"Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy!"

1942

2h 6m

7.0(218 votes)

Drama

Music

Overview

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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Videos & Trailers

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Cast & Crew

35 members

Acting

James Cagney

George M. Cohan

Acting

Joan Leslie

Mary

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Walter Huston

Jerry Cohan

Directing

Richard Whorf

Sam Harris

Acting

Irene Manning

Fay Templeton

Acting

George Tobias

Dietz

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Rosemary DeCamp

Nellie Cohan

Acting

Jeanne Cagney

Josie Cohan

Acting

Frances Langford

Singer

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George Barbier

Erlanger

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Walter Catlett

Theatre Manager

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Douglas Croft

George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13

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Eddie Foy Jr.

Eddie Foy

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Minor Watson

Albee

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Chester Clute

Goff

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Odette Myrtil

Madame Bartholdi

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Patsy Parsons

Josie Cohan, as a girl of 12

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S.Z. Sakall

Schwab

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Jack Young

The President

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Ann Doran

Receptionist (uncredited)

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Frank Faylen

Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

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Pat Flaherty

Sgt. Lewis (uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

Maurice Ruppe (uncredited)

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Dolores Moran

The Pippirino (uncredited)

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Poppy Wilde

Chorus Girl for 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)

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Phyllis Kennedy

Fanny (uncredited)

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Doris Merrick

(uncredited role)

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Jean Inness

Reporter (uncredited)

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Dorothy Kelly

Unknown Role

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Hazel Dohlman

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

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John Breen

Soldier (uncredited)

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Jack Deery

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

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John Alban

Theatre Patron

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Murray Alper

Wiseguy

Acting

Audrey Long

Dietz and Goff's Receptionst

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