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George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer.
Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans." Beginning with Little Johnny Jones in 1904, he wrote, composed, produced, and appeared in more than three dozen Broadway musicals. Cohan published more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he was one of the early members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He displayed remarkable theatrical longevity, appearing in films until the 1930s, and continuing to perform as a headline artist until 1940.
Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and music were depicted in the Academy Award-winning film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in Times Square in New York City commemorates his contributions to American musical theatre.
A writer bets a friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The friends takes the bet, and gives him the keys to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter. Cast George M. Cohan ... George Washington Magee Anna Q. Nilsson ... Mary Norton Hedda Hopper ... Myra Thornhill Corene Uzzell ... Mrs. Rhodes Joseph W. Smiley ... Mayor Cargan Armand Cortes ... Lou Max Warren Cook ... Thomas Hayden Purnell Pratt ... John Bland Frank Losee ... Hall Bentley Eric Hudson ... Peter the Hermit Carleton Macy ... Police Chief Kennedy Paul Everton ... Langdon Russell Bassett ... Quimby Robert Dudley ... Clerk Directed by Hugh Ford Novel by Earl Der Biggers Play by George M. Cohan Details Country USA Release Date: October 17, 1917 Production Co: Artcraft Pictures Corpo...
From the spectacular PBS 6 part series on Broadway, this section is on George M Cohan - in case you live in NY and have no idea who the statue is of the guy in Times Square. :) This is for my mom who thankfully, made us sit through Yankee Doodle Dandy, one of her favorite films, on TV every July 4th..
This is a rare find: the only known recording of George M. Cohan singing his classic hit "Over There" in a studio. Four years after this 1936 radio broadcast, he sang it again as part of music festival in San Francisco called "A Cavalcade of American Music" (1940) organized by ASCAP. But the sound quality there is not quite as good as at is here, nor does it include Cohan speaking about the song at all. Further, here one gets the chance to hear, first-hand, Cohan's long-held belief that he wasn't much of a singer -- which may explain why he only did a single day in a recording studio in 1911. On that day, he didn't record any of his big hit songs (this one wasn't written yet), so it's especially lucky that we have this one preserved for posterity. Cohan was awarded the Congressional...
The great American song composer and stage star, George M. Cohan, starred in this picture in 1932, at the age of 54. His stage career began in 1904 and ended in the 1940's. He was a 1914 charter member of ASCAP and is called "the father of American musical comedy" When this film was made he was near the end of his career, but we are fortunate to have this only surviving sound film appearance. " WAVE THE FLAG".
Florence Henderson introduces Joel Grey in a Medly from GEORGE M!
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra; Rick Benjamin, director This recording uses original period orchestrations, played with authentic style on vintage instruments. www.newworldrecords.org from "You're a Grand Old Rag: The Music of George M. Cohan" http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album;_id=82276 New World Records 80685-2 ©2014 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., All Rights Reserved.
You're a Grand Old Flag" was written by George M. Cohan for his 1906 stage musical George Washington, Jr. The song was introduced to the public in the play's first act on opening night, February 6, 1906, in New York's Herald Square Theater. It was the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of sheet music. This rendition is sung by James Cagney in Cohan's 1942 film biography, Yankee Doodle Dandy. (More information below the lyrics.) See the original sheet music (from 1906) here: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010512/enlarge.html?page=3§ion;=&size;=1024&from;=pageturner ============== Lyrics ------------------------- There's a feeling comes a-stealing, And it sets my brain a-reeling, When I listen to the music of a military band. Every tune like ...
Canadian, Al Jolson soundalike, Norman Brooks sings the George M Cohan hit songs.
Music video by Leonard Cohen performing Hallelujah. (C) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
1957 - Mickey Rooney Sings George M Cohan with Van Alexander and His Orchestra! Side 1: Yankee Doodle Dandy - Mary's a Grand Old Name - Harrigan - Give My Regards to Broadway - You Couldn't Tell the Teardrops from the Rain - You're a Grand Old Flag Side 2: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Manhattan - Brown Eyes (Why Are You Blue?) - I Couldn't Be More In Love - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - I Love You
George M Cohan stars in the film version of his comical mystery play based on the famous mystery novel by Earl Derr Biggers (Charlie Chan). An Author accepts a challenge from his publisher to write an old fashioned English novel in 24 hours. The publisher gives him the only key to a remote country inn so that he will have seclusion for writing. The writing is interrupted when a number of people arrive with keys to the house and let themselves in. This films was remade a few times in the 1920s, 30s and 40s and also formed the basis for the 1983 cult classic "House of the Long Shadows" with horror veterans Vincent Price, John Carradine, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
FULL SHOW. Book, music, and lyrics by George M. Cohan, 1904, adapted by Alred Uhry. Goodspeed Opera House, 1980, directed by Gerald Gutierrez, choreographed by Dan Siretta, and starring Eric Weitz. This production opened on Broadway in 1982 but closed quickly. This revised version cuts most of the show's original Act III. The original script is available on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/Little-Johnny-Jones-Broadway-Historical/dp/1515284999/
"That Haunting Melody" - Indira "Popularity Two-Step" - Tom Marion "The Warmest Baby in the Bunch" - Sharon Evans & Rick Rogers "P.S. Mister Johnson Sends Regards" - Marea Boylan "I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby" - Mikal Sandoval "Life's a Funny Proposition, After All" - Brad Kay "Mary's a Grand Old Name" - Sharon Evans "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye"- James Parten & Chuckles Gardner, with the Full Ensemble
George M. Cohan, a man who's music is the very personification of the American spirit. This albums first side gives us 10 tracks of Cohan greatness, of which two songs are featured twice (So Long Mary and Over There). My copy has been played one times to many, and so there are jumps and noise that are commonplace with a worn styrene record. Yes ladies and gentlemen, Halo records were pressed out of styrene... I will get to the boring technical stuff that explains that later. Anyways, the first selection starts you off with a smooth Female vocalist (unknown because of the generic label credit), then the stylus takes us through very 40's style recordings, and then precedes with a fantastic Instrumental of "So Long Mary". The A side closes with a stirring marching band rendition of "Over The...
A writer bets a friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The friends takes the bet, and gives him the keys to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter. Cast George M. Cohan ... George Washington Magee Anna Q. Nilsson ... Mary Norton Hedda Hopper ... Myra Thornhill Corene Uzzell ... Mrs. Rhodes Joseph W. Smiley ... Mayor Cargan Armand Cortes ... Lou Max Warren Cook ... Thomas Hayden Purnell Pratt ... John Bland Frank Losee ... Hall Bentley Eric Hudson ... Peter the Hermit Carleton Macy ... Police Chief Kennedy Paul Everton ... Langdon Russell Bassett ... Quimby Robert Dudley ... Clerk Directed by Hugh Ford Novel by Earl Der Biggers Play by George M. Cohan Details Country USA Release Date: October 17, 1917 Production Co: Artcraft Pictures Corpo...
Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony George M. Cohan April 28th Presented by Gerard Heroux, RIMHOF Volunteer with song and dance tribute featuring: Kevin Doyle: Dancer Mary Lee Partington: Vocalist Cathy Clasper - Torch: Pianist This is George M. Cohen singing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WYL47LPqno George M. Cohan Medley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ8hpDy6HxM&list;=PL687873E18084C191 North Brookfield and George M. Cohan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0jOS6CPWEg George M. Cohan - Rare film appearance 1932 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiX5_HyLKF8 Frances Langford sings Over There http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zADohZPoWNA James Cagney Dancing Down Staircase http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veZVoisjzmU Sergeant York "The Yanks are Coming" http://www.youtube.com/wa...
In 1954 NBC radio broadcast a biography tribute for Sigmund Romburg on Sunday Ocober 24, and the following month a tribute to Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday. The programs were so popular that the network created more biographical tributes that aired on Sunday evenings, moving the next summer to a Tuesday evening slot and becoming even more popular. From the 20th March 1956
Courtesy of Dick Carty (although the origin of this transfer is unknown -- this is one of those cases of an audio recording copied by one collector to another, to another, to another...) This is the last known appearance of Billy Murray on the National Barn Dance radio program, sponsored by Alka-Seltzer. He is the special guest appearing on this live broadcast at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee, August 22, 1942. Broadcasted on WLS and WEAF between 8 to 8:30 PM Central. Joe Kelly and Jack Holden are the announcers. Selections: Orchestra and chorus introduction ("Beer Barrel Polka"); George M. Cohan medley by Billy Murray ("The Yankee Doodle Boy," "Mary's a Grand Old Name," "You're a Grand Old Flag"); "Meet Me Tonight in the Cowshed" by Hoosier Hot Shots; Pat Buttram; "Yodel Lady" by ...
From the spectacular PBS 6 part series on Broadway, this section is on George M Cohan - in case you live in NY and have no idea who the statue is of the guy in Times Square. :) This is for my mom who thankfully, made us sit through Yankee Doodle Dandy, one of her favorite films, on TV every July 4th..
If you wish to acquire broadcast quality material of this reel or want to know more about our Public Domain collection, contact us at info@footagefarm.co.uk Fireside! Off The Record With Mr. Cohan 15:42:51 Title: The camera goes behind the news to bring you a headline story of a star's portrayal of the White House scene. 15:42:59 Night. High angle of Times Square w/ neon signs, traffic. Theater marquee w/ Geo. M Cohan in I'd Rather Be Right. The Alvin theatre. 15:43:13 Cohan being interviewed by reporters. Asked questions SOF (imitates FDR a bit). How do you portray the President? etc. 15:44:12 People into theatre in furs & top hats. 15:44:20 Cohan on bunting covered balcony. SOF "My friends, I'm going to have a little fireside talk...now you take the 4th of July...I'll ha...
Movie: The Seven Little Foys (1955) Bob Hope plays the role of Eddie Foy. James Cagney plays the role of George M. Cohan.
An interview with Director Denni Don Hunting, discussing George M. Cohan's "The Tavern", produced at the Old Town Playhouse on May 4, 2012. Film and interview by Wayne Erreca.
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Joel Grey salutes the great George M. Cohan, who he portrayed on Broadway in the hit musical "George M!", in this 1986 TV celebration of the Statue of Liberty.
The star of "The Boy" and "The Walking Dead" made her Ellen Show debut and got a scarily fun welcome!
This short documentary looks at the relationship between George M. Cohan and his adopted home town of North Brookfield, Mass.
From near the end of Yankee Doodle Dandy, George M. Cohan (James Cagney) is leaving the White House. And without spoiling the plot of the film, he's pretty happy about things. AND this was an improvisation by Cagney. Fantastic stuff from "The greatest hoofer of them all" - Fred Astaire
From the film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" James Cagney and Frances Langford portray George M. Cohan and Nora Bays. SEE ALSO: James Cagney Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gntDlbgCtY James Cagney War time short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfNizOrsTmI