Film
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
1939 · 11m · History · Drama
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- 5.7
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Overview
Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets a perceived threat to democracy from board room and soapbox fascists who advocated a government based upon contemporaneous European models.
Cast
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Clem Bevans
Curdleface (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Albert Russell
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Crew
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Joseph ShermanScreenplay
- Richard GoldstoneStory
- Alvan SommerfieldStory
- John NesbittProducer
- Harry KomerEditor
Details
- Release date
- June 17, 1939
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 11m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- History, Drama
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