How Green Was My Valley (1941) (1942)

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7.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

John Ford

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Walter Pidgeon
Mr. Gruffydd

Maureen O'Hara
Angharad

Anna Lee
Bronwyn

Donald Crisp
Mr. Morgan

Roddy McDowall
Huw

John Loder
Ianto

Sara Allgood
Mrs. Morgan

Barry Fitzgerald
Cyfartha

Written by

Philip Dunne
(screen play)

Richard Llewellyn

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Most underrated film EVER!!

14 years, 3 months ago at Jan 17 2:57

SJMJ91

4 votes

How Green Was My Valley was a film that both broke and melted my heart. Every single thing about this film was PERFECT!! This is an inspiring classic that in my opinion didn't touch enough hearts as it should have. This is without a doubt the most underrated film of all time. What really annoys me is because it beat the so-called "greatest film of all time" Citizen Kane to Best Picture in 1941, pe... read more

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11 years, 5 months ago at Nov 23 5:49

Happy Vader

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Two-minutes into this film and you have already fallen in love. When the film ends, the feeling is akin to waving your bestest friend goodbye at the train station, with the tears and handkerchiefs and all. It is timeless, one of the many films which constantly changes the batteries in its watch. It never once ages, nomadder how many times you watch it, it just never does. It doesn't feel like you'... read more

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10 years, 10 months ago at Jun 19 14:54

bharath

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Spanning 50 years, director John Ford's How Green Was My Valley revolves around the life of the Morgans, a Welsh mining family, as told through the eyes of its youngest child Huw (Roddy McDowall). Over the years, the family struggles to survive through unionization, strikes, and child abuse. As they do so, their hometown and its culture begins to slowly decline. Donald Crisp portrays Gwilym, the p... read more

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This story of a Welsh valley's turn-of-the-century descent from pristine paradise to despoiled coal mining region, is told in flashback form by Huw Morgan, an old man who has decided to leave the valley forever. Huw is the youngest in a family of 6 brothers and 1 sister and the film centers on his struggle toward manhood amid conflicting demands of faith, economics, education and family loyalty in a Wales caught in an irreversible shift from a pastoral to an industrialized society. The story, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, is accented by an impressive background of Welsh choral music and quaint patterns of speech.

Release date: 9 April 1942
UPC: 024543000310

Tags: Drama (9), 1940s (7), School (5), Wales (5), Family (4), 1941 (4), Best Picture Oscar (3), Rescue (3), Based On A Novel (3), Strike (3), Western (2), Historical (2), Black & White (2), Church (2), Best Director Oscar (2), Social Issues (2), Minister (2), Large Family (2), Mining (2)

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