Yankee Doodle Dandy

"I guess the first thing I ever had my fist on was the American flag. I hitched my wagon to thirty-eight stars. And thirteen stripes. You know, I was six or seven years old before I realized they weren't celebrating my birthday on the Fourth of July."

"My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you."

"It seems it always happens. Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we're a push-over all ready to be blackjacked. And it isn't long before we're looking up, mighty anxiously, to be sure the flag's still waving over us."

"[reading posters advertising Cohan's latest success] "Cohan and Harris present George Washington, Jr. starring the author and composer George M. Cohan."..."George M. Cohan and his royal family. Books and lyrics, music and directed by George M. Cohan. Printed by Sam Divensky". That must be Cohan's alias."

"The Yankee Doodle Dandiest Entertainment of 'em all!"

"Based on the story of GEORGE M. COHAN with the Greatest of all his Great Music."

"Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy!"

"James Cagney - George M. Cohan"

"Joan Leslie - Mary Cohan"

"Eddie Foy - Eddie Foy"

"Walter Huston - Jerry Cohan"

"Richard Whorf - Sam Harris"

"Irene Manning - Fay Templeton"

"George Tobias - Dietz"

"Rosemary DeCamp - Nellie Cohan"

"Jeanne Cagney - Josie Cohan"

"Frances Langford - Nora Bayes"

"George Barbier - Erlanger"

"S. Z. Sakall - Schwab"

"Walter Catlett - Theatre Manager"

"Minor Watson - Albee"

"Chester Clute - Goff"

"Odette Myrtil - Madame Bartholdi"

"Douglas Croft - George M. Cohan, age 13"

"Patsy Parsons - Josie Cohan, age 12"