Yankee Doodle Dandy - James Cagney, colorized.

[@tylerchua929]

Colorized with DeOldify. colab.research.google.com/github/jantic/DeOldify/blob/master/VideoColorizerColab.ipynb#scrollTo=PeuVL2rmuXio

[@DDumbrille]

Sorry, but it does a horrible job.

[@tylerchua929]

@@DDumbrille It's an AI.

[@cak8132]

I never get tired of watching Mr. Cagney dance in this movie. His Academy Award was well deserved for this tour de force performance.

[@Yetti0]

Performers today can’t do any of this!

[@Rick-mx5kh]

@@Yetti0 Everything today is CGI crap...

[@ketrab3802]

same me!!!! ❤

[@mariestreeting4213]

Same here, it was so unique 🥰

[@maryanneevans9563]

I had a huge crush on James Cagney. I thought he was so cute. Before he made it big, he and his sister ran a dance studio. He was a joy to watch dancing, he was so light on his feet. I never get tired of watching this movie. The last scene gets me every time. ❤

[@bkw333]

I still have a big crush on James Cagney ❤ i love your story about the dance studio of his and his sister!

[@sharonh2991]

Back when actors could not only act but they could sing and dance as well. These were true performers!

[@nordique59]

Your not wrong! Today, Hollyweird wouldn't even let this movie get off the ground, what with too may caucasian actors, extras, etc. The lyrics would be censored so as not to refer to the "I love to hear the Dixie strain" as it would be considered racist and extremely and highly offensive?! Lacking diversity & inclusion - Hollyweird would look the other way!

[@steveb6290]

Sharon, you are so right. Look up Buddy Ebsen. He was a dancer long before he was ever Jed Clampett

[@sharonh2991]

@@steveb6290 I knew he was a dancer but was surprised when I first found that out. I’ve book marked a video with Buddy Essen, Dean Martin and Charles Nelson Reilly where they are doing a really simple step to a a catchy tune. Charles Nelson Reilly nails it. I don’t know why but I like watching that one.

[@patrickmulroney9452]

they broke the mold when they made jimmy cagney!!

[@nickpayne2102]

@@steveb6290 He was brilliant. The original scarecrow in Wizard of Oz. Then switched to the tin man at last minute. Paint made him I'll and missed the film

[@patrickchambers5999]

So many people forget that he was a song and dance man and plating gangsters came later in his career. They need more like him today an all-around talent.

[@romaneros4583]

Actually it's the other way around. He was first famous for his gangster films then made this movie later in his career.

[@davidkelly7272]

Furthermore this 1942 film was heavily promoted and viewed to boost American morale in USA's War efforts. Stirring Stuff!

[@russellcraddock3529]

This movie was one of the best movies ever made acting way above anything we have today

[@garycarpenter6433]

I've always loved this movie 🎥 great music 🎶 great cast it's lasted like fine wine

[@vintagebrew1057]

Drove my folks nuts as a six year old and obsessed with singing this song and "Over There". Still love it! Thanks from London UK.

[@johnfoy2840]

John Travolta and I spent every Fourth of July glued to the television set ALL DAY watching Yankee Doodle Dandy as it played over and over again on Multi Million Dollar Movie on WPIX. Separate houses of course. 🤣🤣 HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!! GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!! RIP George M. Cohan and James Cagney 🙏🙏🙏

[@richardsmith3129]

I love this movie. It is my 4th of July go to movie. Cagney was alsome. ♥️

[@duran007fan5]

James Cagney is the greatest actor of all time i can't think of any other actors that are even secondary to him

[@dorisbiggins2708]

This NEVER EVER gets old. ❤

[@timbunker4529]

See him and Bob Hope dancing in Seven Little Foys. They compete against each other, pure magic.

[@margaretjiantonio939]

Mr Cagney surprised me with his singing & dancing. I only saw him in roles as a gangster. He was a areally talented performer.

[@Lava1964]

Correct. It would be roughly the same as discovering Sylvester Stallone is a terrific dancer.

[@Johnnycdrums]

In "The Gallant Hours" (1960) he played FLT ADM William F. Halsey Jr. A great movie too.

[@garymussell6543]

Fun Fact: My mom worked as a struggling actress at WB when this was filmed. She said the original cut had a different first minute where he is off stage ready to go on when he is told his sister has died in childbirth. Then he goes on and does this wonderful performance. Then it cuts to him offstage collapsing in tears after his curtain call. That showed much about the character of the man but Jack Warber had it cut because it took away from the fun of the song number. In the released version no mention of his sister is ever made again after this scene.

[@denisetarantino4990]

Every movie he made he was the best a real gentleman I loved him❤️❤️

[@raymondszumski1335]

A real Showman .

[@audreydaleski1067]

The final scene warms the heart.

[@meudeusefiel9820]

Amazing movies they made back then. ❤❤

[@caroleann_2142]

Cagney, One of the Greatest Actors of the 20th Century, And my absolute favorite. ❤ What a GEM. In White Heat, he scared the hell out of Dir. RAOL Walsh when he was told his Mother was dead. Walsh had no idea, he would freak out, like that & thought he was sick!! Amazing. I Love Man of a thousand faces...the story of Lon Chaney Sr. Stunning portrayal. 1933s Footlight Parade is another Stunner & he was just getting started ❤❤❤ Cohan would not allow anyone else to portray him, it was Cagney or no film!!!

[@christinewatts2531]

Man of a Thousand Faces...brilliant performance! 💖

[@dorisbiggins2708]

This NEVER gets old ❤

[@davidkelly7272]

More than 10 years ago over Christmas period the BBC showed a whole raft of Cagney movies; about 2 years later I discussed this event with a Film Critic on Radio 5 'film phone in'. He was surprised how much I knew about the YANKEE Doodle film!

[@garycarpenter2980]

This is one of the best movies he ever did and I love this song 🇺🇸🇬🇧🕺💃🐴🐎🦅❤️💙🤍🧳

[@JanicePeterson-hv4us]

love watching the rubber legs as mr Cagney bounces through his dance steps. sure wish my legs were as flexible.

[@patrickmulroney9452]

fred astaire said he would not stand on his toes like cagney too risque he said for a broken bone!

[@stevec6455]

Admittedly a little before the DEI era, but I've watched this about one hundred times and still get a thrill. Nobody danced like that then! That Cagney, can only think of one other talent like him. That was Sammy Davis Jr.

[@nickpayne2102]

Brilliant performance from a legend. So talented. I always remember him in gangster films but he could do all this as well

[@markbleichwehl]

My favorite musical.

[@ottodachat]

there is also a Great Dance Routine with Cagney and Bob Hope, from the film Seven Little Foys 1955 which is undoubtedly a classic, the timing and sight gags have their audience at the Friar's Club in stitches.

[@neilbrooks5099]

What a wonderful dancer

[@alexkorzenewski4250]

What diverse talents and athletic abilities. He was a national treasure and a patriot.

[@langdale55]

Amazing! Completely different class from anything today.

[@sandraclowdus6549]

Jimmy C.,, the one. TAP.💐💐💐💋Luv ya,you mug. keep DANCING !!!!!!!!!💐💐💐

[@jonathanlane4496]

OMG, Mr. Cagney was so Great in portraying Mr. Cohan. There is some film that can be found of George M. dancing and Cagney duplicates his style perfectly!

[@florenceneri8240]

Très bon acteur et danseur de claquette ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cjlowe1650]

Such a great talent

[@skidmark7845]

2:04 starts a Yanki Doodle tap dance that started it all!

[@nancydragin4192]

Must play Kate Smith every night...singing GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸 SO thrillLING

[@joannkelly7994]

One of the all time great performances.

[@beaverstandig1747]

Had the pleasure of meeting him, so humble and sweet. Sadly he died a few weeks later

[@mariestreeting4213]

Oh wow, how wonderful. Great memory.

[@Jenifer_G]

Loved him, growing up still do as a Nana 2023. One of the best.

[@directapprec]

@@Jenifer_G please tells us more of your meeting

[@rebeccabledsoe4550]

Love this movie the old movies are the best and awesome

[@julianneremley4430]

Loved the movie

[@winstonsmith3070]

Once upon a time in the late, once great, United States.

[@rmp7400]

A second Camelot to remember wistfully... But worry not There really is a Kingdom of God and That one is perfect & forever🎆

[@Saviour3]

Memories of the 50s and how it was before the government took the silver out of our coins ...

[@MICHAELSCOTTWALLACE1]

Makes you proud to be an American,

[@rmp7400]

Well...at least it makes one remember a time when most were taught about the idea of an America that was truly beautiful and that maybe really existed before 1913....

[@martinseagrave8408]

Top of the world ma

[@toinimoore3463]

I must preferred him in a musicial any day Wow ! That voice and the dancing!

[@amadeusamwater]

First time I've ever seen the whole song. Most impressive.

[@toinimoore3463]

I James Cagney Best Movie Ever Best Actor for This!

[@patriciaadams-rl4iz]

What a grand and talented entainer, who really believes in being a true American. He is what the older entainers were really like. Some actors today are okay, but not like the older days

[@georgestevens1502]

Cagney was a phenomenal dancer.

[@e.astleford3492]

I love watching Cagney dance.

[@mereoxendine193]

We love James Cagney.

[@bombonalvarez3802]

Brilliant!

[@solamanproductions]

He stated in an interview with Tom Brokaw many years later he totally improvised the dance sequence on the spot...what talent

[@goofyrulez7914]

This is entertainment!!!!

[@jerryblake4088]

RIP JAMES 🙏 🪦 😌 ☹️ 😔 ☮️ 🙏 🪦 😌

[@akrenwinkle]

I'd call this performance art, not really dancing. That's not to say it has no worth; it certainly does. It's heartwarming and expresses the character he's portraying.

[@rorymac7714]

He was deliberately doing it in the style of George M Cohan and magnificently too. For Cagney showing dancing at it's best watch him with Bob Hope in the Seven Little Foys.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@rorymac7714 He did the same routine, facial expressions and all, in "Foys." It's sort of, for want of a better description, a quick paced stroll back and forth, chest out to show his endearing, feisty personality. Nothing wrong with it, just the opposite.

[@rorymac7714]

@@akrenwinkle I am afraid, I disagree. His dancing was different as Gene Kelly's was so different to Fred Astaire. But non the less dancing.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@rorymac7714 There's no right or wrong about such abstract things. One could argue that Rex Harrison was singing in "My Fair Lady" and "Dr. Doolittle" and be right... or wrong, depending on one's personal concept of "singing." It's all very subjective.

[@rorymac7714]

@@akrenwinkle Indeed, it's question of personal opinion. You expressed yours and I expressed mine. Are opinions that abstract??

[@ellenthorne8222]

I believe Mr Cohen ended his shows with these words, My Father thanks you, My Mother thanks you, My Sister thanks you and I thank you. Cagney was brilliant straight actor and dancer, my scene of him dancing with Bob Hope in the 7 Little Foys

[@andyadler]

Cohan. Not Cohen.

[@ellenthorne8222]

@@andyadler sorry

[@PatriciaM64]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!! AMERICAN PATRIOTISM!!!!!!!!!

[@Uncle65788]

None Better

[@julianneremley4430]

So true

[@mariestreeting4213]

So wonderful to see this in colour. Is the whole film available in colour. My copy is black and white.

[@tylerchua929]

Not that I know of.

[@simontempler3239]

Now this some real old school RAP

[@groovygirl23]

God, Cagney was genius.

[@normacotter3377]

This just not seem the same in color. Give me the black and white movies ❤ love James Cagney

[@swimmad456]

All the clarity and sharpness of the original B&W has been sucked out. Still a great film with a great artist.

[@tylerchua929]

The original B&W was better. I agree completely. But this colorization does allow for a more nuanced look (to some extent).

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

The real Hollywood.

[@shellibelli4387]

I like your colorized version better than another one I saw that used vivid pastels that were distracting. Nice work.

[@tylerchua929]

Thank you, it was an AI which I recommend. Check the pinned post!

[@markbleichwehl]

Nothing beats a classic black and white classic movie

[@m.j.c.6969]

You like the colors changing and purple rusty blobs? You're not too smart are you Shelli?

[@WytZox1]

* When Joel Gray did "George M" TV special my dad said "Cagney did it better!" 😃

[@MargieOToole]

I still have a major crush on James Cagney. Character Crush is Rocky Sullivan. WOWZERS!!!!!?

[@brijels9015]

EUA tem amor pela sua data, no Brasil, praticamente estão banidas datas cívicas, uma pena, parabéns EUA, hoje 4 de julho de 2023!

[@teresathompson1114]

They said Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire could dance ,this man is in a league of his own ❤

[@richardblayneamerican8149]

We've loved it in black and white from day one. But YES, it should have been filmed in color. Especially when you consider the scene with all the marchers and their American flags.

[@twomindz79]

Go the hawks !

[@mariestreeting4213]

This is wonderful. Any chance of getting the whole movie in colour? ❤️

[@tylerchua929]

Not that I know of. Thank you!

[@Iggywiggywoo]

I can’t do Jimmy Cagney!

[@mudgebauer]

This great movie should be entirely colorized with 4K.

[@acharlesamenttjr]

What a hoofer!

[@suzysuzy4799]

💚🙏😇🙏💚

[@johnervolina6738]

How he didn’t win an Oscar , is a great mystery to me.

[@WalterDWormack214]

"How he didn't win an Oscar, is a great mystery to me". This film was the one, that saw him take home "the best performance by a actor in a leading dramatic role",Academy Award.

[@Rick-mx5kh]

He did win the Oscar for this...

[@rb1691]

Not a singer. At least in the sense of Crosby. Not a dancer. At least in the sense of Astaire. But kinetic as heck. Fun. Spirited. Full of energy. And the allure of girls in gowns.

[@vincentlavorgna2867]

You really should take this off utube.

[@dbx1233]

I'm guessing not one of these guys played in the NFL.

[@lennon1252]

His greatest movie and performance was in "Angels With Dirty Faces" 1938. Better than White Heat and this musical.

[@aanbb48]

“‘Merica”-me July 4th 2024

[@davidsapp6115]

The vaudeville days were the best!

[@Denovo-v9i]

Mr Cagney try show that he was more than a "gangster"

[@briansmith2434]

You can see who Norman Wisdom copied

[@ryankloiber5025]

Can you colorize “Give My Regards to Broadway”, also from Yankee Doodle Dandy?

[@audreydaleski1067]

8

[@anthonyanderson2405]

It is regrettable that the film was not originally filmed in color in 1942, sadly the colorization on display here is rather cheap looking and does no favor to the film.

[@tylerchua929]

It was done by an AI. This clipping is just an experiment.

[@tylerlozano9849]

The Color is Terrible.

[@rmp7400]

Well.... 'tis better than black & white w 50 shades of gray in between...

[@tylerchua929]

It was AI.

[@The55nomad]

The greatest American actor, period.