Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

Name: Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1939-06-17
Duration: 11 min
Cast: John Nesbitt, Clem Bevans, Joe Devlin, Robert Dudley, Albert Russell

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1939 · 11 min · NR · History · Drama · TMDB 8.0/10

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.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

Cast

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