This Trailer for Yankee Doodle Dandy is really has tears running down my cheek. Can't say why. Go Figure.

Date:   7/4/2008 10:40:07 AM ( 16 y ago)

8:38 AM
July 4h, 2008

I love the High Powered energy of
this Trailer for YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
with James Cagney.


http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=2941


PHOTO:

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=2191&contentTypeId=192&category=photo


George M. Cohan
"Mmmmm... ham or bacon? "


Mary
"Bacon. "


George M. Cohan
"Good. Ham makes me self-conscious."


REVIEW:

The real George M. Cohan had just had a serious operation and was recuperating at his upstate New York home when he was shown, in a private screening, this film of his life starring the indefatigable James Cagney. The great showman watched the movie without a word. When it was finished he was asked how he liked it. Cohan grinned, shook his head, and paid the great Cagney his highest compliment: "My God, what an act to follow!" This beguiling film, which deservedly won Cagney a Best Actor Oscar, presents an irresistible portrait of song-and-dance man Cohan and of early 20th-century America. It's heartfelt entertainment and anyone who ever whistled a tune, tapped a toe or hummed a bar of music will love it. This was Cagney's favorite film and his favorite number was, in his own words, "when I did the 'wings' coming down the stairs at the White House. Didn't think of it until five minutes before I went on. I didn't consult with the director or anything, I just did it."


UTUBE
Yankee Doodle Dandy Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDYRjuzE1vI&feature=related

GiVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdPDEcUWu3s&feature=related



 

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