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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.

Top Cast

  • John Nesbitt

    John Nesbitt

    Narrator (voice)

  • Clem Bevans

    Clem Bevans

    Curdleface (uncredited)

  • Joe Devlin

    Joe Devlin

    Bartender (uncredited)

  • Robert Dudley

    Robert Dudley

    Shopkeeper (uncredited)

  • Albert Russell

    Albert Russell

    Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

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.

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