Gregory Maupin: 1776, filmed on the same backlot as The Music Man, written by Meredith Willson, bandleader for Burns & Allen, whose theme was “Love Nest,” by George M. Cohan, sung briefly by Frances Langford in Yankee Doodle Dandy.

1776, filmed on the same backlot as The Music Man, written by Meredith Willson, bandleader for Burns & Allen, whose theme was “Love Nest,” by George M. Cohan, sung briefly by Frances Langford in Yankee Doodle Dandy.

1776, break to do stuff, Yankee Doodle Dandy, break to make us a cocktail, The Music Man. This is the way.

I love seeing the Santa Monica mountains out around 22nd and Walnut Streets whenever I watch 1776. #TCMParty

Also visible when Harold Hill first gets off the train and heads down River City’s Main Street! #TCMParty

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