Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

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Yankee Doodle Goes to Town (1939)

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

History, Drama · 11m

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.

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Cast

J
John Nesbitt Narrator (voice) Clem Bevans Curdleface (uncredited) Joe Devlin Bartender (uncredited) Robert Dudley Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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Albert Russell Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Crew

Director
Jacques Tourneur
Screenplay
Joseph Sherman
Editor
Harry Komer
Producer
John Nesbitt

Details

Release date
1939-06-17
Runtime
11m
Genres
History, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer