There is some fun to be had with the film, but it’s hard to get too excited about an effort that pales in comparison to the ...

"Yankee Doodle Dandy" is rah-rah, rousingly American and great box office, no matter how you slice it. It's a tribute to a grand American gentleman of the theatre - George M. Cohan - whose life ...

Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society is hosting a special summer matinee to help you prepare for the Independence Day holiday. On Saturday, June 28, the classic musical “Yankee ...

Five months before death (of cancer) Cohan had seen a runoff of his own cinemapotheosis, Yankee Doodle Dandy (TIME, June 22), with James Cagney outdoodling the actor he portrayed.

Cohan was a myth builder: Songs like "Yankee Doodle Dandy, "Over There" and "Give My Regards to Broadway" celebrated both life in early 20th-century America and the glowing allure of the stage.

Elizabeth T. Craft is a professor of musicology at the University of Utah and author of the recent book “Yankee Doodle Dandy: George M. Cohan and the Broadway Stage” (Oxford University Press).

In 1955 — 13 years after the release of Yankee Doodle Dandy — James Cagney reprised the role of George M. Cohan in the Bob Hope film The Seven Little Foys, the two of them performing a duet.

The 1942 film classic "Yankee Doodle Dandy" stared James Cagney as the song-and-dance-man George M. Cohan. Courtesy of Onesti Entertainment Corp.

George M. Cohan, the son of Irish immigrants – often described as the man who owned Broadway – dominated American theater from 1901 until 1940.