Yankee doodle dandy [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screenplay by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph.
Features: "Let freedom sing : the story of Yankee doodle dandy," John Travolta remembers James Cagney, wartime short starring Cagney "You, John Jones," classic cartoons "Yankee doodle Bugs," "Yankee doodle Daffy," dressed set photos, scene concept drawings, publicity materials and sheet music galleries, Lady Esther screen guild theater radio show, 1942 broadcast adaptations starring Cagney, Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable, prerecording session outtakes and rehearsals, "James Cagney : top of the world," profile of George M. Cohen hosted by Michael J. Fox. Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Jeanne Cagney, Frances Langford, George Tobias, Irene Manning.
Summary:
A patriotic recreation of the life and times of George M. Cohan, with many of his songs.
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