Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Yankee Doodle in Berlin | |
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Directed by | F. Richard Jones |
Produced by | Mack Sennett |
Written by | Mack Sennett (story) |
Starring | Bothwell Browne |
Cinematography |
Fred Jackman J.R. Lockwood |
Production company |
Mack Sennett Comedies |
Distributed by | Sol Lesser on State's Rights basis |
Release dates |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Yankee Doodle in Berlin is a 1919 American silent comedy and World War I propaganda film from producer Mack Sennett. It was Sennett's most expensive production up to that time. Hiram Abrams was the original State's Rights marketer before the film's release, but producer Sol Lesser bought the rights in March 1919.[1]
Bothwell Browne was a famous cross-dresser from Northern Europe. At the time this movie was produced he was the European rival of famous American cross-dresser Julian Eltinge, who starred in very similar plotted World War I propaganda film The Isle of Love (original title Over the Rhine).
The film was later condensed for rerelease and titled The Kaiser's Last Squeal.
Plot
Captain Bob White, an American aviator behind enemy lines, disguises himself as a woman in order to fool and steal an important map from the members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.
Cast
- Bothwell Browne - Captain Bob White
- Ford Sterling - The Kaiser
- Malcolm St. Clair - The Crown Prince
- Bert Roach - Guardsman
- Charles Murray - Irish Soldier
- Marie Prevost - Belgian Girl
- Chester Conklin - Officer of Death's Head Hussars
- Eva Thatcher - The Kaiserini
- Joseph Belmont - Von Tirpitz
- Phyllis Haver - ?
References
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Yankee Doodle in Berlin at silentera.com
External links
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