YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston

Turner/Warner Bros.; Directed by Michael Curtiz

Black and White; Not Rated; 126 minutes; 1942

James Cagney plays George M. Cohan and the role earned him an Academy Award® for his marvelous singing and dancing performance as the great songwriter and performer. Highlights include "Over There," "Give My Regards to Broadway," and the famous line "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you."