I like that the real George Cohan -- portrayed by James Cagney -- watched the film and called it a good movie, but asked who it was about.
That's what drives me crazy about modern "historical" films like the Disney films that try to replicate some experience of some apparently fantastic person that overcame something. Everything based on a true story of course.
It's the "based" that skews everything. That basically tells me that writers got a hold of someone's story and wrote some dramatic version in order to sell tickets and DVDs.
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" is actually a really good film no matter if writers and directors change things to make it something that it isn't.
Cagney alone is worth the price of admission. What a fucking talent. Known as the rough criminal gangster, the guy was a terrific dancer and a sparkling personality.
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