Yankee Doodle Dandy/Trivia


 * Playing Against Type: Cagney actually had quite a bit of experience in musical theater. However, his film career had typecast him as a tough guy after he starred in hit gangster films like The Public Enemy and Angels with Dirty Faces.
 * Throw It In: The most famous scene in the film, where Cohan tap-dances down a White House staircase, was ad-libbed by Cagney and done without any rehearsal.