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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.
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.
The film is preserved by the Library of Congress. Copies also held by Museum of Modern Art, BFI Film and Television, Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Academy Film Archive Bev. Hills.
Original Release
03/02/1919
US Release
03/02/1919
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bothwell Browne | Captain Bob White |
Ford Sterling | Kaiser Bill |
Malcolm St. Clair | The Crown Prince Freddy |
Bert Roach | Von Hindenburg |
Eva Thatcher | The Kaiserin |
Marie Prevost | A Daughter of Belgium |
Ben Turpin | A Prussian Guardsman |
Charles Murray | An Irish-American Soldier |
Chester Conklin | Officer of Death's Head Hussars |
Heinie Conklin | Prussian Guard Drill Leader |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bothwell Browne | Captain Bob White |
Ford Sterling | Kaiser Bill |
Malcolm St. Clair | The Crown Prince Freddy |
Bert Roach | Von Hindenburg |
Eva Thatcher | The Kaiserin |
Marie Prevost | A Daughter of Belgium |
Ben Turpin | A Prussian Guardsman |
Charles Murray | An Irish-American Soldier |
Chester Conklin | Officer of Death's Head Hussars |
Heinie Conklin | Prussian Guard Drill Leader |
Joseph Belmont | Von Tirpitz |
Jane Allen | Minor Role |
Billy Armstrong | Ludwig - Asylum Keeper |
Marion Aye | Bathing girl |
Bobby Dunn | Minor Role |
James Finlayson | Commander's Officer |
George Gray | Waiter |
Harry Gribbon | German Guard |
Laurel Lee Hamilton | Minor Role |
Harriet Hammond | Minor Role |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mack Sennett | Producer |