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How Green Was My Valley
starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall
directed by: John Ford

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302640502
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 6302640504
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: March 01, 1995
Running Time: 118 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1941
Sales Rank: 3303

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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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- "Men like my father cannot die."
A man recalls his early days growing up in a small village in Wales, the youngest in a family of coal miners. His father was wise and strong, his mother gentle, his brothers hard workers, and his only sister beautiful. They faced the ups and downs of life with courage and hope.

This Best Picture of 1941 has become a classic and deservedly so. The hard life of the miners contrasts with the warmth of family and neighbors, and the respect and loyalty of the Morgan family is inspiring. Roddy McDowell is adorable as the youngest in the family; he gives a restrained performance that is sympathetic without being too sweet. Donald Crisp is perfect as his father, a simple yet wise man. Maureen O'Hara is lovely as the sister, even though her storyline isn't fully developed or resolved. ... Read More

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- The Valley
"There is no fence nor hedge round Time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it, if you can remember. So I can close my eyes on my Valley as it is today - and it is gone - and I see it as it was when I was a boy. Green it was, and possessed of the plenty of the earth. In all Wales, there was none so beautiful." ~from "How Green Was My Valley" (1941)

One of my favorite films of all is the John Ford masterpiece "How Green Was My Valley." Based upon the novel by Richard Llewellyn, the film follows the travails of a Welsh coal mining family in the late Victorian era, as seen through the eyes of the boy Huw Morgan, played by Roddy McDowall. John Ford had the gift of making every shot into a work of art, using the contrasts of light and shadow, snow and coal dust, sunshine ... Read More

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- How Green was my Valley
Best picture Oscar Winner for that year, family oriented, very much enjoy waching this movie.

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- How Green Was My Valley
Excellent Movie; fabulous acting; Walter Pigeon is from my home town of Saint John New Brunswick; enjoy being able to still get movies enjoyed by my parents and grandcparents.

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- How Green Was My Valley
You need a rainy day a warm fire and this movie to have a perfectly wonderful trip back in time. The actors and the mining towns put you right inside of the homes and you feel like one of the family the way this story is told. I am sure you will enjoy this one, It's worth a couple hours of your time.

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