Friday Classic Film Series at the Montauk Library

YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

1942 • Approved • 2h 6m      Directed by Michael Curtiz
James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston

This biography of song-and-dance man George M. Cohan was James Cagney’s favorite film. With its stirring patriotic musical numbers and Cagney’s bravura performance, Yankee Doodle Dandy raised morale during World War II and became the top-grossing movie of 1942. It received Academy Awards for Best Actor (Cagney), Best Original Music Score, and Best Sound Recording, and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Song.