Making an American Citizen (1912)
A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
- Date of release
- 1912-10-30
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alice Guy-Blaché
Casting
- Lee Beggs — Ivan Orloff
- Blanche Cornwall — Ivan's Wife
Interesting facts
Making an American Citizen is a 1912 silent comedy short film by the pioneering French woman filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché, produced at Solax Studios. Originally advertised as "educational drama" or "educational subject," it grapples with the theme of immigration, assimilation, and of becoming a "good American." The film carries an explicit feminist message: the lopsided power dynamics in an immigrant couple becomes increasingly equalized, as the couple spends more time in America.
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