Réalisation:
King VidorPhotographie:
Harold RossonActeurs·trices:
Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen, Stephen McNally, Mary McLeod, Rudolf Myzet, Charles Irwin, Kay Medford, Paul Porcasi (plus)Résumés(1)
Director King Vidor intended An American Romance as the third entry in his "War, Wheat and Steel" trilogy (the War had been covered in The Big Parade, while Wheat was dispensed with in Our Daily Bread). Two years in production, the film cost nearly $3 million-little of which actually shows up on screen due to heavy post-production editing and rearranging of scenes. Brian Donlevy stars as immigrant laborer Steve Dangon, who becomes convinced early on that the only way he'll get anywhere in life is to accumulate huge sums of money. He takes a job in a midwestern steel mill, calculatedly working his way up the ladder from foreman to owner of an auto manufacturing firm. Though he regards himself as a "man of the people", Dangon resists the efforts of his workers to form a union.--even when his son Teddy (Horace McNally) is won over to the workers' point of view. A bitter three-month strike forces Dangon's board of directors to give in to the workers' wishes Disillusioned, Dangon retires from his business, but returns to work determined to switch over to the manufacture of airplanes when WW2 creates a demand for defense products. The "documentary" aspects of the story are far more compelling that the dramatic passages, with Donlevy's performance vacillating from strong to so-so. Minus any real star names (the leading lady is MGM contractee Ann Richards, a graduate of short subjects), An American Romance flopped at the box office, and Vidor in later years tended to dismiss the film as a misfire, severly damaged by studio tampering. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
![Joseph Crehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000321_652af3.jpg)
Joseph Crehan
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Jugement à Nuremberg (1961)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Howard Freeman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922920_f8686b.jpg)
Howard Freeman
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Madame Curie (1943)
Lettre d'une inconnue (1948)
Les Tueurs (1946)
![Dell Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/640/102640846_12e25d.jpg)
Dell Henderson
Canada
Meilleurs films :
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - i.a.
La Foule (1928)
C’est donc ton frère (1936)
![Jack Mulhall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126072_d11d1a.jpg)
Jack Mulhall
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
En avant la musique (1940)
![Harry 'Snub' Pollard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886409_13580a.jpg)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australie
Meilleurs films :
Chantons sous la pluie (1952)
Les Feux de la rampe (1952)
Procès de singe (1960)
![Ray Teal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948615_91c282.jpg)
Ray Teal
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946)
Jugement à Nuremberg (1961)
Le Gouffre aux chimères (1951)
![Charles Wagenheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298355_6d74f2.jpg)
Charles Wagenheim
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Procès de singe (1960)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Dick Wessel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335587_45e9f2.jpg)
Dick Wessel
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Furie (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
La Rue rouge (1945)
![Dick Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/470/159470718_fa6406.jpg)
Dick Elliott
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Producers' Showcase (1954) (série)
La Vie est belle (1946)
Mr. Smith au sénat (1939)
![Jack Chefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482546_09841b.jpg)
Jack Chefe
Empire russe
Meilleurs films :
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Ève (1950)
Waclaw Rekwart
Pologne
Meilleurs films :
Jugement à Nuremberg (1961)
Procès de singe (1960)
Le Grand Sommeil (1946)
![Nolan Leary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888876_e3ce6d.jpg)
Nolan Leary
Meilleurs films :
Entrons dans la danse (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Parade de printemps (1948)
![Ethan Laidlaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/310/161310716_1cb01f.jpg)
Ethan Laidlaw
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Du silence et des ombres (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
Le Dernier des Mohicans (1936)
![Emmett Vogan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/932/159932788_480a5e.jpg)
Emmett Vogan
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Edison, the Man (1940)
Love Crazy (1941)
La Rue rouge (1945)
George Magrill
Meilleurs films :
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Assurance sur la mort (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Vie est belle (1946)
Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946)
Témoin à charge (1957)
![William Haade](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/952/159952326_58cb3e.gif)
William Haade
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Convoi vers la Russie (1943)
Les Naufrageurs des mers du sud (1942)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Billy Engle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/995/159995722_88400e.jpg)
Billy Engle
Autriche-Hongrie
Meilleurs films :
Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946)
New York-Miami (1934)
Madame Miniver (1942)
![Robert Middlemass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/018/160018297_d8d6c2.jpg)
Robert Middlemass
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Mr. Smith au sénat (1939)
Un jour aux courses (1937)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
![Harry Semels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/093/160093444_4272a2.jpg)
Harry Semels
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Dictateur (1940)
L'Aurore (1927)
New York-Miami (1934)