Yankee Doodle Dandy (Blu-ray)

Legendary actor James Cagney stars in the role for which he won an Academy Award - the life of singer, dancer and songwriter George M. Cohan, a true Yankee Doodle Dandy. This non-stop musical tour de force sings, dances and celebrates the life and career of a music man who lifted a nation, the first entertainer awarded the United States Congressional Medal of Honor for his contribution to morale. From his early days as a vaudeville performer to his stardom on Broadway, George M. Cohan composed the songs that defined his generation. Directed with gusto by Michael (Casablanca) Curtiz, the film has long been a national treasure, winning 2 additional Academy Awards (Best Musical Score and Best Sound Recording), and was nominated for 5 additional Academy Awards. The film was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1993. As a work of enduring importance to American culture.

Starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, Rosemary de Camp, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, Frances Langford, George Barbier, S.Z. Sakall, Walter Catlett, Douglas Croft, Minor Watson, Eddie Foy Jr., Chester Clute, Odette Myrtil, Patsy Lee Parsons, Pat Flaherty, Clinton Rosemond, Dorothy Kelly, Henry Blair, Jo Ann Marlowe, Thomas W. Ross, Sailor Vincent, Fred Kelsey, Harry Seymour, Napoleon Simpson, Phyllis Kennedy, Leon Belasco, Georgia Caine, Syd Saylor, Ernie Stanton, Creighton Hale, Jean Inness, Leah Baird, Ernest Anderson, George Ovey, Murray Alper, Garry Owen, Victor Zimmerman, Francis Pierlot, John Hamilton, Harry Hayden, Ruth Robinson, William Forrest, Ed Keane, Charles Smith, Dick Chandlee, Wallis Clark, Georgia Carroll, Charles Irwin, Fred Santley, John "Skins" Miller, Joan Winfield, Vera Lewis, Herbert Heywood, Edward McWade, Spencer Charters, Thomas Jackson, William Davidson, Eddie Graham, Al Lloyd, Glen Cavender, Jack Mower, Hank Mann, Al Herman, Jim Toney, Charles Drake, John Sheehan, Louis Mason, Tom Dugan, James Flavin, Dick Wessel, George Meeker, Frank Mayo, Audrey Long, Ann Doran, Frank Sully, Frank Faylen, Eddie Acuff, Walter Brooke, Bill Edwards, William Hopper, Mary Currier

Director: Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner

Rating: NR