Yankee Doodle Dandy /
A musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer.
| Uniform Title: | Yankee Doodle Dandy (Motion picture) |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. In English, with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. |
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©2003
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| Edition: | 2-disc special ed. |
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| Summary: | A musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1943. "Based on the story of George M. Cohan." Dual-layer format. "Standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition"--Container. All-new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements. Special features: disc 1. Feature-length commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer, author of Inside Warner Bros. (1935-1951) ; Warner night at the movies 1942, introduced by Leonard Maltin. Casablanca theatrical trailer, Newsreel, Patriotic short subject Beyond the line of duty, Merrie melodies cartoon Bugs Bunny gets the boid ; Cagney trailer gallery ; Awards ; Cast & crew -- disc 2. James Cagney : top of the world (Michael J. Fox hosts this profile of Cagney) ; Let freedom sing! : the story of Yankee Doodle Dandy (a new documentary chronicling the making of the movie) ; John Travolta remembers James Cagney ; Classic cartoons. Looney tunes short Yankee Doodle Bugs (starring Bugs Bunny), Looney tunes short Yankee Doodle Daffy (starring Daffy Duck) ; You, John Jones (1943 wartime short starring Cagney) ; Audio-only discoveries. Lady Esther screen guild theater radio show (October 19, 1942 broadcast adaptation starring Cagney, Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable), Prerecording session outtakes and rehearsals ; Waving the flag (dressed-set photos, scene concept, drawings, publicity materials and sheet music galleries). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; Dolby digital, mono. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, 1942: Best Actor (James Cagney {"George M. Cohan"}), Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) (Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld), Best Sound Recording (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director) |
| Production Credits: | Original story by Robert Buckner ; director of photography, James Wong Howe ; film editor, George Amy ; dance numbers staged and directed by Leroy Prinz and Seymour Felix ; James Cagney's dances routined by John Boyle ; lyrics and music by George M. Cohan. |
| ISBN: | 0790765209 |