Director: Michael Curtiz

Writers: Robert Buckner; Edmund Joseph

Lyrics and Music: George M. Cohan

Keywords: Musical, Drama, WWI, Biography, Tap Dancing

Romanticized musical biography of composer George M. Cohan, 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.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Barbier	Actor	19-Nov-1864	19-Jul-1945	Life Begins at Forty
James Cagney	Actor	17-Jul-1899	30-Mar-1986	New York tough guy
Walter Catlett	Actor	4-Feb-1889	14-Nov-1960	Bringing Up Baby
Rosemary DeCamp	Actor	14-Nov-1910	20-Feb-2001	Yankee Doodle Dandy
Eddie Foy, Jr.	Actor	4-Feb-1905	15-Jul-1983	The Pajama Game
Walter Huston	Actor	6-Apr-1884	7-Apr-1950	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Frances Langford	Singer	4-Apr-1914	11-Jul-2005	Hooray for Hollywood
Joan Leslie	Actor	26-Jan-1925	12-Oct-2015	Yankee Doodle Dandy
Irene Manning	Actor	17-Jul-1912	28-May-2004	Yankee Doodle Dandy
Odette Myrtil	Actor	28-Jun-1898	18-Nov-1978	Out of the Fog
S. Z. Sakall	Actor	2-Feb-1884	12-Feb-1955	Casablanca
George Tobias	Actor	14-Jul-1901	27-Feb-1980	Abner Kravitz on Bewitched
Minor Watson	Actor	22-Dec-1889	28-Jul-1965	Guadalcanal Diary

CAST

James Cagney	...   George M. Cohan
With
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
Minor Watson	...   Albee
Eddie Foy, Jr.	...   Eddie Foy
Chester Clute	...   Goff
Odette Myrtil	...   Madame Bartholdi
Patsy Lee Parsons	...   Josie Cohan, as a Girl of 12
and
Capt. Jack Young	...   The President

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