nora Bayes (1880-1928). Bayes was a popular performer who recorded many Cohan songs and entertained the troops with Cohan during World War I. Bayes wrote "Shine on Harvest Moon" and was the subject of her own biopic in the 1944 Warner Brothers film of the same name. "Over There" isn`t the only singing that Langford does in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". She also sings the medley "In a Kingdom of Our own/Love Nest/Nellie Kelly, I Love You/The Man Who Owns Broadway/Molly Malone/Billie" which backs up one of Don Siegel`s great montage sequences. Francis Langford sang "Over There" to WW I American troops and toured with Bob Hope to entertain American troops in WW II, Korea and Viet Nam. James Cagney was eleven years older than his screen mother Rosemary DeCamp. The movie deviated so far from the truth that, following the premiere, Cohan commented, "It was a good movie. Who was it about?" Many facts were changed or ignored to add to the feel of the movie. For example, the real George M. Cohan was married twice, and although his second wife`s middle name was Mary, she went by her first name, Agnes. This was the very first black and white movie to be colorized using a controversial computer-applied process. Despite widespread opposition to the practice by many film aficionados, stars and directors, the movie won over a sizeable section of the public on its re-release. George M. Cohan chose James Cagney to play him. Fred Astaire was first offered the leading role but turned it down. | ||
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