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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 .
Kidsongs is an American children's media franchise that includes Kidsongs Music Video Stories on DVD and video, the Kidsongs TV series, CDs of children's songs, songbooks, sheet music, toys, and a merchandise website. [2] It was created by producer Carol Rosenstein and director Bruce Gowers of Together Again Video Productions.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (John Dandy) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #52 (January 1992), and was created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Richard Case .
The song has been recorded many times. It was featured prominently in a solo song-and-dance sequence done by James Cagney in his Oscar-winning performance in the 1942 film about Cohan's life, Yankee Doodle Dandy. It has also been performed by Jimmy Roselli, Judy Garland, and Patti LuPone.
It was also featured several times in the 1938 film "Hold That Co-ed" as a campaign theme song for John Barrymore's character "Governor Gabby Harrigan". The song is subject of multiple parodies in American juvenile oral tradition, with versions about "L, O, Double L, I, P, O, P" or "D, A, V, E, N, P, O, R, T" and others.
Kidsongs featured this song as one of its selected songs for the music video story "Yankee Doodle Dandy". The song was later featured in a few episodes in the PBS television series The Kidsongs Television Show.
Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American actress and vaudevillian, who during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in films such as High Sierra (1941), Sergeant York (1941) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
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 ...