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	Yankee Doodle Dandy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney.
		According to the special edition DVD, significant and uncredited improvements were made to the script by the famous "script doctors" twin brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein.
		The title song (properly titled "The Yankee Doodle Boy") was Cohan's trademark piece, a patriotic pastiche drawing from the lyrics and melody of the old Revolutionary War number, Yankee Doodle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yankee_Doodle_Dandy (651 words)

	yourDictionary.com • Yankee Doodle Dandy
		The joke was that a colonial—a Yankee "dandy"—would stick a feather in his tricorne or coonskin cap and think himself as fashionable as any man à la mode in Paris or Rome.
		Yankee Doodle went to town - Reflects the overwhelmingly rural nature of colonial life, where "going to town" is an event, even if the town is by rights a village.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy - A "dandy" has always been a British term for a man who spends his income on clothes in order to "appear above his station." "Swell" is a synonym, while "toff," in class-conscious British society, refers to a young man of the upper orders who looks and speaks the part.
	www.yourdictionary.com /library/yankee.html (1278 words)

	Yankee Doodle Dandy - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The title song was Cohan's trademark piece, a patriotic pastiche drawing from the lyrics and melody of the old Revolutionary War number, Yankee Doodle.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy;: A biographical novel of John Hancock,
		Yankee Doodle Dandies;: Eight generals of the American Revolution
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /yankee_doodle_dandy.htm (277 words)

	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
		Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is one of Hollywood's greatest, grandest and slickest musicals.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy is a lively, sensational and dynamic film with exciting song and dance numbers and a tour de force performance by the high-pitched and energized James Cagney.
		A regular Yankee Doodle Dandy, always carrying a flag in a parade or following one.
	www.filmsite.org /yank.html (2572 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Made during the Second World War, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY was clearly designed as a morale booster for the troops overseas, as well as those that remained on the home front.
		YANKEE DOODLE DANDY tells the story of performer/writer/composer George M. Cohan (James Cagney), who over the course of his career had created such enduring and inspiring works as Grand Old Flag and Over There.
		YANKEE DOODLE DANDY is indeed one of the great screen entertainments from the golden age of Hollywood, in addition to being one of James Cagney’s finest films.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2003/ydd-dvd.htm (957 words)

	Ben's Guide (3-5): Songs and Oaths -- Yankee Doodle
		The origins of the words and music of the Yankee Doodle are not known exactly due to the fact that the song has many versions.
		During Pre-Revolutionary America when the song "Yankee Doodle" first became popular, the word macaroni in the line that reads "stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni" didn't refer to the pasta.
		So by just sticking a feather in his cap and calling himself a "Macaroni", Yankee Doodle was proudly proclaiming himself to be a country bumpkin (an awkward and unsophisticated person), because that was how the English regarded most colonials at that time.
	bensguide.gpo.gov /3-5/symbols/yankee.html (330 words)

	Yankee Doodle Dandy: Special Edition (1942)
		The rest of Dandy follows what happens to George and the rest of the Cohan family over the years up to the “present” and his meeting with FDR.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		The monaural soundtrack of Yankee Doodle Dandy didn’t live up to the standard set by the visuals, but the audio seemed fine for a movie from 1942.
	www.dvdmg.com /yankeedoodledandy.shtml (2336 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Yankee Doodle Dandy
		Yankee Doodle Dandy was, and over 63 years later still is, good old-fashioned classic Hollywood musical moviemaking at its zenith.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy is many things at its finest: acting, dancing, singing, and cinematic production.
		But Yankee Doodle Dandy is a rarity: a complete experience for its audience in absolute sensory overload and outward love.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/yankeedoodledandy.php (3029 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Yankee Doodle Dandy Special Edition
		Directed by Warner's versatile workhorse Michael Curtiz, Yankee Doodle Dandy is as much a part of America-at-war 1942 as Curtiz's Casablanca, which premiered the same year.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy became Warner Brothers' top-grossing movie of the year and its top-grosser to that time.
		Let Freedom Sing!: The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy is a comprehensive production retrospective with insights from Joan Leslie, John Travolta, Joel Grey, film historians Behlmer, Bob Thomas, and Robert Osborne, biographer David Collins, and more.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/y/yankeedoodledandy.q.shtml (684 words)

	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Warner Brothers, 1942), directed by Michael Curtiz, is an autobiographical musical of George M. Cohan (1878-1942), a legendary Broadway showman, composer, actor and dancer, as played by James Cagney in what's been reported as his personal favorite of all movie roles, and it's easy to see why.
		YANKEE DOODLE DANDY happens to be the first real successful Warner Brothers musical since the Busby Berkeley backstagers of the early to mid 1930s, and the one that started the trend of musical bio-pics.
		However, as a movie, YANKEE DOODLE DANCY is a fine musical that blends nostalgia of the past (early twentieth century, World War I) with patriotism of the 1940s.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0035575 (1138 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies (xhtml) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When he struts across the stage in the ``Yankee Doodle Dandy'' number, his legs are rubber but his spine is steel, and his torso is slanted forward so steeply we're reminded of Groucho Marx.
		There's little that's really original in ``Yankee Doodle Dandy,'' which was directed by Michael Curtiz, the gifted Warners workhorse whose credits included ``Casablanca,'' also released in 1942.
		The cinematography, by the legendary James Wong Howe, uses the elegant compositions of figures that were common at the time, and the staging includes two numbers where big studio treadmills are used to move groups of extras, or keep them marching in place.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980705/REVIEWS08/401010377/1023 (1196 words)

	Movie Reviews by Edwin Jahiel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		YDD, a personal triumph, gave him an additional, almost diametrically opposed persona --which was not really new as he had been a singer-hoofer in vaudeville, Broadway plays, two minor films, and in the excellent movie musical "Footlight Parade." Cagney's achievement was quite unorthodox.
		When Fred Astaire first tried out for films, the verdict was: "Can't act, can't sing, can dance a little." Cagney can't really dance or sing by Hollywood standards, but he acts so vigorously that it creates an illusion, and for dance-steps he substitutes a patented brand of robust, jerky walks, runs and other motions.
		YDD received 8 Oscar nominations, won for Best Actor, sound, and scoring.
	www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/yankdood.htm (315 words)

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		I'm a Yankee doodle dandy, A Yankee doodle do or die; A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, Born on the fourth of july.
		Yankee doodle came to London just to ride the ponies, I am the Yankee doodle boy.
		Father was Yankee hearted, When the Spanish war was started, He slipped on his uniform and hopped upon a pony, My mother's mother was a Yankee, true, My father's father was a Yankee, too; And that's going some, for the Yankee, by gum!
	www.ajmackintosh.ukgateway.net /film/Yankee.txt (192 words)

	Turner Classic Movies This Month Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yankee Doodle Dandy, the musical biography of patriotic song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, also rates as the favorite film of its star, James Cagney.
		Although he now seems the only logical choice, Cagney would have missed out on his big chance if a deal between Cohan and MGM to make a film to be called The Four Cohans hadn't fizzled out.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy, with its many flag-waving musical numbers, proved just the ticket for World War II-era audiences and became the top-grossing movie of its year, as well as Warners' top-grossing movie to that time.
	www.turnerclassicmovies.com /ThisMonth/Article/0,,24022,00.html (715 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
		Actually Cagney did a considerable amount of musical work on the stage, and this wasn't the last time he made a musical, either.
		Yankee Doodle Dandy, simply put, is a retread of material the musical biography genre had and would churn out time after time.
		What sets it apart is that it is among the best treatments of the formula -- and Cagney makes it all happen the way it should.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/yankee.doodle.dandy.1942.shtml (129 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
		The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy (44m:30s) is a look back, mostly by film historians, on the production; the movie is, according to writer Patrick McGilligan, "the kind of film critics hate to love." It's hokum, but they can't help themselves.
		(Pulp Fiction is to Grease as White Heat is to Yankee Doodle Dandy.
		AOL Time Warner synergy is at work in the inclusion of two more cartoon shorts, Yankee Doodle Daffy (06m:45s) and Yankee Doodle Bugs (06m:54s); you'll never guess who stars in these.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=5300 (1472 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Video: Yankee Doodle Dandy [1942] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yankee Doodle Dandy is the story of the life of US Patriot George Cohan (Played by Cagney).
		Ordinarily I do not like musicals, especially ones made years and years before my birth, so when I came to sit down and watch Yankee Doodle Dandy I was only watching it for Cagney.
		Was I wrong, not only is the story incredibly interesting, but the songs are choreographed exceptionally and Cagney shows his great singing and dancing skills.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CKCL (467 words)

	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
		In contrast to Warners' typical cost-conscious approach to filming, no expense was spared on Yankee Doodle Dandy.
		During the shooting, Cagney announced that he would not re-sign with the studio when his contract expired; and eager to appease its most valuable property, Warner Bros. let Cagney make the film the way he wanted.
		He lived to read the reviews and hear about the movie's mounting box office take, and died in the knowledge that his place in American history was secure with this film.
	www.picturegoer.com /yandooddanwb.html (1178 words)

	Lyrics and Music
		Back in Pre-Revolutionary America when the song "Yankee Doodle" was first popular, the singer was not referring to the pasta "macaroni" in the line that reads "stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni".
		So by just sticking a feather in his cap and calling himself a "Macaroni" (a "dandy"), Yankee Doodle was proudly proclaiming himself to be a country bumpkin, because that was how the English regarded most colonials at that time.
		But times have long since changed, and it is important to reflect on the fact that despite the turbulent early relationship between England and the American colonists, our two countries are strongly united.
	www.niehs.nih.gov /kids/lyrics/yankee.htm (357 words)

	Amazon.com: Video: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jimmy Cagney does it all in YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, the exuberant biography of patriotic song-and-dance man George M. Cohan.
		The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy" are satisfying introductions to the star and the movie (the Cagney documentary is hosted by actor Michael J. Fox).
		That song was written for the troops of WW I, and this film was being made when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0790743442?v=glance (1579 words)

	Yankee Doodle Dandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		or his grand entrance as star of his own show, Little Johnny Jones, George M. Cohan got off to a prancing, flag-waving start with "Yankee Doodle Dandy," a syncopated march in two-four time ending with the strains of the original "Yankee Doodle" tune.
		Obviously fashioned to reflect Cohan's own personality as well as that of the character he played, the song quickly became the actor's musical trademark.
		Yankee Doodle came to London, just to ride the ponies,
	oldkunnel.net /doodle.html (191 words)

	Yankee Doodle Dandy - Movie Tome
		"Yankee Doodle Dandy" is avalible to purchase now at Suncoast.com
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		If you don't have a DVD player, you can get a copy of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" on VHS.
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	Yankee Doodle
		Tradition has it that Yankee Doodle had its origins in the French and Indian War when New England troops joined Braddock's forces at Niagara.
		In contrast to the spit and polish of the British army, the colonials were a motley crew, some wearing buckskins and furs.
		When Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown it is said while the British played The World Turned Upside Down, the Americans played Yankee Doodle.
	www.contemplator.com /america/ydoodle.html (194 words)

	Medialunchbox - Music : Yankee Doodle Dandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I own the DVD of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and watch it all the time, so I almost didn't buy this, wondering if I really needed yet another CD.
		If you love "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and Cagney, you just have to buy this soundtrack.
		From the start, I hoped that they would focus their talents on an album of YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, by gum, they've finally done it.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/B000066RM7 (735 words)

	Moviefone: Yankee Doodle Dandy Movie
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	'Yankee Doodle Dandy'
		ankee Doodle Dandy" rode into town last night on a whole lot more than a pony; it rose on the star-spangled crest of one of the fanciest buildups that Broadway has ever known, not to mention the glowing reputation of one of "the Street's" most beloved sons.
		His handling of "Yankee Doodle Boy" and "Give My Regards to Broadway," from "Little Johnny Jones," must be—with all due respect—quite as buoyant as Mr.
		There are the excellent performances of Joan Leslie as Cohan's romantic prompter, Rosemary DeCamp as his mother, Richard Whorf as Sam H. Harris, and countless others, not to forget Captain Jack Young's tastefully restrained and surprisingly realistic impersonation of the president.
	www.nytimes.com /1942/05/30/movies/053042dandy.html (811 words)

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		How’s July 4th look for you?” I counted up the scratch marks I’d made on Mommy’s ribs and did the math: one week early.
		So when I found out that America was gonna be 228 this year, that pretty much iced the cake.
		Like my Aunt Noelle says, “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy!”
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