Glenn Patterson
Glenn Patterson chooses the film Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Works include Burning Your Own, The International, The Mill for Grinding Old People Young and the 2013 film Good Vibrations
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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Glenn Patterson chooses the film Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney as composer George M. Cohan and directed by Michael Curtiz.
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From the Archive
James Cagney
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Cagney reveals聽how the characters of his childhood on the Lower East Side聽influenced his acting. Introduced by Michael Freeland.
From Yankee Doodle Boy 18 Jan 2001 on Radio 2
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Cagney: 'It's just a job'
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Cagney refuses to be labelled a genius on his return to acting at 81.
Speaking to the 成人快手's Tom Brown in 1982.
Hal B. Wallis
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The Hollywood producer- whose films included Casablanca and Now, Voyager- talks about聽Cagney's reluctance to take on the role of George M. Cohan.
Speaking to the 成人快手 in 1975.
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Yankee Doodle Dandy!
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Critic Philip Jenkinson聽on how聽Yankee Doodle Dandy reflected the national mood聽of 1940's America.
From America The Movie: Sit Down Your Rocking the Boat! 30 Jul 1988 on Radio 4
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Michael Curtiz
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Mark Read and Adrian Wooton offer their take on the work of Michael Curtiz.
From Front Row 12 Apr 2001 on Radio 4
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