Actor, playwright, producer, and composer; he wrote Yankee Doodle Dandy, Over There, and others. Wonderful vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait affixed to a 10.25 x 12.25 photographer’s mount depicts Cohan in a shirt and tie, his hands in steeple formation before him and his eyeglasses resting on his forehead, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Basil O’Connor, With all good wishes. Sincerely, George M. Cohan.” In fine condition, with minor silvering to the darker areas. R&R COA.