How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley Review

When I first saw this movie on a small grainy tv in the 60's didn't have a opinion about an old "english" movie. I saw it again in the 90's,I was impressed how much the movie changed, certainly wasn't me.This movie captured the feeling of my family and being a young child in a large family during WW2,it brings back a lot of fond memories. Sometime later I saw r.mcdowell on tv,possibly tcm,he told the amazing story that the movie was filmed in malibu,they started filming in june,finished in august and in the theaters in september.Thats' another reason for being called the greatest generation,they sure were privledged to have a citizen kane and valley to choose from.I always went to the movies to be entertained but in this zero generation,I look forward getting a blu ray version of valley,The movie probably will change again. p.s. A few years back,a notable hi-end movie person said "what we have now is heavily stylized,slick s--t.

How Green Was My Valley Overview

Sixty year-old Huw Morgan looks back on his life as a boy (Roddy McDowall) in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of the closely knit Morgans, and his devoted parents (Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood), while capturing the sentiments and issues of their time. Maureen O'Hara and Walter Pidgeon co-star in this acclaimed screen classic, the story of one family's dreams, struggles and triumphs.

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John Ford's beautiful, heartfelt drama about a close-knit family of Welsh coal miners is one of the greatest films of Hollywood's golden age--a gentle masterpiece that beat Citizen Kane in the Best Picture race for the 1941 Academy Awards. The picture also won Oscars for Best Director (Ford), Best Supporting Actor (Donald Crisp), Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography; all of those awards were richly deserved, even if they came at the expense of Kane and Orson Welles. Based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, the film focuses its eventful story on 10-year-old Huw (Roddy McDowall), youngest of seven children to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan (Donald Crisp, Sarah Allgood), a hardy couple who've seen the best and worst of times in their South Wales mining town. They're facing one of the worst times as Mr. Morgan refuses to join a miners union whose members have begun a long-term strike. Family tensions grow and Huw must learn many of life's harsher lessons under the tutelage of the local preacher (Walter Pidgeon), who has fallen in love with Huw's sister (Maureen O'Hara). As various crises are confronted and devastating losses endured, How Green Was My Valley unfolds as a rich, moving portrait of family strength and integrity. It's also a nod to a simpler, more innocent time--and to the preciousness of memory and the inevitable passage from youth to adulthood. An all-time classic, not to be missed. --Jeff Shannon

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