Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
George M. Cohan: My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you.
(George M. Cohan comes into apartment and smells something cooking) George M. Cohan: Mmmmm... ham or bacon? Mary: Bacon. George M. Cohan: Good. Ham makes me self-conscious.
George M. Cohan: Thanks, Sam. It'll be great as long as those critics don't start to eat off my leg. Sam Harris: Oh, don't worry about the critics! You got a smash hit! It's in the air, kid! It's in the air! You can't stop anything that's in the air!
(first lines) Critic #1: I call it a hit. What'll your review say? Critic #2: I like it too, so I guess I'll pan it.
(last lines) Sergeant on parade: What's the matter, old timer? Don't you remember this song? George M. Cohan: Seems to me I do. Sergeant on parade: Well, I don't hear anything. (Cagney starts singing along)