Starring Brian Donlevy
with Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen, Horace McNally.

A Czech immigrant, poor and illiterate, arrives in the United States at the turn of the century and begins working in the Minnesota iron mines.

King Vidor chose to tell the story of the mighty American steel industry in terms of Steve Dangos's success as he fights from rags to riches in a pursuit of the American Dream. With a fine performance from Brian Donlevy and outstanding film sequences on the processing of steel and factory assembly lines, An American Romance has become one of Hollywood's forgotten films.
(This Week's Films: page 9)