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Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical drama film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". [2] It stars James Cagney , Joan Leslie , Walter Huston , and Richard Whorf , and features Irene Manning , George Tobias , Rosemary DeCamp , Jeanne Cagney , and Vera Lewis .
She auditioned for Paramount's Holiday Inn (1942), but Warner Bros. decided to cast her in Yankee Doodle Dandy (also 1942) with James Cagney. [25] The film is a musical depicting the life of Broadway entertainer George M. Cohan. [26] Leslie portrayed his girlfriend/wife Mary, an aspiring singer. [27]
She appeared in 19 films between 1939 and 1965, including four films with her brother James: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Time of Your Life (1948), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953), and Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). Cagney gave a noted performance opposite Mickey Rooney in the film noir crime film Quicksand (1950).
In 1942, a musical biopic of Cohan, Yankee Doodle Dandy, was released, and James Cagney's performance in the title role earned the Best Actor Academy Award. [22] The film was privately screened for Cohan as he battled the last stages of abdominal cancer, and he commented on Cagney's performance: "My God, what an act to follow!"
[136] However, Warner Bros., perhaps searching for another Yankee Doodle Dandy, [136] assigned Cagney a musical for his next picture, 1950's The West Point Story with Doris Day, an actress he admired. [137] His next film, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, was another gangster movie, which was the first by Cagney Productions since its acquisition.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Nora Bayes; Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 (1942, Documentary short) as Herself; Combat America (1943, Documentary) as Herself; Follow the Band (1943) as Herself; Cowboy in Manhattan (1943) as Babs Lee; This Is the Army (1943) as Herself; Never a Dull Moment (1943) as Julie Russell; Career Girl (1944) as Joan Terry
Reynolds made her acting debut with a small part in the 1942 film Yankee Doodle Dandy (she is the enthusiastic teen asking the retired George M. Cohan about his show-business background). Her roles became more substantial throughout the decade, appearing in movies such as George Washington Slept Here as Madge, The Constant Nymph as Paula Sanger ...
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney and Walter Huston; Mission to Moscow (1943) with Walter Huston; Mildred Pierce (1945) with Joan Crawford and Ann Blyth; Night and Day (1946) with Cary Grant as Cole Porter; Life with Father (1947) with William Powell, Irene Dunne and Elizabeth Taylor; Romance on the High Seas (1948); Doris Day's ...