CinemaOSMovie · 1939 · 0h 11m · NR

Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

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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.

Directed byJacques Tourneur

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 11m
Language
EN
Released
June 17, 1939
Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Clem Bevans

Clem Bevans

Curdleface (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Joe Devlin

Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Albert Russell

Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Creative team
Directed by
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur
Written by
Richard Goldstone
Alvan Sommerfield
Produced by
John Nesbitt

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