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Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 · 126 min · Director: Michael Curtiz ★ IMDb 7.6 · 18,325 ratings

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A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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Emotional fingerprint

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Humor 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%
  2. Joy15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Humor, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Music. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Humor and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Joy
  • Love
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Joy
Love
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyLoveSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy37 %28 %17 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Joy43 %33 %25 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Humor43 %25 %23 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Humor40 %20 %19 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Humor39 %24 %19 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Humor36 %21 %15 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Humor36 %18 %10 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Humor40 %25 %8 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Joy48 %38 %21 %4 %
47.5 %≈ 60′Love50 %36 %38 %3 %
52.5 %≈ 66′Humor49 %31 %41 %4 %
57.5 %≈ 72′Love51 %34 %39 %5 %
62.5 %≈ 79′Humor50 %36 %29 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 85′Joy54 %40 %38 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 91′Love59 %35 %44 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 98′Sadness60 %24 %28 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 104′Sadness66 %18 %28 %60 %
87.5 %≈ 110′Nostalgia63 %18 %34 %55 %
92.5 %≈ 117′Humor55 %32 %29 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 123′Joy58 %50 %23 %12 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JL
Joan Leslie

WH
Walter Huston

Jerry Cohan

RW
Richard Whorf

IM
Irene Manning

RD
Rosemary DeCamp

JC
Jeanne Cagney

FL
Frances Langford

GB
George Barbier

WC
Walter Catlett

Theatre Manager

DC
Douglas Croft

George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13

EF
Eddie Foy Jr.

Eddie Foy

MW
Minor Watson

Albee

CC
Chester Clute

Goff

OM
Odette Myrtil

Madame Bartholdi

PP
Patsy Parsons

Josie Cohan, as a girl of 12

SS
S.Z. Sakall

Schwab

JY
Jack Young

The President

Ann Doran

Receptionist (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Written by
Julius J. Epstein, Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph
Type
Movies
Released
1942
Runtime
126 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Music
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 18,325 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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