Yankee Doodle Dandy News

In film after film in the 1930s, from "Frankenstein" to "The Mummy" to "The Ghoul" and on and on, actor Boris Karloff functioned as a sort of wanderer -- an explorer -- in the shadow land between life and death.

When we first approached Heights Theater owner Tom Letness with the idea of a screening a food- or restaurant-related film as a part of the Taste 40th birthday celebration, he immediately offered some sound advice: Forget about the most obvious choices.

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With all the interest in Michael Jackson's final resting place I thought it might be interesting to look back and see where the final resting place is of some of the stars of yesteryear.

After more than a decade of Film Nights at Tanglewood, conceived by John Williams and now widely imitated elsewhere, one might expect ritual and predictability to creep into the annual Boston Pops season highlight.

At his birth on July 17, 1899, James Cagney put in an uncharacteristically frail appearance for the small but wiry human tornado who swept through his entire 86 years without impediment.

As one of Hollywood's most famous "tough guy" actors, James Cagney was known for the exuberance he poured into his roles.

As a combat veteran of World War II and Korea, I deeply resent and condemn Jay Jefferson Cooke's column 'Five Movies to Always Avoid on the Fourth.' I especially deplore his description of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy:' the 'eat your apple pie-drink your milk-wave your flag fiasco is an overrated mess.' To us in wartime it was not 'just jingoistic junk.' ...

THE WEST POINT STORY is a pleasant version of "Let's put on a show!" at the venerable military institution, with a great cast including James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, and Gene Nelson.

At least four activities are on my "must do" list every July. I read the Declaration of Independence.

The hipsters ambling past the new George M. Cohan bust at the corner of Wickenden and Governor streets this week seemed more concerned with ducking out of the July rain than gazing upon statuary.

In this era of financial belt-tightening, why not celebrate America's birthday by watching a classic film? Next to baseball, pop music, and cars, movie viewing is the great American pastime.

James Cagney helps the Prytania Theatre kick off the second phase of its Classic Movie Series this July Fourth weekend with, appropriately enough, 'Yankee Doodle Dandy,' director Michael Curtiz' 1942 film on the life of renowned composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

It's the Fourth of July. Since everyone probably is at an amusement park, a ballgame, a barbecue , a beach, a mall, a movie theater, a park, a playground or something, my colleague Mike Deak suggested to me that I not type today about any very serious issues.

The late Michael Jackson was inarguably one of the most talented entertainers of our time and certainly one of the most innovative dancers.

If you want patriotic film classics on the Fourth of July, Turner Classic Movies is the place to be.

S HOULD ANYONE be reviewing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as if it were a movie? I'm not sure it is one; they're showing it on a screen, they're selling tickets to it, but it's post-cinema. It is in essence a series of advertisements for GM, Hasbro and the U.S. Army, but the connective tissue has broken down somewhere.

"Yankee Doodle Dandy." American movies began lighting screen fireworks even in silent days.

Exterior restoration work on the historic Artcraft Theatre in downtown Franklin is set to begin at 9 a.m. Friday as the vertical portion of the signage bearing the name Artcraft is removed temporarily.

After a day full of parades, picnics and fireworks, how better to wind down than with a great Independence Day movie? Here are a few July 4th favorites to help make it a Yankee Doodle Day! 1. 1776 - This is the 1972 made for the cinema version of the musical that tells the story of our founding fathers and the writing of the Declaration of ...