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Christmas with Cagney: Yankee Doodle Dandy

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring James Cagney with Walter Huston , Joan Leslie
The musical biography of the famous American entertainer, George M. Cohan. James Cagney , who had begun his career in vaudeville, temporarily forsook the gangster roles which had brought him Hollywood fame, to play a song-and-dance man. And his portrayal of George M. Cohan won for Cagney the 1942 Award for Best Performance by an Actor.
Director MICHAEL CURTIZ
. Films- pages 15-16

Contributors

Unknown:
James Cagney
Unknown:
Walter Huston
Unknown:
Joan Leslie
Unknown:
George M. Cohan.
Unknown:
James Cagney
Unknown:
George M. Cohan
Director:
Michael Curtiz
George M Cohan:
James Cagney
Jerry Cohan:
Walter Huston
Mary:
Joan Leslie
Sam Harrie:
Richard Whorf
Fay Templeton:
Irene Manning
DietZ:
George Tobias
Nellie Cohan:
Rosemary Decamp
Josie Cohan:
Jeanne Cagney
Singer:
Frances Langford
Erlanger:
George Barrier
Schwab:
S Z Sakall
Theatre manager:
Walter Catlett
George M Cohan (age 13):
Douglas Croft
Eddie Foy:
Eddie Foy Jr
Albee:
Minor Watson
Goff:
Chester Cute
Madame Bartholdi:
Odette Myrtill
Source: Radio Times

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