# James Cagney trivia question.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 31, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cagney-trivia-question/328732 "2005-10-31T16:07:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cagney-trivia-question/328732/1 "2005-10-31T16:07:46Z")

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In what movies did James Cagney play George M. Cohan?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cagney-trivia-question/328732/2 "2005-10-31T16:13:47Z")

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Are there others besides **Yankee Doodle Dandy** and **The 7 Little Foys**?

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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cagney-trivia-question/328732/3 "2005-10-31T17:17:33Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Are there others besides **Yankee Doodle Dandy** and **The 7 Little Foys**?

You’re too good. A guy could learn to hate that real easy.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cagney-trivia-question/328732/4 "2005-10-31T19:14:57Z")

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I watch classic movies. Sue me. 😃

Actually, I have both of those movies in my collection, so it wasn’t that hard to remember.

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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cagney-trivia-question/328732/5 "2005-10-31T22:31:19Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> I watch classic movies. Sue me. 😃
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> Actually, I have both of those movies in my collection, so it wasn’t that hard to remember.

Trivial trivia. There’s Cohan in the Foy movie and Foy in the Cohan movie.

A short scene in **Yankee Doodle Dandy** has Eddie Foy, played by Eddie Foy, Jr., marveling at a theater plastered with advertising for a new musical starring George M. Cohan, words and music by George M. Cohan, choreographed by George M. Cohan, directed by George M. Cohan, produced by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cagney-trivia-question/328732/6 "2005-10-31T22:34:53Z")

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Yankee Doodle Dandy is one of those movies that works _because_ of its outright corniness, not in spite of it. Great film!