Yankee Doodle Dandy
First screened in March 2004

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Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Rosemary DeCamp, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Jeanne Cagney. Screenplay: Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph (based on a screen story by Robert Buckner).

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Twitter Capsule: So vivid in feeling, tune, and character I often misrecall it as being in color. Cagney delights and astounds.

VOR: ④  Landmark performance in a WW2-era studio smash that delivers on patriotic gusto without shaking any spears. Even your kids might go for it.

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Photo © 1942 Warner Bros. Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture
	Best Director: Michael Curtiz
★	Best Actor: James Cagney
	Best Supporting Actor: Walter Huston
	Best Original Story: Robert Buckner
	Best Film Editing: George Amy
★	Best Score (Musical): Ray Heindorf & Heinz Roemheld
★	Best Sound: Nathan Levinson
Other Awards:
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Cagney)

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