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The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
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Awards:
  • Won 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations.
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George M. Cohan
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Mary
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Jerry Cohan
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Sam Harris
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Fay Templeton
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Dietz
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Nellie Cohan
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Josie Cohan
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Singer
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Erlanger
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Schwab
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Theatre Manager
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George M. Cohan - As a Boy of 13
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Eddie Foy
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Albee
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Goff
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Madame Bartholdi
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Josie Cohan - As a Girl of 12 (as Patsy Lee Parsons)
Jack Young ...
The President (as Capt. Jack Young)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Reporter (uncredited)
John Alban ...
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
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Wiseguy (uncredited)
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George M. Cohan's Valet (uncredited)
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Pianist (uncredited)
Walter Bacon ...
Passerby on Sidewalk (uncredited)
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Housekeeper (uncredited)
Harry Baum ...
Audience Member (uncredited)
William Beaudine Jr. ...
Army Recruitment Candidate (uncredited)
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Magician (uncredited)
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Dressing Room Guest (uncredited)
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George M. Cohan at 7 (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman ...
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
John Breen ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Tex Brodus ...
Chorus Boy - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
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Boarder (uncredited)
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Betsy Ross (uncredited)
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Colony Opera House Stagehand (uncredited)
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Recruit (uncredited)
Dick Chandlee ...
Teenager (uncredited)
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Colony Opera House Stage Manager (uncredited)
Dick Cherney ...
Recruit (uncredited)
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Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (uncredited)
Alan Copeland ...
Choirboy (uncredited)
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Soubrette (uncredited)
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Woman Entering Cohan's Dressing Room (uncredited)
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Maid to Faye Templeton (uncredited)
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New York Stage Manager (uncredited)
Dulce Day ...
Dressing Room Guest (uncredited)
Frank Dee ...
Man Entering Cohan's Dressing Room (uncredited)
Jack Deery ...
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Harry Denny ...
Actor in Play (uncredited)
Hazel Dohlman ...
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
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Receptionist (uncredited)
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Actor (uncredited)
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Actor - Railroad Station (uncredited)
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Soubrette (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Sergeant on Parade - Last Scene (uncredited)
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Sgt. Lewis - White House Guard (uncredited)
Robert Flatley ...
Dancer (uncredited)
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Union Army Veteran #1 on Caisson (uncredited)
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Critic #1 (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
Laura Gile ...
Dancer (uncredited)
William Gillespie ...
Baritone Solo - Grand Old Flag Number (uncredited)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited) (voice)
Eddie Graham ...
Actor (uncredited)
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Robert Haines ...
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
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Recruiting Major (uncredited)
Harry Hayden ...
Dr. Llewellyn (uncredited)
Al Herman ...
Actor (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood ...
Colony Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
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Backstage Actor - 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Joyce Horne ...
Teenager (uncredited)
Jean Inness ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Horse Race Announcer - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
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Stage Manager - 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Marijo James ...
Sister Act (uncredited)
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Actor in Play (uncredited)
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Wilson - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
Edward Keane ...
Critic #2 (uncredited)
Dorothy Kelly ...
Sister Act (uncredited)
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Irish Cop in 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
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Fanny (uncredited)
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Motorist (uncredited)
Walter Lawrence ...
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Newsboy (uncredited)
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Actress (uncredited)
Max Linder ...
Actor in Play (uncredited)
Al Lloyd ...
Actor (uncredited)
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Dietz and Goff's Receptionst (uncredited)
Jerrie Lynne ...
Singer (uncredited)
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Peck's Bad Boy Stagehand (uncredited)
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Josie Cohan - Age 6 (uncredited)
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Boarder (uncredited)
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Hotel Clerk #2 (uncredited)
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Call Boy (uncredited)
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New York Stage Doorman (uncredited)
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Hotel Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Jim Mercer ...
Actor (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
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Young Girl (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller ...
Horse Race Official (uncredited)
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Pedestrian Seeking Newspaper (uncredited)
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Maurice Ruppe - Music Publisher (uncredited)
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The Pippirino (uncredited)
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Friendly Man at Restaurant Window on New Year's Eve (uncredited)
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Backstage Actor - 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
Lee Murray ...
Jockey (uncredited)
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Actor in Play (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Streetcleaner (uncredited)
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Army Clerk (uncredited)
Charles Owens ...
Chorus Boy - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
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Robinsons Theater Stagehand (uncredited)
Dave Pepper ...
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
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Dr. Anderson (uncredited)
Paul Power ...
Dressing Room Guest (uncredited)
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Teenager (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson ...
Nurse (uncredited)
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White House Butler (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Jackie Salling ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Judge in Musical Number (uncredited)
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Star Boarder (uncredited)
Harry Seymour ...
O'Rourke's Varieties Stagehand (uncredited)
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Boarder (uncredited)
Napoleon Simpson ...
Porter (uncredited)
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Teenager (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Soubrette (uncredited)
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Dressing Room Guest (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan ...
Army Recruiter Examiner (uncredited)
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Army Recruiter (uncredited)
Jim Toney ...
Actor (uncredited)
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Dressing Room Guest (uncredited)
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Schults - Grocer in 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
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Union Army Veteran #2 on Caisson (uncredited)
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Backstage Actor - 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl - 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
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Stage Manager, 'Peck's Bad Boy' (uncredited)
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Sally (uncredited)
Jack Wise ...
Boarder (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman ...
Medical Officer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Michael Curtiz

Written by

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Robert Buckner ... (screen play) and
Edmund Joseph ... (screen play)
 
Robert Buckner ... (original story)
 
Julius J. Epstein ... (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Philip G. Epstein ... (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)

Produced by

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William Cagney ... associate producer
Hal B. Wallis ... executive producer
Jack L. Warner ... executive producer

Music by

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George M. Cohan ... (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf ... (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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James Wong Howe ... director of photography

Editing by

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George Amy ... film editor

Art Direction by

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Carl Jules Weyl

Costume Design by

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Milo Anderson ... (gowns)

Makeup Department

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Perc Westmore ... makeup artist
Martha Acker ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Bill Cooley ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Ruby Felker ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Bill Phillips ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Frank Heath ... assistant director (uncredited)
George Tobin ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Everett Alton Brown ... sound (as Everett A. Brown)
Nathan Levinson ... sound (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Wesley Anderson ... second camera (uncredited)
Everett Burkhalter ... gaffer (uncredited)
Mac Julian ... still photographer (uncredited)
Sol Polito ... photographer (uncredited)
William Reinhold ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
Rydo Loshak ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Marie Pickering ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Leon Roberts ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director
Ray Heindorf ... orchestral arrangements
George M. Cohan ... songs (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... orchestral arrangements (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Jack Boyle ... dances routined by: James Cagney's (as John Boyle)
William Collier Sr. ... technical advisor
Seymour Felix ... dance numbers staged and directed by
Hugh MacMullan ... dialogue director
LeRoy Prinz ... dance numbers staged and directed by (as Leroy Prinz)
Don Siegel ... montages
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Production Companies

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  • Warner Bros. (presents) (A Warner Bros.-First National Picture)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life- story of George M. Cohan, who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs. Written by Leon Wolters

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Taglines Based on the story of GEORGE M. COHAN with the Greatest of all his Great Music See more »
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Also Known As
  • La glorieuse parade (France)
  • Yanqui Dandy (Spain)
  • Yanki Dandy (Spain)
  • A Canção da Vitória (Brazil)
  • Янки Дудл Денди (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 126 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $2,616,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia Many facts were changed or ignored to add to the feel of the movie. For example, the real George M. Cohan was married twice, and although his second wife's middle name was Mary, she went by her first name, Agnes. In fact, the movie deviated from the truth to such a degree that Cohan's daughter Georgette commented, "That's the kind of life Daddy would have liked to have lived." See more »
Goofs The "You're A Grand Old Flag" number, supposedly takes place in the 1906 production of "George Washington Jr.," and uses multiple period flags to represent times before 1906. The Civil War flag, as an example, is correct for the time in question. However, in the final sequence characters carry, and an soft screen projection is made of, multiple 48 star flags. The 48 star flag was not introduced until 1912. In 1906, it should have been a 45 star flag. (Oklahoma was admitted to the Union in 1907, New Mexico and Arizona in 1912). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943). See more »
Soundtracks The Yankee Doodle Boy See more »
Quotes George M. Cohan: My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you.
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