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<html> <head> <title>Yankee Doodle Dandy</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Yankee Doodle Dandy <nobr>(6-Jun-1942)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.ydd-2.jpg" height=220 width=145 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/676/000032580/">Michael Curtiz</a><p><b>Writers:</b> Robert Buckner; Edmund Joseph<p><b>Lyrics and Music:</b> <a href="/people/247/000088980/">George M. Cohan</a><p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/735/000083486/">Musical</a>, <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a>, <a href="/lists/711/000083462/">WWI</a>, <a href="/lists/707/000083458/">Biography</a>, <a href="/lists/890/000378753/">Tap Dancing</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"></div><p>Romanticized musical biography of composer <a href="/people/247/000088980/">George M. Cohan</a>, and incontrovertible proof that Jimmy Cagney can dance. Of all Cagney's films this was his favorite. Excellent musical numbers, staging and costumery. Won Cagney the the Oscar for Best Actor, and also awarded Best Score and Best Sound; additionally received five other nominations including Best Picture.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/079/000278242/"><font size=-1>George Barbier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Nov-1864</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jul-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Life Begins at Forty</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000024726/"><font size=-1>James Cagney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Mar-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>New York tough guy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/279/000278442/"><font size=-1>Walter Catlett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Bringing Up Baby</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/280/000163788/"><font size=-1>Rosemary DeCamp</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Yankee Doodle Dandy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000278650/"><font size=-1>Eddie Foy, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Pajama Game</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/122/000063930/"><font size=-1>Walter Huston</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Apr-1884</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Treasure of the Sierra Madre</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000102604/"><font size=-1>Frances Langford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jul-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Hooray for Hollywood</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/505/000032409/"><font size=-1>Joan Leslie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Oct-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Yankee Doodle Dandy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/660/000280817/"><font size=-1>Irene Manning</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Yankee Doodle Dandy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000278111/"><font size=-1>Odette Myrtil</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Nov-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Out of the Fog</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/784/000134382/"><font size=-1>S. Z. Sakall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1884</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Feb-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Casablanca</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/091/000130698/"><font size=-1>George Tobias</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Abner Kravitz on <i>Bewitched</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/423/000278586/"><font size=-1>Minor Watson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Dec-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Guadalcanal Diary</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/798/000024726/">James Cagney</a></td><td> ... George M. Cohan</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/505/000032409/">Joan Leslie</a></td><td> ... Mary</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/122/000063930/">Walter Huston</a></td><td> ... Jerry Cohan</td></tr><tr><td>Richard Whorf</td><td> ... Sam Harris</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/660/000280817/">Irene Manning</a></td><td> ... Fay Templeton</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/091/000130698/">George Tobias</a></td><td> ... Dietz</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/280/000163788/">Rosemary DeCamp</a></td><td> ... Nellie Cohan</td></tr><tr><td>Jeanne Cagney</td><td> ... Josie Cohan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/910/000102604/">Frances Langford</a></td><td> ... Singer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/079/000278242/">George Barbier</a></td><td> ... Erlanger</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/784/000134382/">S. Z. Sakall</a></td><td> ... Schwab</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/279/000278442/">Walter Catlett</a></td><td> ... Theatre Manager</td></tr><tr><td>Douglas Croft</td><td> ... George M. Cohan, as a Boy of 13</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/423/000278586/">Minor Watson</a></td><td> ... Albee</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/487/000278650/">Eddie Foy, Jr.</a></td><td> ... Eddie Foy</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td>Chester Clute</td><td> ... Goff</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/945/000278111/">Odette Myrtil</a></td><td> ... Madame Bartholdi</td></tr><tr><td>Patsy Lee Parsons</td><td> ... Josie Cohan, as a Girl of 12</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and</font></td></tr><tr><td>Capt. 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