Cavalcade of America

Season 2 Episode 16: Man of Glass

Dramatizes the life of Henry William Stiegel, who came to America from Germany and rose from a worker in an iron foundry to be head of a large glass factory. Describes Stiegel's realization, following his financial ruin, that material success did not make him superior to other men, but that his greatness lay in the beauty of the glassware which he created. He built a church and received as rent, one red rose.

Genre:

Drama

Seasons:

5

Episodes:

131

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

1952

IMDb:

4.6