We Americans is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring George Sidney, Patsy Ruth Miller, and George J. Lewis.Erens p. 96Progressive Silent Film List: We Americans at silentera.com A young Andy Devine plays an early small role as Pat O'Dougal.
Plot Two young couples try to cross the mixed ethnic divide in America, something which is only resolved when World War I reveals the truth of American society's melting pot.
Cast George Sidney as Mr. Levine Patsy Ruth Miller as Beth Levine George J. Lewis as Phil Levine Eddie Phillips as Pete Albertini Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Levine John Boles as Hugh Bradleigh Albert Gran as Mr. Schmidt Michael Visaroff as Mr. Albertini Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Bradleigh Edward Martindel as Mr. Bradleigh Josephine Dunn as Helen Bradleigh Daisy Belmore as Mrs. Schmidt Rosita Marstini as Mrs. Albertini Andy Devine as Pat O'Dougal Flora Bramley as Sara Schmidt John Bleifer as Korn
Production Producer Carl Laemmle Jr. purchased the film rights to the play We Americans in support of the efforts of Will H. Hays, head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, to further the more rapid Americanization of immigrants within the United States. Hays organized a group of experts to advise director Sloman on the film. The initial outline for the film had immigrants from Russia settling in the United States but maintaining their native language and customs, while their children became assimilated through attended American high school, with the resulting family conflict.
Preservation With no prints of We Americans located in any film archives,Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: We Americans it is considered a lost film.
References
Bibliography Erens, Patricia (1984).The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press. Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press.
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