Fay Templeton

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Actors: Walter Brooke (actor), Charles Drake (actor), Murray Alper (actor), Leon Belasco (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), George Barbier (actor), James Cagney (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Tom Dugan (actor),

Plot: A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life- story of George M. Cohan, who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs.

Keywords: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, actor, actress, americana, applause, army, autograph
Genres: Biography, Drama, Musical,
Taglines: Based on the story of GEORGE M. COHAN with the Greatest of all his Great Music Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy! The Yankee Doodle Dandiest Entertainment of 'em all!

Quotes:

George M. Cohan: My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you.

[George M. Cohan comes into apartment and smells something cooking]::George M. Cohan: Mmmmm... ham or bacon?::Mary: Bacon.::George M. Cohan: Good. Ham makes me self-conscious.

George M. Cohan: Thanks, Sam. It'll be great as long as those critics don't start to eat off my leg.::Sam Harris: Oh, don't worry about the critics! You got a smash hit! It's in the air, kid! It's in the air! You can't stop anything that's in the air!

[first lines]::Critic #1: I call it a hit. What'll your review say?::Critic #2: I like it too, so I guess I'll pan it.

[a group of soldiers in marching off to fight in World War II, singing Cohan's World War I song, "Over There"]::Sergeant on parade: What's the matter, old timer? Don't you remember this song?::George M. Cohan: Seems to me I do.::Sergeant on parade: Well, I don't hear anything.::[Cohan starts singing along, with tears coming into his eyes]

George M. Cohan: It seems it always happens. Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we're a push-over all ready to be blackjacked. And it isn't long before we're looking up, mighty anxiously, to be sure the flag's still waving over us.

Eddie Foy: [Cohan's competitor Eddie Foy is reading a poster advertising Cohan's latest success] "Cohan and Harris present George Washington Jr. starring the author and composer George M. Cohan."::[... ]::Eddie Foy: "George M. Cohan and his royal family. Books and lyrics, music and directed by George M. Cohan. Printed by Sam Divensky". That must be Cohan's alias.

Mary: George, I didn't know you could yodel.::George M. Cohan: Learned it on the farm. Nothing but pig callin' with frost on it.

Eddie Foy: [Cohan's competitor Eddie Foy is reading a poster advertising Cohan's latest success. Noticing the many times 'George M. Cohan' is printed on the poster] What does the 'M' stand for? Modesty!