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An American Romance

Year:

1945

Duration:

151 min (copyright length) | USA:121 min (Turner library print)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

King Vidor

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1945-04-16

Filming Locations: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Earnings

Budget: $3,000,000

Gross: SEK 1,727,340 (Sweden) Admissions 51,157 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brian Donlevy

An American Romance

Ann Richards

Anna O'Rourke Dangos

Walter Abel

Howard Clinton

John Qualen

Anton Dubechek

Stephen McNally

Teddy Roosevelt Dangos / Narrator (as Horace McNally)

Mary McLeod

Katina 'Tina' Dangos

Bob Lowell

George Washington Dangos

Ernie Adams

Man and Dog Act (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Olson - Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Assembly Line Worker (uncredited)

Axel Anderson

Immigrant (uncredited)

Charles Bates

Teddy Roosevelt Dangos - Age 8 (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Hospitable Farm Woman (uncredited)

Arthur Belasco

Drowsy Miner (uncredited)

Leon Belasco

Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Art Berry Sr.

Customs Man (uncredited)

Anna Marie Biggs

Girl Soprano (uncredited)

John Bohn

Stage Hand (uncredited)

Bill Borzage

Miner with Accordion (uncredited)

Frederick Brady

Abraham Lincoln Dangos (uncredited)

Edmund Breon

Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

George Bunny

Workman (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Corporation Executive (uncredited)

Tom Chatterton

Board of Directors Member (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Graduation Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)

Carol Coombs

Tina Dangos - Age 6 (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Workman in Meeting (uncredited)

Richard Crane

Hank (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Judge (uncredited)

Alexis Davidoff

Interpreter (uncredited)

Bryn Davis

Danish Mother (uncredited)

Richard Derr

Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Jimmie Dodd

Workman in Meeting (uncredited)

Judith Ann Donlevy

Newborn Tina (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Fat Man (uncredited)

Billy Engle

Vaudeville Act (uncredited)

Martin Faust

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

Bartender (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

High School Principal (uncredited)

Howard Freeman

Jarrett's Associate (uncredited)

Jack George

Portrait Photographer (uncredited)

Paul Gordon

Trick Bicyclist (uncredited)

Roy Gordon

Mr. MacLane (uncredited)

Rita Gould

Shoe Salesman's Wife (uncredited)

Larry Grenier

Steel Worker (uncredited)

Jimmy Griffin

Teddy Roosevelt Dangos - Age 15 (uncredited)

Ilka Grüning

Mrs. Vronsky (uncredited)

William Haade

Passerby at Music Teacher's Home (uncredited)

Ben Hall

Abner - Man with Sheriff (uncredited)

Richard Hall

George Washington Dangos - Age 5 (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Mill Gateman (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

July 4th Picnic Speaker (uncredited)

Ed Hennerty

Man with Flag (uncredited)

Richard Hirsch

Teddy Roosevelt Dangos - Age 2 (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Auto Workers' Spokesman (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Graduation Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)

Bert Howard

Corporation Executive (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

McGregor (uncredited)

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

Thomas Jefferson Dangos - Age 6 (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

Boy at Picnic (uncredited)

Phyllis Kennedy

Information Clerk (uncredited)

J.M. Kerrigan

Charlie O'Rourke - Steam Shovel Operator (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Steel Mill Worker (uncredited)

Harold Landon

Hank (uncredited)

Bobby Larson

Abraham Lincoln Dangos - Age 8 (uncredited)

Nolan Leary

Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)

Billy Lechner

Joe Chandler Jr. (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Executive at Auto Show (uncredited)

George Magrill

Steel Worker (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

Chauffeur (uncredited)

George Meader

Politician (uncredited)

Kay Medford

Yulka - Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

John Merton

Eddie - Steel Mill Worker (uncredited)

Greta Meyer

Mama Hartzler (uncredited)

Robert Middlemass

Mr. Jarrett (uncredited)

Ivan Miller

Workman in Meeting (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Tad - Gate Guard (uncredited)

Sue Moore

(uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Hartley - Corporation Executive (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Customer (uncredited)

Rudolf Myzet

Interpreter (uncredited)

Norman Nesbitt

Announcer (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Ellis Island Guard (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Open Pit Irish Foreman (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Board of Directors Member (uncredited)

Jerry O'Neil

Doctor (uncredited)

Ed O'Neill

Brakeman (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

Streetwalker (uncredited)

Preston Peterson

Danish Father (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Workman in Meeting (uncredited)

June Pickerell

McGregor's Secretary (uncredited)

'Snub' Pollard

Bearded Messenger (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Professor Giovanni Cantaloni (uncredited)

Charles Ray

Extra (uncredited)

Charles Regan

Stage Hand (uncredited)

Waclaw Rekwart

Polish Miner (uncredited)

Bobby Rich

George Washington Dangos - Age 14 (uncredited)

Drew Roddy

Abraham Lincoln Dangos - Age 11 (uncredited)

Noreen Roth

Vaudeville Act (uncredited)

Richard Ryen

Papa Hartzler (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Steel Worker (uncredited)

Jerry Shane

Bob Chandler (uncredited)

John Sheehan

Rolling Mill Technician (uncredited)

Molio Sheron

Immigrant (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Auto Plant Guard (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan

Auto Workers' Spokesman (uncredited)

William Tannen

Auto Factory Driver (uncredited)

Ray Teal

Mine Personnel Clerk (uncredited)

Bob Thom

Stage Manager (uncredited)

D.H. Turner

Customs Guard (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Baseball Player at Bat (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

Yasha

Emmett Vogan

Committee Chairman (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Sheriff of Oak Hills (uncredited)

Johnny Walsh

Boy (uncredited)

Andrew Warrocks

Thomas Jefferson Dangos - Age 10 (uncredited)

Leon Warwick

Black Singer (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Baseball Game Spectator Behind Stefan (uncredited)

Robert Winkler

Thomas Jefferson Dangos - Age 14 (uncredited)

Duke York

Steel Mill Worker with Eddie (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Louis Adamic, author of memoirs and studies of the immigrant experience, drafted the first sections of the script.

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After the world premiere in Cincinnati, Ohio, the New York Office of M-G-M ordered 30 minutes to be cut from the film, since exhibitors complained about its length. In his autobiography, King Vidor says he expected the cuts to come out of the documentary footage in the film, but that footage was already wedded to the music. So the cuts came out of the dramatic portions. Many of the actors listed in the cast may not be seen in the 121-minute cut version which Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has shown.

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Vidor had originally thought he had an understanding with MGM that Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman would play the leads.

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Goofs

As Steve Dangos closes his front door (after arriving home from the board meeting), a hand and lower arm can also be seen closing the door from the outside.

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