Editing Yankee Doodle Dandy (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film nearly doubled the earnings of ''[[Captains of the Clouds]]'' (1942), Cagney's previous effort, bringing in more than $6 million in rentals to Warner Brothers.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety149-1943-01#page/n57/mode/1up |title=101 Pix Gross in Millions|magazine=Variety|date=6 January 1943|page=58|access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> According to Warner Brothers records, it earned $4,631,000 domestically and $1,892,000 foreign.<ref name="warners"/> This made it the biggest box-office success in the company's history up to that time. The star earned his contractual $150,000 salary and nearly half a million dollars in profit sharing.<ref name=Sklar>{{cite book|last=Sklar|first=Robert|title=City Boys: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield|year=1992|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=New Jersey|isbn=0-691-04795-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/cityboyscagneybo0000skla/page/130 130]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cityboyscagneybo0000skla/page/130}}</ref> According to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', the film earned $4.8 million in [[Gross rental|theatrical rentals]] through its North American release.<ref>"All-Time Top Grossers", ''Variety'', 8 January 1964 p 69</ref>

===Critical response===
Contemporary reviews were highly positive. [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said film patrons would do well to see it, for "you will find as warm and delightful a musical picture as has hit the screen in years, a corking good entertainment and as affectionate, if not as accurate, a film biography as has ever—yes, ever—been made ... there is so much in this picture and so many persons that deserve their meed of praise that every one connected with it can stick a feather in his hat and take our word—it's dandy!"<ref>{{cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley  |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9406E2D7133CE33BBC4850DFB3668389659EDE |title=Movie Review - ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 30, 1942 |access-date=January 7, 2016 }}</ref> ''Variety'' called the film "as entertaining as any top filmusical ever made ... James Cagney does a Cohan of which the original George M. might well be proud."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Green |first=Abel|author-link=Abel Green |date=June 3, 1942 |title=Film reviews: Yankee Doodle Dandy|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1942/film/reviews/yankee-doodle-dandy-1200413939/|page=8 |access-date=September 2, 2019 }}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' wrote: "Excellent! Audiences should find this musical comedy, which is based on the life of George M. Cohan, one of the most sparkling and delightful musical pictures that have ever been brought to the screen. Much of its entertainment value is due to the exceptionally fine performance of James Cagney, whose impersonation of Mr. Cohan is uncanny—his gestures, his talk, and his dancing, are done to perfection."<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 6, 1942 |title='Yankee Doodle Dandy' with James Cagney |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |page=92 }}</ref> [[John Mosher (writer)|John Mosher]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called the film "a complete delight, an extravaganza of tunes the country has liked for decades," although he considered it "dubious" as a biography of Cohan.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mosher |first=John |author-link=John Mosher (writer) |date=June 6, 1942 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |location=New York |publisher=F-R Publishing Corp. |pages=76–77 }}</ref>

Review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 90% of 29 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "James Cagney deploys his musical gifts to galvanizing effect in ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'', a celebration of patriotic fervor as much as it is a biopic of George M. Cohan."<ref>{{cite web|title= Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/yankee_doodle_dandy |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite Metacritic |id=yankee-doodle-dandy |type=movie |title=Yankee Doodle Dandy Reviews |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref>

===Awards and honors===
The film won [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] (James Cagney), [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture]] ([[Ray Heindorf]] and [[Heinz Roemheld]]), and [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]] ([[Nathan Levinson]]). It was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] (Walter Huston), [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] for [[George Amy]], [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Writing, Original Story]].<ref name="Oscars1943">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943 |title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-13|work=oscars.org}}</ref> In 1993, ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

'''[[American Film Institute]] recognition'''
* 1998: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – #100
* 2004: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]] – #71
** [[The Yankee Doodle Boy]]
* 2005: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." – #97
* 2006: [[AFI's 100 Years of Musicals]] – #18
* 2006: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]] – #88
* 2007: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – #98