Factual error: Although quite typical for biopics of this era, certain aspects of Cohan's life are glossed over. The movie shows him in a lifelong marriage to his first love. However, he was in fact married in 1899 to Ethel Levy, and after their divorce in 1907 he married Agnes Mary Nolan, who remained his wife until Cohan's death in 1942.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Starring: James Cagney, Walter Huston, Joan Leslie, Richard Whorf
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George M. Cohan: My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you.
Trivia: James Cagney won his only Oscar for his performance as George M. Cohan in this movie.