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; (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 (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 (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 29, 2004 | /s/ George R. Schonath               
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|                     | George R. Schonath                   
|                     | President and Chief Executive Officer