Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

History,

Drama

Duration:

11 minutes

Year:

1939

Director:

Jacques Tourneur

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Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast:
John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Clem Bevans

Curdleface (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Albert Russell

Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Crew:
Jacques Tourneur

Director

Richard Goldstone

Story

Alvan Sommerfield

Story

David Snell

Music

Harry Komer

Editor