Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy


Warner Bros. - First National, 1942, B/W, 126 minutes, ****

Released June, 1942

Class Act



Must See!



Biopic of the great George M. Cohan, early 20th century vaudevillian, composer, actor, producer. His songs are still familiar today. James Cagney does a magnificent job portraying the energetic Cohan. Full of great music.



Executive Producer: Hal B. Wallis

Associate Producer: William Cagney

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Screen Play by: Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph

Original Story by: Robert Buckner

Technical Advisor: William Collier, Sr.

Musical Director: Leo F. Forbstein

Lyrics and Music by: George M. Cohan

Orchestral Arrangements: Ray Heindorf

Dance Numbers Staged and Directed by: LeRoy Prinz and Seymour Felix

James Cagney's Dances Routined by John Boyle

Art Director: Carl Jules Weyl

Gowns by: Milo Anderson

Makeup Artist: Perc Westmore

Sound by: Everett A. Brown

Director of Photography: James Wong Howe

Montages by: Don Siegel

Film Editor: George Amy



Awards: Academy Awards for Best Actor (James Cagney), Best Score - Musical (Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld) and Best Sound Recording (Nathan Levinson); Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Walter Huston), Best Director, Best Original Story (Robert Buckner), Best Film Editing (George Amy)



Cast: James Cagney [George M. Cohan], Joan Leslie [Mary], Walter Huston [Jerry Cohan], Richard Whorf [Sam Harris], Irene Manning [Fay Templeton], George Tobias [Dietz], Rosemary DeCamp [Nellie Cohan], Jeanne Cagney [Josie Cohan], Frances Langford [Singer], George Barbier [Erlanger], S. Z. Sakall [Schwab], Walter Catlett [Theatre Manager], Douglas Croft [George M. Cohan as a Boy of 13], Eddie Foy, Jr. [Eddie Foy], Minor Watson [Albee], Chester Clute [Goff], Odette Myrtil [Madame Bartholdi], Patsy Lee Parsons [Josie Cohan as a Girl of 12], Captain Jack Young [The President (Franklin D. Roosevelt)], Additional Cast: Audrey Long [Receptionist], Clinton Rosemond [White House Butler], Spencer Charters [Stage Manager in Providence], Dorothy Kelly, Marijo James [Sister Act], Henry Blair [George at Age 7], Jo Ann Marlowe [Josie at Age 6], Thomas Jackson [Stage Manager], Phyllis Kennedy [Fanny], Pat Flaherty [White House Guard], Leon Belasco [Magician], Syd Saylor [Star Boarder], William B. Davidson [New York Stage Manager], Harry Hayden [Dr. Lewellyn], Francis Pierlot [Dr. Anderson], Charles Smith, Joyce Reynolds, Dick Chandlee, Joyce Horne [Teenagers], Frank Faylen [Sergeant], Wallis Clark [Theodore Roosevelt], Georgia Carroll [Betsy Ross], Joan Winfield [Sally], Dick Wessel [Union Army Veteran], James Flavin [Union Army Veteran], Sailor Vincent [Schultz in "Peck's Bad Boy"], Fred Kelsey [Irish Cop in "Peck's Bad Boy"], Tom Dugan [Actor at Railway Station], Garry Owen [Army Clerk], Murray Alper [Wise Guy], Creighton Hale [Telegraph Operator], Ruth Robinson [Nurse], Eddie Acuff, Walter Brooke, Bill Edwards, William Hopper [Reporters], William Forrest, Edward Keane [Critics], Dolores Moran [Girl], Poppy Wilde, Leslie Brooks [Chorus Girls in "Little Johnny Jones" Number], Jerrie Lynne [Singer], Vivian Austin [Pianist], Sally Sweetland [singing voice of Mary]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "The Yankee Doddle Boy" / "Mary's a Grand Old Name" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:06] Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (played by Marching Band); [0:07] Keep Your Eyes Upon Me (The Dancing Master) (excerpt sung and danced by Walter Huston); [0:08] unidentified march (played by Marching Band as George Huston dashes to the boarding house to see his new baby); [0:11] Keep Your Eyes Upon Me (The Dancing Master) (excerpt sung and danced by Henry Blair); [0:12] While Strolling Through the Park One Day (excerpt sung and danced by Jo Ann Marlowe); [0:12] At a Georgia Camp Meeting (danced by James Cagney, Walter Huston, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney); [0:27] I Was Born in Virginia (sung and danced by James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, Walter Huston and Rosemary DeCamp); [0:31] The Warmest Baby in the Bunch (sung and danced by Joan Leslie [dubbed by Sally Sweetland]); [0:35] Harrigan (sung and danced by James Cagney and Joan Leslie); [0:44] The Yankee Doodle Boy (excerpt sung by James Cagney); [0:46] The Yankee Doodle Boy / Good Luck Johnny / Little Johnny Jones (from "Little Johnny Jones") (sung and danced by James Cagney and Chorus); [0:52] All Aboard for Old Broadway (part of "Little Johnny Jones" sequence) (sung and danced by Chorus); [0:54] Give My Regards to Broadway (from "Little Johnny Jones") (sung by James Cagney and Chorus, danced by James Cagney); [0:58] Oh You Wonderful Girl / Blue Skies, Gray Skies / The Belle of the Barbers' Ball (medley / montage sung by James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, Walter Huston and Rosemary DeCamp); [0:59] Mary's a Grand Old Name (spoken by James Cagney with Joan Leslie at the piano, then sung by Sally Sweetland dubbing for Joan Leslie); [1:08] Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (sung by James Cagney); [1:09] Mary's a Grand Old Name (hummed by Irene Manning at the piano, then sung by Sally Sweetland dubbing for Joan Leslie); [1:12] Mary's a Grand Old Name (from "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway") (sung by Irene Manning); [1:14] Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway / So Long, Mary (sung by Irene Manning and Chorus); [1:19] You're a Grand Old Flag (from "George Washington Jr.") (production number performed by James Cagney and Chorus, includes excerpts of Battle Hymn of the Republic, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) and shorter excerpts of several other patriotic songs, sung by Chorus); [1:25] Like the Wandering Minstrel (sung by James Cagney and Ensemble behind travel montage); [1:40] Over There (sung by Frances Langford, James Cagney and Chorus); [1:43] Montage / medley "A George M. Cohan Potpouri" In a Kingdom of Our Own / Love Nest / Nellie Kelly, I Love You / The Man Who Owns Broadway / Molly Malone / Billie (sung by Frances Langford); [1:53] Jeepers Creepers (excerpt sung by young people at Cohan's home); [1:57] Off the Record (from "I'd Rather Be Right") (performed by James Cagney); [2:03] Over There (sung by James Cagney and Chorus as Cagney joins a parade passing by the White House); [2:04] The Yankee Doodle Boy (played by Orchestra behind end credits)