HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (FILM)

'''How Green Was My Valley''' is an American 1941 film directed by John Ford.^[1]
The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, written by Philip Dunne, and based on the Richard Llewellyn novel of the same name.
The film stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall, and others.
The film tells the story of the Morgans, a close and hard-working Welsh coal-mining family at the turn of the century as a socio-economic way of life passes and the home-family unit disintegrates.

Contents

Plot

Background

Cast

Awards

Cultural References

Footnotes

External links

Plot

The film tells the story of the Morgan family, a Welsh mining family, as told through the eyes of its youngest child Huw (Roddy McDowall).
Through the many years, the Morgans struggle to survive many hardships: unionization, strikes, and child abuse.
As time passes, their hometown and its culture begin to decline.

Background

Director John Ford wanted to shoot the movie in its natural setting, Wales, but events in Europe, World War II made his goal impossible.
Instead, Ford built a replica of the mining town at the close-to 3,000 acre Fox Ranch in Malibu Canyon, where My Friend Flicka and M
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Cast

★ Walter Pidgeon as Mr. Gruffydd

★ Maureen O'Hara as Angharad Morgan

★ Anna Lee as Bronwyn

★ Donald Crisp as Gwilym Morgan

★ Roddy McDowall as Huw Morgan

★ John Loder (actor) as Ianto Morgan

★ Sara Allgood as Beth Morgan

★ Barry Fitzgerald as Cyfartha

★ Patric Knowles as Ivor Morgan

★ Morton Lowry as Mr. Jonas

★ Arthur Shields as Mr. Parry

★ Ann E. Todd as Ceinwen

★ Frederick Worlock as Dr. Richards

★ Richard Fraser as Davy Morgan

Awards

'Wins'

★ New York Film Critics Circle Awards: NYFCC Award; Best Director, John Ford; 1941.

★ Academy Awards: Oscar; Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Donald Crisp; Best Black-and-White Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Richard Day, Nathan Juran and Thomas Little; Best Black-and-White Cinematography, Arthur C. Miller; Best Director, John Ford; Best Picture, Darryl F. Zanuck; 1942.

★ Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Foreign Film, John Ford, USA; 1943.
'Nominations'

★ Academy Awards: Oscar; Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Sara Allgood; Best Film Editing, James B. Clark; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture, Alfred Newman; Best Recording Sound, Edmund H. Hansen; Best Screenplay Writing, Philip Dunne; 1942.
'Other distinguishments'

★ In 1990 the film was selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry.

Cultural References

★ The film was part of the opening storyline in the Frasier episode High Crane Drifter.

Footnotes

1. ''How Green Was My Valley'' at the Internet Movie Database.
2. ''Reel Classics'' web site.

External links

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★ ''How Green Was My Valley'' at ''Reel Classics''.

★ ''How Green Was My Valley'' at ''Film Site'' web site; contains plot detail.