For the 18th-century song, see Yankee Doodle. For the 20th-century song, see The Yankee Doodle Boy.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (film)
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Written by
Robert Buckner
Edmund Joseph
Produced by
Hal B. Wallis
Jack L. Warner
Starring
James Cagney
Joan Leslie
Walter Huston
Richard Whorf
Cinematography
James Wong Howe
Edited by
George Amy
Music by
Score and songs George M. Cohan Score adaptation: Ray Heindorf Heinz Roemheld
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
May 29, 1942 (1942-05-29) (New York City)
Running time
126 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1.5 million[1]
Box office
$6.5 million[1]
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway".[2] It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, and Vera Lewis. Joan Leslie's singing voice was partially dubbed by Sally Sweetland.
The film was written by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph, and directed by Michael Curtiz. According to the special edition DVD, significant and uncredited improvements were made to the script by the twin brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. The film was a major hit for Warner Brothers, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three.
In 1993, Yankee Doodle Dandy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and in 1998, the film was included on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies list, a compilation of the 100 greatest films in American cinema.
^ abWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 23 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^George M. Cohan at the Internet Broadway Database
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