Yankee Doodle Dandy is a nostalgic view of the golden era of show business and of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan, who made it glitter.
August 23, 1890 in London, England, UK
October 6, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA
24 May 1889, County Cork, Ireland
10 June 1873, New York City, New York, USA
June 22, 1891 in New York, USA
12 August 1926, Seattle, Washington, USA
6 June 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 January 1887, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
14 May 1906, Portland, Maine, USA
4 July 1886, New York City, New York, USA
14 November 1910, Prescott, Arizona, USA
1 June 1900, Manhattan, New York, USA
15 December 1935
August 9, 1904 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA
September 5, 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
March 25, 1875 in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
5 April 1883, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 September 1883, Tucson, Arizona, USA
4 June 1906, Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA
8 November 1882, Nova Scotia, Canada
January 31, 1887 in Curragh, Ireland
November 6, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 February 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA
November 3, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA
2 January 1903, Pennsylvania, USA
13 October 1914, New York City, New York, USA
13 May 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 May 1887, New York City, New York, USA
March 05, 2008
A big, old-fashioned rousing biopic of patriotic showman George M. Cohan, played with energy and gusto by Jimmy Cagney in his only Oscar-winning performance.February 13, 2001
Yankee Doodle Dandy is rah-rah, no matter how you slice it.January 01, 2000
The greatness of the film resides entirely in the Cagney performance.June 24, 2006
Raucous, vulgar, over long.July 10, 2016
Maybe the best-case scenario for what happens when a film biopic does everything right.May 28, 2005
awfully dull and stodgyJanuary 01, 2005
Love that Cagney!July 04, 2005
James Cagney played George M. Cohan with great vigor and won his only Oscar for that brilliant performance.April 05, 2006
It delivers its red-white-and-blue patriotism to you by the exuberant bushel, but this grand old film reminds us that there was a time when patriotism was more heartfelt than bullying and jingoistic.October 06, 2003
...Cagney's picture through and through. He imbues every scene with the kind of electricity only a handful of screen stars have ever managed.May 20, 2003
You will find as warm and delightful a musical picture as has hit the screen in years, a corking good entertainment and as affectionate, if not as accurate, a film biography as has ever -- yes, ever -- been made.March 08, 2008
Flag waving, toe tapping, GREAT James Cagney performance as Broadway's George M. Cohan.