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
  • June 29, 1919 (1919-06-29)
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

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