1 of 2
Now showing
The Making of an American
About this film
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans. In the story the poor English-language skills of an Italian immigrant limit his employment possibilities and lead to an on-the-job accident. Learning from his experience, the immigrant puts himself through night school, lands a factory job, advances to foreman, and becomes a community leader. The film includes scenes shot at the Hartford Rubber Works Co. Note: According to Jan-Christopher Horak, The Making of an American was shown to more than 100,000 people in 1920. Selected for the National Film Registry.
Directors & creators
Worcester Film Corp.
Subjects
sponsored film
More from this pool