Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - (Movie Clip) Being Eighteen Is Very Wise

Elaborate meet-cute, where James Cagney (in his early 40’s) as young George M. Cohan is backstage after playing his own mother’s father, approached by aspiring actress Joan Leslie (who actually was 18), who will become Mary Cohan, in Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942.