After watching the real George M. Cohan dancing in a rare clip from 10 years earlier (1932) I suddenly realize that Cagney here is dancing exactly like Cohan actually danced, running and kicking off the side wall, the sort of stiff legged style of dancing, same kicks, everything..he surely must have studied Cohan's dancing style early on, and obviously incorporated that into his (Cagney's) own style, or else it's the world's greatest coincidence.
@krasnavin Greatest film Mr Roberts loved em all Him Fonda and of course the timeless Jack Lemon probably my favourite comic actor (No disrespect to his serious roles of course)
whenever i watch this i get all choked up remembering a tribute to cagney when he was already very old & in a wheelchair. they played this clip & he sat there crying like a baby. there wasn't a dry eye in the place. i wish i remembered what the show was.
0:26-0:55 was my fav part even though this whole scene is great. Im 21 and i can truly appreciate this great film. James Cagney amazed me when i first watched this movie.
@kittykatro Although I always loved the CONFEDS uniforms etc, they didnt whip the Yankees! I always used to be so peeved when I was a kid to learn the CONFEDS got beat. They always seemed to look so much cooler & dashing than the NORTH! lol Amazing film this. No one around nowadays to even come close too Cagney for his all round talent.There really is magic missing from modern musicals but I can never put my finger on it so to speak? :)
in 1971 i saw an usa tv serie called yankee doodle dandy does any one knows more about this? i know the actress name was hilary but don't kow if it is her real life name.
Cagney is the only person that can play a psycho, then play a song and dance man, then a hero, a gangster, a shakespearean actor, and then a war general.
DOWNRIGHT UNAMERICAN OF NETFLIX NOT TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE ON THE 4TH OF JULY THIS YEAR AND EVERY JULY 4TH. Whoever chooses what movies are available to watch on NETFLIX must be a communist. Intelligent as a box of rocks.
Cagney started out his career as a song and dance man just as George M Cohen did. Oh, the days when mega stars loved thier country and sang her prases. HAPPY BRITHDAY AMERICA............AND.........KEEP YOUR EYES ON THAT GRAND OLE FLAG
Bravo! Best film ever. Corny by today's standard of SFX but wholesome entertainment. Cagney a true super-star for all times. Great songs and dance routines. Film will live forever,
This song was origionally for war, but thats crap war isnt bringing any peace to the world because of war a lot of kids are sitting home right now without their mom or dad because they are either fighting or dead.war is seperating us from ech other and dividing us into certin groups.
James Cagney, an actors actor!!!This man has got to be one of the greatest actors of all time...musicals, drama, classics, comedy, he could do them all!!!There are no more actors like him..what we have today is nothing short of egotism in the movies ....
This is God awful!!!!!! I find it amazing that we cant waterboard terrorist but are subjected to video torture like this. We could bring al qadea to their knees with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe it's because you prefer the crude entertainment of punk rappers that tell their listeners to rape, kill, steal, and go to jail. And advocate how *cool* it is. Or maybe you like the punk hip-hop music. You're probably to young to actually appreciate real talent. It doesn't take talent to shake your butt on a stage and have computers augment your terrible voice.
Non of that would be an accurate depiction of me or the varied music I enjoy. I am a hard core conservative that is in love with my country, the U.S.A. I have very little respect for the kids of todays generation. I hate rap, heavy metal and hip-hop/R&B. Try Martina McBride, Let freedom ring!!!! Now that is an American lets get pumped up song.... Love the troops and would like to have grown up in the 50’s. Can't stand Obama and I just think this song is painful to watch. Get over it!
Truthfully, it isn't so much the music. It's the way he seems to enjoy himself. That is what makes James Cagney epic win in most of what he does onscreen.
@T6531P You've been watching too much Faux News..our troops aren't bringing anybody freedom..they're bringing them ruined infratsructure, depleted uranium, encouraging sectarian strife ( the 'ol divide/conquer ) and installing puppet govts for 1. long term Israeli security. 2. pipelines. 3. partnering w/Afghan drug lords..4. massive war profiteering etc ..does anyone not know by now that 9-11 was a Mossad/Mossad asset/rogue CIA false flag terror op? The Muslims didn't control demo 3 towers and..
ima a music tech student, we have a special subject investigation in which we have to create a assignment ourselves, myself im going to do a 6-7 hour mix all of the music from 1900 to 2010 and i think this might be the 1st tune i use :D
My history of American Music professor knows nothing. She said Jimmy Cagney wasn't a song-and-dance man before he made this movie. You look at those steps and tell me he wasn't a hoofer!
You can clearly see the Irish dancing influence in his dancing and that's not something you can pick up in six weeks practice, and besides which, your American Music prof clearly knows nothing because that's what Cagney was doing before he became the quintessential bad guy in the gangster movies.
@canajaneh In Irish dance they never use the top part of the body, you are correct. James Cagney was taught properly. Unlike in Riverdance. Well spotted
But 19 out of 20 movies back then sucked, same as now. The thing is that we think that in the 20's 30's and40's they only made good movies when we actually jut get to see the good ones that are remembered. Crappy movies from the 40's are canned in some storage forgotten and seldom seen. That's why we think only good movies were made back then
Prince Poppycock's version is much better. But that's probably because everything he does is better than the original. But I love this time period, and everything of it. If I recall, this is called the Industrial Age, am I right?
This flick deserves every superlative it's earned over the years. When erstwhile bad guy Cagney explodes on to the screen with his unique razzle dazzle mouths had to be aghast. I'm sure he became among the closest in Oscar history to win that thing by acclaim. If you haven't seen this and loved it, you're not yet a movie buff.
This flick deserves every superlative it's earned over the years. When erstwhile bad guy Cagney explodes on to the screen with his unique razzle dazzle mouths had to be aghast. I'm sure he became among the closest in Oscar history to win that thing by acclaim. If you haven't seen this and loved it, you're not yet a movie buff.
they don't make them like that anymore. Today, you'd have close-ups, foot shots, back shots, quick shots, and all the other distracting shots. Seeing the dancer full body works best, that's what Fred Astaire insisted on in his movies. Thanks Stan.
@danskin4 Yes, full-body shots -- the camera's fullstage view is that from a theatre audience. Perfect technique to simulate, for film viewers, the theatre experience, for this film recreation of same. And it emphasizes the ensemble spirit and presentation, the superb teamwork of this film (that began shooting the day after Pearl Harbor, 1941) and USA's effort in WW2.
He makes it look so effortless. I don't know why I don't think of him when I think of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and other great, great dancers. Instead, in my mind, I think of Cagney as a movie tough guy. That was only a small part of what he could do. This is really amazing stuff. Off to the video store tomorrow, I guess.
James Cagney played a gangster in all those films to earn a living in Hollywood. In this film, we are privileged to see Cagney doing what he really loved to do and it got him the Best Actor Oscar.
The women in this scene have some of the HOTTEST babes I've ever seen from this era. They were mostly grandmother types back then with the overly conservative hairstyles and dress, but these women were smokin'!
I LOVE this Classic 1942 film even today. Watched it many times and it always boosts my spirits and patriotic love for my country. Mr. Cohan died the year this film was released to movie theatres and was given a private screening right before he passed away. What a great, yet sad, tribute to Mr. Yankee Doodle Dandy himself! He wrote several patriotic songs that are still remembered and sung today. The Yankee Doodle Boy-1904, You’re A Grand Old Flag-1906 and a WWI favorite, Over There -1917
If only America manufactured more, if only more people were Patriotic and Grateful that their Homeland survived, Britian, Germany, Japan, Communism, and Terrorism...
because they actually put quality first and spent a fortune. Besides, "actors" are promoted if they give good face, not if they can actually do anything these days. Skills are no longer necessary. Come on, when Paris Hilton can call herself an actress and get hired for films (!) what hope is there?
They substitute skin and sequins for talent and a really beautiful artwork in Hollywood today. True film and theater are as dead as the old Celtic cultures. We're losing ourselves and only a few of us very young and very old know it, or care about it and we're too few to stem the tide.
Okay, I'm 16 and yet I feel they make no movie as good as they used to. There's a good one here and there, but never as good as a classic. And yet, the vast majority of my generation are degrading when it comes to movie tastes. (why the hell Avatar was nominated for Best Picture, is beyond me.)
@DragonLcver Wonderful comment, I'm 54 now, I was around 11, when I discovered movies like these, and all my life I've watched them, Bogart, Davis, Cagney, Grant, I love them all, and when i hear in 2010, that a 16 year old loves these movies, it shows just how amazing they were, and more important, that they will live forever, good for you, I see me in you, enjoy these movies for ever, as I have
@DragonLcver I'm ten years older than you and feel the same about my generation. The Oscars is a glorified popularity contest; a room full of rich people telling each other how great they think everyone else is.
@DennistheGreat483 Wait, I like the oscars, and it's because they only just started this year to base it off popularity. Not the previous years. So, I say, don't blame the judges, blame the audience.
@DragonLcver Let me tell you something my friend. If I understand what you're saying, you might just be among the wisest of the young people on YT. At 16, if you can recognize the classics almost always have it over the latest crap that's being spewed out of Hollywood, think of how many years you have ahead of you to enjoy these great movies while your pals are just diddling to today's shit? Oh how I envy you. Hints to follow!
@cremeofthereich Actually, several of my friends like classics, everyone in my town thinks classics are great, not that we won't watch modern movies. I personally liked Salt, and Inception.
@DragonLcver Here's what I suggest. Obviously, you can get a schedule of cable classics and Tivo. Or you might start your own VHS rennaissance--get a VHS combo TV if you've already thrown out your VHS player, and go to thrift shops, used book stores where they sell old classic VHS flicks on the cheap. Get your feet wet by grabbing anything you see by the great actors, and do all genres, westerns, musicals, noir, comedy, silents. Over time you'll become quite the discriminating film buff!!!
@DragonLcver So then you're all set, but again, don't waste your time with a focus on the present. Check out all genres like I said, and you'll be able to discern the great and very good from the trash.
@docwra8 They don't have talent like that from that era. Today's stars (a lot of them) are trash. Dressing up to them means wearing practically nothing. In those days they had class and dignity. Not today.
@docwra8 They probably don't have the talent, unless they're gonna use CGI. Look at "Singin' In The Rain". What two men will they ever find nowadays who can do that in real life?
they dont make movies like this anymore
leifashley 2 days ago
After watching the real George M. Cohan dancing in a rare clip from 10 years earlier (1932) I suddenly realize that Cagney here is dancing exactly like Cohan actually danced, running and kicking off the side wall, the sort of stiff legged style of dancing, same kicks, everything..he surely must have studied Cohan's dancing style early on, and obviously incorporated that into his (Cagney's) own style, or else it's the world's greatest coincidence.
marklemon75 1 week ago
what a fucking legend this guy is...i absolutely love him
jonboy196401 1 week ago
Chorus:
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
A Yankee Doodle, do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,
Born on the Fourth of July.
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,
She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London, just to ride the ponies;
I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.
Aephqan 3 weeks ago
God Bless You Jimmy Cagney.
tss77 3 weeks ago
If people still danced like this, America would be a better place.
blakebay 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 3
Real talent back in them days...would love to see the mediocre celebs that pass for stars now try and surpass the many old movie legends....
TheWolfmoon21 1 month ago 2
Kkkkkkkkk loser lol lol lol lol lol lol lol kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
andrefonsa 1 month ago
Greatest actor!
krasnavin 2 months ago 2
@krasnavin Greatest film Mr Roberts loved em all Him Fonda and of course the timeless Jack Lemon probably my favourite comic actor (No disrespect to his serious roles of course)
GeneralG1810 1 month ago
His best performance, and with Doris in Love Me Or Leave Me. They don't make stars like these anymore. :)
manfreadfilms 2 months ago 2
Wonderful
DickCabeza123 2 months ago 2
That dancing is unreal.
mickjagger64 2 months ago 2
I never tire of watching Jimmy in this; a well-deserved Oscar for the ex-vaudeville dancer....and a great, great film.
jackpark7927 3 months ago
I feel like watching this again. (17 years-old, just saying)
DragonLcver 3 months ago
They broke the mold with James Cagney. The man could do no wrong.
Venckman 4 months ago
James Cagney could SING, DANCE and ACT. Today's "stars" are lucky if they can actually do one.
tonybklyn 4 months ago
The only bada** gangster who can dance his a** off!..:))
LEDANCETHERAPY 4 months ago
The moves are awsome
sturt 4 months ago
I love my country! :D
holmesbinton 4 months ago 2
whenever i watch this i get all choked up remembering a tribute to cagney when he was already very old & in a wheelchair. they played this clip & he sat there crying like a baby. there wasn't a dry eye in the place. i wish i remembered what the show was.
WikeddTung 5 months ago
0:26-0:55 was my fav part even though this whole scene is great. Im 21 and i can truly appreciate this great film. James Cagney amazed me when i first watched this movie.
blacktim18 5 months ago
a song and dance man to the heart....
robandrene 5 months ago
Dixie whipped old Yankee Doodle
Early in the morning,
So Yankeedom had best look out,
And take a timely warning.
Hurrah! for our Dixie Land!
Hurrah! for our borders!
Southern boys to arms will stand,
And whip the dark marauders!
kittykatro 5 months ago
@kittykatro Although I always loved the CONFEDS uniforms etc, they didnt whip the Yankees! I always used to be so peeved when I was a kid to learn the CONFEDS got beat. They always seemed to look so much cooler & dashing than the NORTH! lol Amazing film this. No one around nowadays to even come close too Cagney for his all round talent.There really is magic missing from modern musicals but I can never put my finger on it so to speak? :)
stevobath 5 months ago
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Why don't they make films like this now?
grizzlybear0 5 months ago
Jimmy said he considered this his best work. He was happiest singing and dancing.
He got caught up in the gangster movies, but he was at his very best and I hope will
always be remembered for this movie. His pride and joy.
LadODell 6 months ago
in 1971 i saw an usa tv serie called yankee doodle dandy does any one knows more about this? i know the actress name was hilary but don't kow if it is her real life name.
MyLalinea 6 months ago
Back when men could REALLY dance. Now its all this rap and stuff. Why can't dancing and music be like this today?! WHY?!
1legomaster 6 months ago
Cagney is the only person that can play a psycho, then play a song and dance man, then a hero, a gangster, a shakespearean actor, and then a war general.
Ramtough93 6 months ago
Cagney is in his element here. His feet are flying - he doesn't have a care in the world. One of a kind. The 1st voice of 'talkies'.
MsKoali 6 months ago
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DOWNRIGHT UNAMERICAN OF NETFLIX NOT TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE ON THE 4TH OF JULY THIS YEAR AND EVERY JULY 4TH. Whoever chooses what movies are available to watch on NETFLIX must be a communist. Intelligent as a box of rocks.
TheMatureAmerican 6 months ago
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TheMatureAmerican 6 months ago
My daughter was born yesterday on the 4th of July !!! She's a Yankee Doodle Dandy !
goldcoastlawyer 6 months ago 5
@goldcoastlawyer Congrats! :)
mrdavidjrush 6 months ago
@goldcoastlawyer God bless your daughter my friend!
punker5556 5 months ago
Thank you for posting!!
jcbottles 6 months ago
Great film. Thanks Conan!
36thChamberofOorin 6 months ago
Happy 235th Birthday America!
mickieggie 6 months ago
My not be a perect country, but it is the best. Happy Independence day my beloved fellow Americans!
Houdini774 6 months ago 3
Happy 4th of Jully!!!
Lambieschmoo 6 months ago
Cagney started out his career as a song and dance man just as George M Cohen did. Oh, the days when mega stars loved thier country and sang her prases. HAPPY BRITHDAY AMERICA............AND.........KEEP YOUR EYES ON THAT GRAND OLE FLAG
LadyKatherine1960 6 months ago
I love everything about this movie...Happy 4th of July!
REDTEXGAL 6 months ago 19
I love this movie- when I was little and this movie was on late at night, my parents would wake me up to see this part
badams006 6 months ago
LOVE THAT CAG! Classic! Epic! We watch the DVD every year!
goocharoo58 6 months ago
A true classic love Jimmy Cagney
TheLozzer56 6 months ago
Happy 4th of July!
limotodd 6 months ago
I love that man! One of my all time favorites!
habalady 6 months ago
Bravo! Best film ever. Corny by today's standard of SFX but wholesome entertainment. Cagney a true super-star for all times. Great songs and dance routines. Film will live forever,
shulman2 6 months ago 21
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watching this movie right now~
such a great classic.
God bless the USA.
suziQ27 6 months ago
The theme for Captain America! James Cagney was awesome!
gatorduk 6 months ago
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I love this movie!
braffle 7 months ago
Love it !!!!!!!
KIZERVONZINGER 7 months ago
Almost as much energy as Mrs. Howell had after eating radioactive sugar beets.
NBZS99 7 months ago
My father was born on the 4th of July! :)
earlady66 7 months ago
James Cagney was as ever bit as good a person as he was a dancer and singer.
ogalala 7 months ago 2
@ogalala He's not dead.
Galileo185 7 months ago
@Galileo185 Yes, he is. He died on March 30th, 1986 in Stanfordville, NY. He was 86 years old. God rest his soul!!!!
dotmacis 6 months ago
@dotmacis Yes, you are right. I had him confused with someone else...
Galileo185 6 months ago
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@ogalala He's not dead.
Galileo185 7 months ago
@ogalala Oops. hit it twice....
Galileo185 7 months ago
Boy,that guy had a lot of talent
demco271 7 months ago 3
I too love this movie, I read his book Cagney on Cagney, he says musicals were his favorite movies to make. Just love it!
elmerschild 7 months ago 2
I think "Amazing" would be an understatement...love it!
RIP, Mr. Cagney...=(
bratrat 7 months ago
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charlesthepoet2004 8 months ago
you know what they say " Cohans the best, and if you don't think so you can just ask him."
ertyuiopsnake 8 months ago
THE HAWTHORN FOOTBALL CLUB HAVE THIS TUNE
janebook1 8 months ago
Jimmy must of had the first pair of Beatles boots.
blueticecho 8 months ago
The Man Can Dance! WEK
sweeviltothenth 9 months ago 3
Spellbinding
jnmklo9 9 months ago
oink oink
9doddle 9 months ago
This song was origionally for war, but thats crap war isnt bringing any peace to the world because of war a lot of kids are sitting home right now without their mom or dad because they are either fighting or dead.war is seperating us from ech other and dividing us into certin groups.
Agleefan 9 months ago
Early form of rap?
ChopstickBrando 9 months ago
What an unbelievable talent.
bertmustin 9 months ago
The fourth line of the chorus inspired the title of Ron Kovics book and the movie starring Tom Cruise
hans1538 10 months ago
I'm Canadian, and I love this song. xD I find that amusing.
nattiecakes93 10 months ago
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RememberTheTitan 10 months ago
Ah, old time patriotic songs. I have a strong feeling BioShock Infinite will elp bring this to wider notice. This is very... awesome.
liateRdnalkcoB 10 months ago
I want to go to london Just to ride a Pony.Cuz I am a Yankee doodle boy. I LOVE BEING AMERICAN. cuz you can dance to this waith an honest heart. HA!
thebttfchannel 10 months ago
James Cagney, an actors actor!!!This man has got to be one of the greatest actors of all time...musicals, drama, classics, comedy, he could do them all!!!There are no more actors like him..what we have today is nothing short of egotism in the movies ....
blessedkids1 11 months ago
Great stuff
timerready21 11 months ago
This is God awful!!!!!! I find it amazing that we cant waterboard terrorist but are subjected to video torture like this. We could bring al qadea to their knees with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T6531P 11 months ago
@T6531P
Maybe it's because you prefer the crude entertainment of punk rappers that tell their listeners to rape, kill, steal, and go to jail. And advocate how *cool* it is. Or maybe you like the punk hip-hop music. You're probably to young to actually appreciate real talent. It doesn't take talent to shake your butt on a stage and have computers augment your terrible voice.
RememberTheTitan 10 months ago
Non of that would be an accurate depiction of me or the varied music I enjoy. I am a hard core conservative that is in love with my country, the U.S.A. I have very little respect for the kids of todays generation. I hate rap, heavy metal and hip-hop/R&B. Try Martina McBride, Let freedom ring!!!! Now that is an American lets get pumped up song.... Love the troops and would like to have grown up in the 50’s. Can't stand Obama and I just think this song is painful to watch. Get over it!
T6531P 10 months ago
@T6531P
Truthfully, it isn't so much the music. It's the way he seems to enjoy himself. That is what makes James Cagney epic win in most of what he does onscreen.
RememberTheTitan 10 months ago
@T6531P You've been watching too much Faux News..our troops aren't bringing anybody freedom..they're bringing them ruined infratsructure, depleted uranium, encouraging sectarian strife ( the 'ol divide/conquer ) and installing puppet govts for 1. long term Israeli security. 2. pipelines. 3. partnering w/Afghan drug lords..4. massive war profiteering etc ..does anyone not know by now that 9-11 was a Mossad/Mossad asset/rogue CIA false flag terror op? The Muslims didn't control demo 3 towers and..
traditiobill 10 months ago
@traditiobill You started out so sensible, and then lost it.
edmundog 9 months ago
Well Mr. Cagney, we just had to drop bye, say hello and...we miss you so...love always Molly
mollymaemorrissey 11 months ago
wow, the 16 year old hit it right on the head.. I am 74 and I too, wonder what happened to the great actors...
tnarg541 11 months ago 2
Gangster also can dance...
;-)
jerryaltman 1 year ago 2
ima a music tech student, we have a special subject investigation in which we have to create a assignment ourselves, myself im going to do a 6-7 hour mix all of the music from 1900 to 2010 and i think this might be the 1st tune i use :D
vibrancy3 1 year ago
A song to drive your younger siblings crazy with! But its a classic song!
TheFuamus 1 year ago
This is epic!!!
andeaver1937 1 year ago
this is so cool i remember those old days
jaymichael13 1 year ago
Is he a member of the Institution of Silly Walks?
GoldenPickaxe 1 year ago
my favorite classic actors is james Cagney, John Wayne, marlon Brando, bob hope, and bing Crosby also Kirk Douglas. Those are inspiring too me.
themegatron14 1 year ago
I absolutely love this film.............music, dancing, the whole thing!!!
Thanks for posting this lovely reminder.
***heads to library to place a hold on it****
ORYGUNLADY 1 year ago
this is starting at the second verse o.o
Axelrad1 1 year ago
My history of American Music professor knows nothing. She said Jimmy Cagney wasn't a song-and-dance man before he made this movie. You look at those steps and tell me he wasn't a hoofer!
Veggieman87 1 year ago
@Veggieman87
You can clearly see the Irish dancing influence in his dancing and that's not something you can pick up in six weeks practice, and besides which, your American Music prof clearly knows nothing because that's what Cagney was doing before he became the quintessential bad guy in the gangster movies.
canajaneh 1 year ago 2
@canajaneh Exactly my point! And he could actually be pretty funny, too.
Veggieman87 1 year ago
@canajaneh
clearly 1 year ago
@canajaneh In Irish dance they never use the top part of the body, you are correct. James Cagney was taught properly. Unlike in Riverdance. Well spotted
clearly 1 year ago
But 19 out of 20 movies back then sucked, same as now. The thing is that we think that in the 20's 30's and40's they only made good movies when we actually jut get to see the good ones that are remembered. Crappy movies from the 40's are canned in some storage forgotten and seldom seen. That's why we think only good movies were made back then
young5ever 1 year ago 3
@young5ever That's true you've got a point there...but I still wish I was born sooner..
traditiobill 10 months ago
Prince Poppycock's version is much better. But that's probably because everything he does is better than the original. But I love this time period, and everything of it. If I recall, this is called the Industrial Age, am I right?
SnivelyTheGlamful 1 year ago
Okay, for whoever mentioned full-body shots, I agree. They're so much better then close-ups, if done right.
DragonLcver 1 year ago
early pictures and music so good to hear brings you away.from this generation.
Mastergenius00 1 year ago
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This flick deserves every superlative it's earned over the years. When erstwhile bad guy Cagney explodes on to the screen with his unique razzle dazzle mouths had to be aghast. I'm sure he became among the closest in Oscar history to win that thing by acclaim. If you haven't seen this and loved it, you're not yet a movie buff.
cremeofthereich 1 year ago
This flick deserves every superlative it's earned over the years. When erstwhile bad guy Cagney explodes on to the screen with his unique razzle dazzle mouths had to be aghast. I'm sure he became among the closest in Oscar history to win that thing by acclaim. If you haven't seen this and loved it, you're not yet a movie buff.
cremeofthereich 1 year ago
James Cagney ... A great American , a great Man ... a true legend ...
TyneBridge56 1 year ago
This man is so good, no one can compare.
emmijohnson 1 year ago
gahh next week i have to play this song on my flute :( im gonna fail
mab97mms 1 year ago
Glad to see it is still on AFI's list of top 100 American films of all time. Surely one of the most entertaining films ever made.
hhawkfilm 1 year ago
I'll say it again..."They don't make them like they use to!"
Snapdog22 1 year ago 39
@Snapdog22 damn straight
iriluu 9 months ago
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@Snapdog22 now theres niggers
brandontedesco123 6 months ago
This was on a radio show from October 19, 1942, and it was replayed on the radio last night, july, 4, 2010. (I'm 14 BTW)
JeffHendrie 1 year ago 3
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! I love this movie <3
MRM1404 1 year ago 22
i only liked 1 musical...and this is it! one of the greatest movies ever made!
maestro48239 1 year ago
Wouldn't it be great if every day was the 4th of July?
MacDragard 1 year ago
they don't make them like that anymore. Today, you'd have close-ups, foot shots, back shots, quick shots, and all the other distracting shots. Seeing the dancer full body works best, that's what Fred Astaire insisted on in his movies. Thanks Stan.
danskin4 1 year ago 2
@danskin4 Yes, full-body shots -- the camera's fullstage view is that from a theatre audience. Perfect technique to simulate, for film viewers, the theatre experience, for this film recreation of same. And it emphasizes the ensemble spirit and presentation, the superb teamwork of this film (that began shooting the day after Pearl Harbor, 1941) and USA's effort in WW2.
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
For Sparkle,Mimi and Mari.
SenorBaz 1 year ago
stupid sped up film
ColonelPhillipGreen 1 year ago
@ColonelPhillipGreen lol...i thought it was just me!
maestro48239 1 year ago
He makes it look so effortless. I don't know why I don't think of him when I think of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and other great, great dancers. Instead, in my mind, I think of Cagney as a movie tough guy. That was only a small part of what he could do. This is really amazing stuff. Off to the video store tomorrow, I guess.
electrojones 1 year ago 2
James Cagney played a gangster in all those films to earn a living in Hollywood. In this film, we are privileged to see Cagney doing what he really loved to do and it got him the Best Actor Oscar.
toddabearsf 1 year ago
My favorite movie of all time!!
SusanRandt 1 year ago
This is as good as it gets. Brings back wonderful memories of my childhood and a large extended family that did song a longs to these songs.
sllmacy 1 year ago
The women in this scene have some of the HOTTEST babes I've ever seen from this era. They were mostly grandmother types back then with the overly conservative hairstyles and dress, but these women were smokin'!
fatdogtavern 1 year ago
I LOVE this Classic 1942 film even today. Watched it many times and it always boosts my spirits and patriotic love for my country. Mr. Cohan died the year this film was released to movie theatres and was given a private screening right before he passed away. What a great, yet sad, tribute to Mr. Yankee Doodle Dandy himself! He wrote several patriotic songs that are still remembered and sung today. The Yankee Doodle Boy-1904, You’re A Grand Old Flag-1906 and a WWI favorite, Over There -1917
Gypsybelle7 1 year ago
No not mad. Just a contrast between the comments of a wise 16 year old and a not so wise 21 year old!
TheYankel 1 year ago
If only America manufactured more, if only more people were Patriotic and Grateful that their Homeland survived, Britian, Germany, Japan, Communism, and Terrorism...
RememberTHDays 1 year ago
woooow....James Cagney invented crunking!!!!!!
simplytodd 1 year ago
There's nobody like Cagney! He was such a wonderful talent. I started watching his movies when I was about 8 years old. I adore him!
sweetlowrayne 1 year ago
I never realized how light on his feet Cagney was. Wow! He was great!
christimacc 1 year ago
I was born on the 4th of july, and jimmy cagney was my favortie actor and next to his gangster movies this was my ALL-TIME favorite
dmiller60 1 year ago
because they actually put quality first and spent a fortune. Besides, "actors" are promoted if they give good face, not if they can actually do anything these days. Skills are no longer necessary. Come on, when Paris Hilton can call herself an actress and get hired for films (!) what hope is there?
silvervixis 1 year ago
They substitute skin and sequins for talent and a really beautiful artwork in Hollywood today. True film and theater are as dead as the old Celtic cultures. We're losing ourselves and only a few of us very young and very old know it, or care about it and we're too few to stem the tide.
TheRomulan 1 year ago
i watch this in music class!
crazyblood441 1 year ago
we watched this movie in music class and i love the movie
98icedude 1 year ago
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ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR 1 year ago
Like this routine from "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Anyway you can fix the audio, though?
WSenator1 1 year ago
someone upload this movie
funcooldrew2 1 year ago
Okay, I'm 16 and yet I feel they make no movie as good as they used to. There's a good one here and there, but never as good as a classic. And yet, the vast majority of my generation are degrading when it comes to movie tastes. (why the hell Avatar was nominated for Best Picture, is beyond me.)
DragonLcver 1 year ago 71
@DragonLcver Finally, someone of my own age agrees with me on the subject of old film, thank goodness I am not alone :) James Cagney is astounding
matthewcgreen 1 year ago
@DragonLcver
Totally agree!
NormbrettaMod 1 year ago
@DragonLcver
And I'm 15 btw.
NormbrettaMod 1 year ago
@DragonLcver kill yourself bro
isyou 1 year ago
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TheYankel 1 year ago
@DragonLcver Wonderful comment, I'm 54 now, I was around 11, when I discovered movies like these, and all my life I've watched them, Bogart, Davis, Cagney, Grant, I love them all, and when i hear in 2010, that a 16 year old loves these movies, it shows just how amazing they were, and more important, that they will live forever, good for you, I see me in you, enjoy these movies for ever, as I have
redredreds100 1 year ago
@redredreds100 I try. But I'm already hooked. Focus your attention on the rest of the young people.
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@DragonLcver hi i got this movie my grandma recorded it a long time ago
magicwolf101 1 year ago
@magicwolf101 I just watched it on tevo. Tevo ftw.
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@DragonLcver I'm ten years older than you and feel the same about my generation. The Oscars is a glorified popularity contest; a room full of rich people telling each other how great they think everyone else is.
DennistheGreat483 1 year ago
@DennistheGreat483 Wait, I like the oscars, and it's because they only just started this year to base it off popularity. Not the previous years. So, I say, don't blame the judges, blame the audience.
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@DragonLcver I totally and completely agree with you. You're not alone. Great comment.
GEVMM 1 year ago
@GEVMM I just watched a bunch of Steve McQueen movies. Loved it. Even if I do feel his acting is a little dry. Now onto silent films. (still 16)
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@DragonLcver While you are here check out Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers clips.
lewisner 1 year ago
@lewisner "While you are here..." O.=.o Like, while I'm still living?
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@DragonLcver That would help 8-)
lewisner 1 year ago
@DragonLcver Let me tell you something my friend. If I understand what you're saying, you might just be among the wisest of the young people on YT. At 16, if you can recognize the classics almost always have it over the latest crap that's being spewed out of Hollywood, think of how many years you have ahead of you to enjoy these great movies while your pals are just diddling to today's shit? Oh how I envy you. Hints to follow!
cremeofthereich 1 year ago
@cremeofthereich Actually, several of my friends like classics, everyone in my town thinks classics are great, not that we won't watch modern movies. I personally liked Salt, and Inception.
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@DragonLcver Here's what I suggest. Obviously, you can get a schedule of cable classics and Tivo. Or you might start your own VHS rennaissance--get a VHS combo TV if you've already thrown out your VHS player, and go to thrift shops, used book stores where they sell old classic VHS flicks on the cheap. Get your feet wet by grabbing anything you see by the great actors, and do all genres, westerns, musicals, noir, comedy, silents. Over time you'll become quite the discriminating film buff!!!
cremeofthereich 1 year ago
@cremeofthereich Thrown out my VHS player? That's crazy talk. I have more vhs tapes then dvds. And I have a lot of dvds.
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@DragonLcver So then you're all set, but again, don't waste your time with a focus on the present. Check out all genres like I said, and you'll be able to discern the great and very good from the trash.
cremeofthereich 1 year ago
@DragonLcver ...Maybe when you get older you'll understand!
leinoc 1 year ago
@DragonLcver umm news flash, if u saw Avatar, u wud kno. that was the best movie I've ever seen. and i love classic actors
obama567890 11 months ago
@DragonLcver indeed my friend. They don't make em like they used to....
enjolras76 10 months ago
Indicative of the classic films of the era. Why don't they make them like that anymore?
docwra8 2 years ago 38
Because they can't. r.
daylightlover 1 year ago
@docwra8 They don't have talent like that from that era. Today's stars (a lot of them) are trash. Dressing up to them means wearing practically nothing. In those days they had class and dignity. Not today.
empressoffrance 1 year ago
@empressoffrance Think of Singing In The Rain. They actually did that dancing and singing. No talent like that nowadays.
DragonLcver 1 year ago
@docwra8 Because, today, Hollywood is a "sewer pipe" and there is now raw talent in actors anymore.
1STACCS 1 year ago
@docwra8 Because they suck?
rivv3tify 1 year ago
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TheYankel 1 year ago
@TheYankel u mad?
isyou 1 year ago
@docwra8 They probably don't have the talent, unless they're gonna use CGI. Look at "Singin' In The Rain". What two men will they ever find nowadays who can do that in real life?
DragonLcver 1 year ago