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.
Film poster Β© Ronald Grant Archives
From the Archive
James Cagney
Cagney revealsΒ how the characters of his childhood on the Lower East SideΒ influenced his acting. Introduced by Michael Freeland.
From Yankee Doodle Boy 18 Jan 2001 on Radio 2
Image Β© Ronald Grant Archives
Cagney: 'It's just a job'
Cagney refuses to be labelled a genius on his return to acting at 81.
Speaking to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Tom Brown in 1982.
Hal B. Wallis
The Hollywood producer- whose films included Casablanca and Now, Voyager- talks aboutΒ Cagney's reluctance to take on the role of George M. Cohan.
Speaking to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 1975.
Image Β© Ronald Grant Archives
Yankee Doodle Dandy!
Critic Philip JenkinsonΒ on howΒ Yankee Doodle Dandy reflected the national moodΒ of 1940's America.
From America The Movie: Sit Down Your Rocking the Boat! 30 Jul 1988 on Radio 4
Image Β© Ronald Grant Archives
Michael Curtiz
Mark Read and Adrian Wooton offer their take on the work of Michael Curtiz.
From Front Row 12 Apr 2001 on Radio 4
Β Image Β© Ronald Grant Archives
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