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Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 film by Michael Curtiz
Movie film Q1321622
Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Summary

Yankee Doodle Dandy is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,208 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Actor[3], Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[4], Academy Award for Best Sound[5]
  • Director: Michael Curtiz[6]
  • Screenwriter: Robert Buckner[7], Julius J. Epstein[8], Philip G. Epstein[9]
  • Composer: Ray Heindorf[10]
  • Genre: biographical film[11], musical film[12], war film[13], drama film[14]
  • Cast member: James Cagney[15], Joan Leslie[16], Walter Huston[17], Richard Whorf[18], George Tobias[19], Rosemary DeCamp[20], S. Z. Sakall[21], Irene Manning[22], Frances Langford[23], George Barbier[24], Walter Catlett[25], Douglas Croft[26], Ann Doran[27], Dolores Moran[28]
  • Producer: Hal B. Wallis[29], Jack Warner[30]
  • Depicts: Franklin Delano Roosevelt[31]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[32], Warner Bros. Pictures[33]
  • Director of photography: James Wong Howe[34]

Why It Matters

Yankee Doodle Dandy has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Yankee Doodle Dandy receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actor[3], Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[4], and Academy Award for Best Sound[5].

Related Entities

film Hal B. Wallis Jack Warner James Cagney Joan Leslie Michael Curtiz Netflix United States Walter Huston

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [5] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Ampas collections film id → W062946
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  2. 19d ago · Davidultra · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv spielfilm film id → 89456
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → World War II, George M. Cohan, World War I +1
    Quotes work → Over There, The Yankee Doodle Boy, Give My Regards to Broadway +2
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  5. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → World War II, George M. Cohan, World War I +1
    Quotes work → Over There, The Yankee Doodle Boy, Give My Regards to Broadway +2
    Narrative location → Washington, D.C., New York City, Broadway theatre
    Set in period → 1900s, 20th century, 1910s +1
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  6. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → World War II, George M. Cohan, World War I +1
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  7. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1900s, 20th century, 1910s +1
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  8. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  9. 21w ago · Joao4669 · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → World War II, George M. Cohan, World War I +1
    Cast member → James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston +54
    Country of origin → —
    Does the dog die? media id → 182458
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