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title: 'The Making of an American (1920)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Guy Hedlund'
released: '1920-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-making-of-an-american-1920'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0495860/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Making of an American (1920)

1920 · United States


## Synopsis

The Making of an American is a 1920 American silent short film used as an educational tool in the governmental Americanization initiatives to assimilate immigrants into mainstream culture, especially by encouraging them to learn the English language. It was produced for the State of Connecticut Department of Americanization by the Worcester Film Corp., a company founded in 1918 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The film was rediscovered and preserved by Northeast Historic Film (NHF) a regional moving image archive in New England.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Guy Hedlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-hedlund)

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