History ·Drama · United States of America · 1939 · 11m

Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

Yankee Doodle Goes to Town poster
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Cast
John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice) Clem Bevans as Curdleface (uncredited) Joe Devlin as Bartender (uncredited) Robert Dudley as Shopkeeper (uncredited) Albert Russell as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Crew
Harry Komer — Editor Joseph Sherman — Screenplay Richard Goldstone — Story Alvan Sommerfield — Story John Nesbitt — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
democracy
Key Collaborators
Jacques Tourneur Director Harry Komer Editor Joseph Sherman Screenplay Richard Goldstone Story Alvan Sommerfield Story John Nesbitt Producer
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