Less than six months after the United States officially entered World War II, actor James Cagney's most acclaimed film — and you'll see why in the following Yankee Doodle Dandy facts — arrived in ...

Washington probably did stand while crossing Delaware, but not in a rowboat. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware during a Press Preview for the Metropolitan Museum ...

“Yankee Doodle Dandy,” from Warner Bros. in 1942, is a fast-moving biopic on the life of George M. Cohan, who dominated Broadway in the early part of the 20th century (he had as many as five shows ...

"Yankee Doodle Dandy" is rah-rah, rousingly American and great box office, no matter how you slice it. It's a tribute to a grand American gentleman of the theatre - George M. Cohan - whose life and ...

A new era is born.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The late James Cagney's best actor Oscar statuette for the 1942 musical "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is expected to fetch at least $800,000 when it goes up for auction on Thursday in ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - James Cagney's best actor Oscar statuette for the 1942 musical film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" went unsold at auction in Los Angeles, in a rare offering of film's top award. / ...

In the world of auctions, there's always a chance no one will bite. Such was the case for James Cagney's 1942 best actor Oscar for his role in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." The trophy failed to meet the $800 ...

Joan Leslie, the dark-haired Hollywood ingenue who starred in High Sierra, Sergeant York, Yankee Doodle Dandy and The Sky’s the Limit — all before she turned 18 — has died. She was 90. Leslie, who ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The late James Cagney's best actor Oscar statuette for the 1942 musical "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is expected to fetch at least $800,000 when it goes up for auction on Thursday in ...