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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz. It won three [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cagney. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993. The most famous scene in the movie, Cagney's tap dance down a White House staircase, was done without any rehearsal.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz. It won three [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cagney. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 1993. The most famous scene in the movie, Cagney's tap dance down a White House staircase, was done without any rehearsal.
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* DatedHistory: Cagney as a dancing UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt comes off as odd to a modern viewer, but back in the day Roosevelt's paralysis was carefully concealed from the public.
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* HistoryMarchesOn: Cagney as a dancing UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt comes off as odd to a modern viewer, but back in the day Roosevelt's paralysis was carefully concealed from the public.
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* PlayingAgainstType: James Cagney's performance in this can be a revelation for those who only know him for his roles as gangsters and other tough guys.
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* PlayingAgainstType: James Cagney's performance in this can be a revelation for those who only know him for his roles as gangsters and other tough guys.
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* SignificantBirthDate: The hero of this super-patriotic film was born on the 4th of July.
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* SignificantBirthDate: The hero of this super-patriotic film was born was, as the title song puts it, "born on the 4th Fourth of July.July".[[note]]Although his official birth certificate gave the date as July 3, 1878, Cohan and his family always insisted it was actually July 4.[[/note]]
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Congressional Medal, Cohan thanks the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" the Four Cohans perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Congressional Medal, Cohan thanks the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Congressional Medal, Cohan thanked the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Congressional Medal, Cohan thanked thanks the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Medal of Freedom, Cohan thanked the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Medal of Freedom, Congressional Medal, Cohan thanked the President with those same words.
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* FramingDevice: Cohan relates his life story to FDR after the President presents him with the Congressional Gold Medal.
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* InvisiblePresident: FDR's face is never shown.
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* InvisiblePresident: InvisiblePresident / TheFaceless: FDR's face is never shown.
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The film actually starts after Cohan has come out of retirement to play President Roosevelt in his best friends new musical ''I'd Rather Be Right''. After the show, he's summoned to meet the real President. Cohan chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The story then flashes back to his youth, starting with his birth.
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The film actually starts after Cohan has come out of retirement to play [[FranklinDRoosevelt President Roosevelt Roosevelt]] in his best friends friend's new musical ''I'd Rather Be Right''. After the show, he's summoned to meet the real President. Cohan chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The story then flashes back to his youth, starting with his birth.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 film starring Creator/JamesCagney and Creator/WalterHuston. It tells the life story of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, the composer of songs such as "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Give My Regards To Broadway". Cohan's life is depicted from his beginnings with his family's vaudeville act, to fame and fortune as a Broadway composer and American patriot.
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Cagney would briefly reprise the Cohan role for a cameo in the 1955 film ''The Seven Little Foys'', in which he performs a tabletop challenge dance with Creator/BobHope as Cohan's friend and rival Eddie Foy.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 film starring Creator/JamesCagney and telling the life story of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, the composer of songs such as "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Give My Regards To Broadway". Cohan's life is depicted from his beginnings with his family's vaudeville act, to fame and fortune as a Broadway composer and American patriot.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 film starring Creator/JamesCagney and telling Creator/WalterHuston. It tells the life story of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, the composer of songs such as "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Give My Regards To Broadway". Cohan's life is depicted from his beginnings with his family's vaudeville act, to fame and fortune as a Broadway composer and American patriot.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz. It won three [[AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cagney. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993. The most famous scene in the movie, Cagney's tap dance down a White House staircase, was done without any rehearsal.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz. It won three [[AcademyAward [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cagney. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993. The most famous scene in the movie, Cagney's tap dance down a White House staircase, was done without any rehearsal.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' won three [[AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cagney. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993. The most famous scene in the movie, Cagney's tap dance down a White House staircase, was done without any rehearsal.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz. It won three [[AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cagney. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993. The most famous scene in the movie, Cagney's tap dance down a White House staircase, was done without any rehearsal.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 film starring JamesCagney and telling the life story of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, the composer of songs such as "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Give My Regards To Broadway". Cohan's life is depicted from his beginnings with his family's vaudeville act, to fame and fortune as a Broadway composer and American patriot.
The acutally starts after Cohan has come out of retirment to play President Roosevelt in his best friends new musical "I'd Rather Be Right". After the show, he's summoned to meet the real President. Cohan chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The story then flashes back to his youth, starting with his birth.
The acutally starts after Cohan has come out of retirment to play President Roosevelt in his best friends new musical "I'd Rather Be Right". After the show, he's summoned to meet the real President. Cohan chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The story then flashes back to his youth, starting with his birth.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 film starring JamesCagney Creator/JamesCagney and telling the life story of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, the composer of songs such as "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Give My Regards To Broadway". Cohan's life is depicted from his beginnings with his family's vaudeville act, to fame and fortune as a Broadway composer and American patriot.
Theacutally film actually starts after Cohan has come out of retirment retirement to play President Roosevelt in his best friends new musical "I'd ''I'd Rather Be Right".Right''. After the show, he's summoned to meet the real President. Cohan chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The story then flashes back to his youth, starting with his birth.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' won three [[AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cohan.Cagney. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993. The most famous scene in the movie, Cagney's tap dance down a White House staircase, was done without any rehearsal.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Production on this film started just a few days before the [[WorldWarII attack on Pearl Harbor]]. After the attack, Warner Brothers then decided to make the most over-the-top patriotic film ever, and they did.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Production on this film started just a few days before the [[WorldWarII [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII attack on Pearl Harbor]]. After the attack, Warner Brothers then decided to make the most over-the-top patriotic film ever, and they did.
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''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' won three [[AcademyAward Oscars]], including Best Actor for Cohan. It was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993.
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* AcademyAward: Won three Oscars, including Best Actor for Cagney.
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* AcademyAward: Won three Oscars, including Best Actor for Cagney.AgeCut: Teenaged George Cohan demands his mail at a hotel. Pan to his feet, cut to a different pair of feet, pan up to James Cagney as the adult Cohan demanding his mail at a hotel.
* AsYouKnow: Some dialogue establishing that the other Cohans have an offer to play in Boston, but George has been blackballed due to his obnoxiousness.
* AsYouKnow: Some dialogue establishing that the other Cohans have an offer to play in Boston, but George has been blackballed due to his obnoxiousness.
* {{Blackface}}: The Four Cohans, in one of their shows.
* CastingGag / TheCameo: Eddie Foy, Jr., appears in one scene as his own father, Eddie Foy, Sr.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: "Extra! Extra! ''Lusitania'' torpedoed by German sub!"
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Medal of Freedom, Cohen thanked the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When "The 4 Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Medal of Freedom, Cohen Cohan thanked the President with those same words.words.
* AMinorKidroduction: After the opening scene with Cohan meeting Roosevelt, Cohan's story starts with Cohan's birth, and continues with him as a prima donna teenager in the family show, before Cagney takes over.
* AMinorKidroduction: After the opening scene with Cohan meeting Roosevelt, Cohan's story starts with Cohan's birth, and continues with him as a prima donna teenager in the family show, before Cagney takes over.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Cagney actually had quite a bit of experience in musical theater. However, his film career had typecast him as a tough guy after he starred in hit gangster films like ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' and ''AngelsWithDirtyFaces''.
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* ThrowItIn: The most famous scene in the film, where Cohan tap-dances down a White House staircase, was ad-libbed by Cagney and done without any rehearsal.
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* ThrowItIn: TitleDrop: The title to one of Cohan's most famous scene in the film, where Cohan tap-dances down a White House staircase, was ad-libbed by Cagney and done without any rehearsal.songs.
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* HistoryMarchesOn: Cagney as a dancing FranklinDelanoRoosevelt comes off as odd to a modern viewer, but back in the day Roosevelt's paralysis was carefully concealed from the public.
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* HistoryMarchesOn: Cagney as a dancing FranklinDelanoRoosevelt UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt comes off as odd to a modern viewer, but back in the day Roosevelt's paralysis was carefully concealed from the public.
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The acutally starts after Cohan has come out of retirment to play President Roosevelt in his best friends new musical "I'd Rather Be Right". After the show, he's summoned to meet the real President. Cohan chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The story then flashes back to his youth, starting with his birth.
The Four Cohans perform successfully. Later, in partnership with another struggling writer, Sam Harris, they finally interest a producer and they are on the road to success. He also marries Mary, a young singer and dancer.
As his star ascends, he persuades his now struggling parents to join his act, eventually vesting some of his valuable theatrical properties in their name.
The Four Cohans perform successfully. Later, in partnership with another struggling writer, Sam Harris, they finally interest a producer and they are on the road to success. He also marries Mary, a young singer and dancer.
As his star ascends, he persuades his now struggling parents to join his act, eventually vesting some of his valuable theatrical properties in their name.
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* InvisiblePresident: FDR's face is never shown.
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* CallBack: We see Cohan composing the melody to "Over There", followed by the song being performed at a rally as America enters WorldWarI. 25 years later, as America enters WorldWarII, the song is sung again.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Production on this film started just a few days before the [[WorldWarII attack on Pearl Harbor]]. All involved then decided to make the most over-the-top patriotic film ever, and they did.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Production on this film started just a few days before the [[WorldWarII attack on Pearl Harbor]]. All involved After the attack, Warner Brothers then decided to make the most over-the-top patriotic film ever, and they did.
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* HappilyMarried: George and Mary.
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* PlayingAgainstType: While Cagney actually had quite a bit of experience in musical theater, his film career had typecast him as a tough guy after he starred in hit gangster films like ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' and ''AngelsWithDirtyFaces''.
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* PlayingAgainstType: While Cagney actually had quite a bit of experience in musical theater, theater. However, his film career had typecast him as a tough guy after he starred in hit gangster films like ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' and ''AngelsWithDirtyFaces''.''AngelsWithDirtyFaces''.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Production on this film started just a few days before the [[WorldWarII attack on Pearl Harbor]]. All involved then decided to make the most over-the-top patriotic film ever, and they did.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Production on this film started just a few days before the [[WorldWarII attack on Pearl Harbor]]. All involved then decided to make the most over-the-top patriotic film ever, and they did.
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* ThrowItIn: The most famous scene in the film, where Cohan tap-dances down a White House staircase, was ad-libbed by Cagney and done without any rehearsal.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When the 4 Cohans perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Medal of Freedom, Cohen thanked the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When the "The 4 Cohans Cohans" perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Medal of Freedom, Cohen thanked the President with those same words.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When the 4 Cohans perform together, George M. Cohan thanks the audience by saying, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you and I thank you." At the end of the movie when President Franklin Roosevelt presents him with the Medal of Freedom, Cohen thanked the President with those same words.
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* SignificantBirthDate: The hero of this superpatriotic film was born on the 4th of July.
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* OffTheRecord: "Off the Record" from the musical ''I'd Rather Be Right'' is prominently featured.
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''YankeeDoodleDandy'' is a 1942 film starring JamesCagney and telling the life story of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, the composer of songs such as "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Give My Regards To Broadway". Cohan's life is depicted from his beginnings with his family's vaudeville act, to fame and fortune as a Broadway composer and American patriot.
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''YankeeDoodleDandy'' is a 1942 film starring JamesCagney and telling the life story of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, the composer of songs such as "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Give My Regards To Broadway". Cohan's life is depicted from his beginnings with his family's vaudeville act, to fame and fortune as a Broadway composer and American patriot.
''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993.
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* AcademyAward: Won three Oscars, including Best Actor for Cagney.
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* HappilyMarried: George and Mary.
* HistoryMarchesOn: Cagney as a dancing FranklinDelanoRoosevelt comes off as odd to a modern viewer, but back in the day Roosevelt's paralysis was carefully concealed from the public.
* TheMusicalMusical
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The version of Cohan's life presented in the film is mostly fictional.
''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was inducted into the NationalFilmRegistry in 1993.
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* AcademyAward: Won three Oscars, including Best Actor for Cagney.
* BioPic
* {{Eagleland}}: One of the most unapologetic Flavor 1 examples ever made.
* HappilyMarried: George and Mary.
* HistoryMarchesOn: Cagney as a dancing FranklinDelanoRoosevelt comes off as odd to a modern viewer, but back in the day Roosevelt's paralysis was carefully concealed from the public.
* TheMusicalMusical
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The version of Cohan's life presented in the film is mostly fictional.
