YANKEE
DOODLE DANDY
Warner Bros., 1942  The
life of song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, energetically portrayed by Cagney, covers the
earliest days of vaudeville to the development of the American musical stage play. The
World War II musical features such rousingly patriotic Cohan songs as "Over
There" and "It's a Grand Old Flag."
| PRINCIPAL CAST |
James Cagney, Walter
Huston |
| DIRECTOR |
Michael Curtiz |
| PRODUCER |
Hal B. Wallis |
| SCREENWRITERS |
Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph |
AFI's
Number 97
Movie Quote |
 | My
mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you.
And I thank you. |
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|
 This
film ranked 100
on the AFI Top 100.
"The
Yankee Doodle Boy" ranked 71
on the AFI Top 100 Songs.
This film ranked 88
on the AFI Top 100 Cheers.
This film ranked 18
on the AFI Top 25 Musicals.
This
film ranked 98
on the AFl Top 100 - 10 year
Anniversary.
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