An American Romance (1944) On DVD

Actor:      Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen, Horace McNally
Director:  King Vidor
Genre:     Drama
Year:       1944
Studio:    Warner Archive/MGM
Length:   121
Released: May 6, 2010
Rating:     Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:    DVD
Misc:        Color
Language:English
Subtitles  :N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Brian Donlevy goes from rags to riches in King Vidor's ambitious Technicolor ode to hard work, family and the American Dream.
Arriving penniless in the United States, Czech immigrant Steve Dangos (Donlevy) soon realizes America truly is the land of opportunity. Starting out in the iron mines of Minnesota, Dangos heads to the steel mills of Chicago, a decision that will earn him wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams - and put him at odds with his workers when they try to unionize. Produced over a two-year period at the then-enormous sum of $3 million, An American Romance is a bold and gripping saga in the Vidor tradition. "No other American director ever matched Vidor's sense of personal struggle, or the muscular poetry he found to express it" (Tony Rayns,
Time Out Film Guide).