How Green Was My Valley
starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall
directed by: John Ford
directed by: John Ford
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A sixty-year-old man who looks back on his life in a welsh mining town.Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 03/02/2004Starring: Roddy Mcdowall Donald CrispRun time: 118 minutesRating: NrDirector: John Ford
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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
A sixty-year-old man who looks back on his life in a welsh mining town.Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 03/02/2004Starring: Roddy Mcdowall Donald CrispRun time: 118 minutesRating: NrDirector: John Ford
Amazon.com essential video:
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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- How bad was coal mining in human terms?
The Welsh mining town is the subject of this movie from the perspective of a young boy and his five brothers and one beautiful sister.
The love story of the sister with the minister is told with the back drop of the boy losing his older brother and Dad and his four brothers leaving England.
The mining remained a problem even until today is shown by a modern movie about a miners band that was popular.
The unions have really only been partially successful in coal mining.
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- Great film, but DVD not great quality
How Green Was My Valley has been my favorite movie of all time for many years!I was delighted to add it to my DVD collection.However, there were spots in this DVD that broke up as if I was watching digital TV that was having satellite problems.In other words, the picture broke up into small rectangles.I have to wonder where the DVD copy was made.I wouldn't have given any stars for the quality of the DVD, but I did give it 2 stars for the great story.
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- Great Film
This was a great film from long ago.The quality was outstanding, probably better than the original!!
Rating: - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
IT IS SUCH A GREAT MOVIE WISH MORE YOUNGER PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THESE TYPES OF MOVIES. tHEY WOULD THEN KNOW WHAT A TRUE STAR AND MOVIE WAS INSTEAD OF THE JUNK MADE NOW.
Rating: - Great movie!
Am not by any means any kind of professional reviewer or somebody who can knowledgeably comment upon the resolution etc of the movie, but it is a good copy that was cheap of a great movie as far as I am concerned and would recommend it to anyone.
- How bad was coal mining in human terms?The Welsh mining town is the subject of this movie from the perspective of a young boy and his five brothers and one beautiful sister.
The love story of the sister with the minister is told with the back drop of the boy losing his older brother and Dad and his four brothers leaving England.
The mining remained a problem even until today is shown by a modern movie about a miners band that was popular.
The unions have really only been partially successful in coal mining.
Black ... Read More
- Great film, but DVD not great qualityHow Green Was My Valley has been my favorite movie of all time for many years!I was delighted to add it to my DVD collection.However, there were spots in this DVD that broke up as if I was watching digital TV that was having satellite problems.In other words, the picture broke up into small rectangles.I have to wonder where the DVD copy was made.I wouldn't have given any stars for the quality of the DVD, but I did give it 2 stars for the great story.
- Great FilmThis was a great film from long ago.The quality was outstanding, probably better than the original!!
- HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEYIT IS SUCH A GREAT MOVIE WISH MORE YOUNGER PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THESE TYPES OF MOVIES. tHEY WOULD THEN KNOW WHAT A TRUE STAR AND MOVIE WAS INSTEAD OF THE JUNK MADE NOW.
- Great movie!Am not by any means any kind of professional reviewer or somebody who can knowledgeably comment upon the resolution etc of the movie, but it is a good copy that was cheap of a great movie as far as I am concerned and would recommend it to anyone.
