Yankee Doodle Dandy / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph ; original story by Robert Buckner ; directed by Michael Curtiz.
Publisher:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from title screen. "Based on the story of George M. Cohan." Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements; documentaries chronicling the movie's making and James Cagney's career; audio commentary by Rudy Behlmer; John Travolta remembers James Cagney; Leonard Maltin hosts Warner night at the movies 1942 with trailer, newsreel, dramatic short, cartoon "Bugs Bunny gets the boid" and Cagney in wartime short "You, John Jones"; more vintage cartoons; galleries of art/photo/publicity materials and James Cagney trailers; audio-only extras: radio show and prerecording session outtakes/rehearsals James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias.
Summary:
A rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan, playwright, entertainer, and composer.
Series:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group archive collection
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.