Exhibit 31.1

I, George R. Schonath certify that:

| | 1. | I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of The Middleton Doll Company;
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| | 2. | Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
                    material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements                     made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not                     misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
                    included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial                     condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and                     for, the periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. | The
registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
                    establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in                     Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrant and have:
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| | (a)
                           Designed such disclosure
controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure           controls and procedures to
be designed under our supervision, to ensure that           material information relating
to the registrant, including its consolidated           subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly           during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
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| | (b)
                           Evaluated the effectiveness
of the registrants disclosure controls and           procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness           of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered           by this report based on
such evaluation; and
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| | (c)
                           Disclosed in this report
any change in the registrants internal control           over financial reporting
that occurred during the registrants most recent           fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to           materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial           reporting; and
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| | 5. | The
registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
                    our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the                     registrants auditors and the audit committee
of registrants board of                     directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):
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| | (a)
                           All significant
deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation           of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to           adversely
affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and           report
financial information; and
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| | (b)
                           Any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees           who have a significant
role in the registrants internal control over           financial reporting.
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|Date:  March 18, 2005 | /s/ George R. Schonath               
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|                      | George R. Schonath                   
|                      | President and Chief Executive Officer