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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 .
Distributor and color conversion company Yankee Doodle Dandy: 1942: 1986: Turner Entertainment (Color Systems Technology [4]) You Can't Take It With You: 1938: 1995: Columbia Pictures (CST Entertainment Imaging Inc.) [764] You Don't Know What You're Doin'! 1931: 1992: Turner Entertainment [765] You Nazty Spy! 1940: 2004: Columbia Pictures (West ...
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]
Yankee Doodle Dandy. If there's anyone who loved America with great regard, it was George M. Cohan (James Cagney). His hits "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag" have become classics ...
[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.
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 ...
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).
Douglas Croft (born Douglas Malcom Wheatcroft, August 12, 1926 – October 24, 1963) was an American teen actor who is best remembered for being the first person to portray the DC Comics character Robin, the Boy Wonder, as well as his secret identity Dick Grayson, in the 1943 serial Batman when he was 16 years old.