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James Cagney
George M. Cohan
Joan Leslie
Mary
Walter Huston
Jerry Cohan
Richard Whorf
Sam Harris
Irene Manning
Fay Templeton
George Tobias
Dietz
Rosemary DeCamp
Nellie Cohan
Jeanne Cagney
Josie Cohan
Frances Langford
Singer
George Barbier
Erlanger
Walter Catlett
Theatre Manager
Douglas Croft
George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13
Eddie Foy Jr.
Eddie Foy
Minor Watson
Albee
Chester Clute
Goff
Odette Myrtil
Madame Bartholdi
Patsy Parsons
Josie Cohan, as a girl of 12
S.Z. Sakall
Schwab
Jack Young
The President
Ann Doran
Receptionist (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Sgt. Lewis (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Maurice Ruppe (uncredited)
Dolores Moran
The Pippirino (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde
Chorus Girl for 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited)
Phyllis Kennedy
Fanny (uncredited)
Doris Merrick
(uncredited role)
Jean Inness
Reporter (uncredited)
Dorothy Kelly
Hazel Dohlman
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
John Breen
Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Theatre Patron (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sat Feb 22 2020

Being versatile, I played my mother's father. Yankee Doodle Dandy is directed by Michael Curtiz and collectively written by Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. This is a biographical interpretation of the life of renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan (Cagney). As usual it is advised to seek out facts about the person the biography is about - if one so wishes of course to see how t...