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Yankee Doodle Dandy /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 65041 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Series: Warner ; 65041.Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2003Edition: Special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0790765209
  • 9780790765204
Uniform titles:
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9 .M86 Y36 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Disc 1. The movie -- Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by author and film historian Rudy Behlmer -- Warner Night at the movies / introduced by Leonard Maltin : Casablanca theatrical trailer ; Newsreel ; Beyond the line of duty ; Bugs Bunny gets the boid -- Cagney trailer gallery -- Awards -- Cast & crew.
Disc 2. Bonus material : James Cagney: top of the world (featurette ; 1992 ; 47 min. ; Turner Pictures presents a Communicreations Production ; written by Bob Waldman, Carl Lindahl ; directed by Carl Lindahl) -- Let freedom sing!: The story of Yankee Doodle Dandy (featurette ; 45 min. ; 2003 ; Turner Entertainment) -- John Travolta remembers James Cagney -- Looney Tunes: Yankee Doodle Daffy ; Yankee Doodle Bugs -- You, John Jones (1943 short with James Cagney, Ann Sothern, Margaret O'Brien) -- Audio vault: Outtakes and rehearsals ; Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater radio show, October 19, 1942 -- Waving the flag galleries (Stills, publicity materials, George M. Cohan sheet music).
Production credits:
  • Music, George M. Cohan ; director of photography, James Wong Howe ; editing, George Amy.
Awards:
  • Named to the National Film Registry in 1993 by the Library of Congress.
  • Winner, Best Actor in Leading Roll (James Cagney), Best Song, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld), Best Sound, Recording (Nathan Levinson) ; Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporing Role (Walter Huston), Best Director (Michael Curtiz), Best Film Editing (George Amy), Best Picture, Best Writing - Original Story, 1943 Academy Awards (U.S.A.).
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Jeanne Cagney, Frances Langford, George Tobias, Irene Manning.Summary: A rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer.
Holdings
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02857 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050276811

Special features: All-new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements; documentaries chronicling the movie's making and James Cagney's career; audio commentary; John Travolta remembers James Cagney; Leonard Maltin hosts Warner night at the movies 1942 with trailer, newsreel, dramatic short, cartoon "Bugs Bunny gets the boid" and galleries of art/photo/publicity materials and James Cagney trailers; audio-only extras; radio show and prerecording session outtakes/rehearsals.

"Based on the story of George M. Cohan."

Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.

Disc 1. The movie -- Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by author and film historian Rudy Behlmer -- Warner Night at the movies / introduced by Leonard Maltin : Casablanca theatrical trailer ; Newsreel ; Beyond the line of duty ; Bugs Bunny gets the boid -- Cagney trailer gallery -- Awards -- Cast & crew.

Disc 2. Bonus material : James Cagney: top of the world (featurette ; 1992 ; 47 min. ; Turner Pictures presents a Communicreations Production ; written by Bob Waldman, Carl Lindahl ; directed by Carl Lindahl) -- Let freedom sing!: The story of Yankee Doodle Dandy (featurette ; 45 min. ; 2003 ; Turner Entertainment) -- John Travolta remembers James Cagney -- Looney Tunes: Yankee Doodle Daffy ; Yankee Doodle Bugs -- You, John Jones (1943 short with James Cagney, Ann Sothern, Margaret O'Brien) -- Audio vault: Outtakes and rehearsals ; Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater radio show, October 19, 1942 -- Waving the flag galleries (Stills, publicity materials, George M. Cohan sheet music).

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.

English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Named to the National Film Registry in 1993 by the Library of Congress.

Winner, Best Actor in Leading Roll (James Cagney), Best Song, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld), Best Sound, Recording (Nathan Levinson) ; Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporing Role (Walter Huston), Best Director (Michael Curtiz), Best Film Editing (George Amy), Best Picture, Best Writing - Original Story, 1943 Academy Awards (U.S.A.).

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