No Wife Named Mary
It's curious to note that Mr. Cohan never had a wife named Mary. One of his 2 wives had a middle name Mary. Who was the Mary he wrote this song for?
shareI sincerely hope you answered this question yourself while you were typing and just accidentally hit "Post" and then forgot to immediately delete it.
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Apparently, neither. He did, however, have a daughter named Mary with his second wife; she was named after the song, not the other way around.
Cohan was married twice, and when consulted by the filmmakers on the story,
he insisted that neither wife be mentioned in the film. Warner Brothers insisted
on some romantic angle, so they added the Mary character as a kind of combination of the two wives. It was more of a coincidence than anything else
that his second wife, Agnes, had "Mary" as a middle name, and the filmmakers
just let audiences assume that this was the wife depicted in the film, although
the story really didn't reflect the lives of the couple. Cohan also had four
children, yet none were mentioned in the film.
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I believe that his sister was named Mary, and he wrote the song for her. In the film, it must have seemed better to mae Mary his love interest, so the sister became Josie and Mary his life-long love.
shareI don't appreciate you calling me a Mormon. I was well-aware that one of his wives' middle name was Mary and so was a daughter. Are you also aware that Cohan insisted that no mention of his children be permitted in the film? I imagine that he was afraid since the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder was around that time. Celebrities were petrified that their children would be taken.
shareWho called you a Mormon? Oh, you mean my tagline? It's a line from a movie. Relax. ;)
You're a Mormon...Next to you, we ALL have a drinking problem.
Cohan's sister was named Josie, whcih is made quite clear in the film. I have no idea why his children are ignored in the movie, but I doubt it was through fear of kidnapping: they were all adults in 1941.
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Your tagline is also funny and in its essence true....
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