The subgenre of musical biographies is no exception to the general rule -- as demonstrated... 'Yankee Doodle' musical falls short of being dandy Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

While the music would have survived Cohan anyway (true art usually outlives the artist), the fact that Yankee Doodle Dandy has existed for the past 82 years and is deemed such a classic, the world ...

There are several great movies to watch on the July 4th movie marathons, from sci-fi thrillers and war movies to patriotic ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert absolutely adored classic movie musicals like My Fair Lady, A Hard Day's Night ...

An amazing entertainer and songwriter, George M. Cohan is known as the Father of American Musical Comedy. ... I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy A Yankee Doodle, do or die A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam ...

Happy 4th of July or day after, actually! Fun fact…I am a Yankee Doodle Dandy born on the 4th of July. Since it is a national holiday, I’ve never had ...

"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 ...

This coming Friday will mark the 249th birthday of our nation, and as has been the theme for so many years past, it will be filled with many celebrations, marked by parades, patriotic music, and ...

Yankee Doodle Dandy was Cagney’s last film at Warner Brothers. He left the studio to form his own production company. Other great roles lay ahead, like White Heat (1949) and Mister Roberts (1955 ...

Music: Dandy Doodle; Music: Dandy Doodle. 2 minute read. TIME. December 7, 1942 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... Come on, Yankee Doodle, let’s win this war, Get in there and fight as you did before, ...

Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, And there we saw the men and boys ...