How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Starring:
- Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Ford
- Category:
- Drama
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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 patriarch of the Morgan household, who dreams of a better life for young Huw. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley won five Academy Awards in 1941, including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Crisp), Best Art Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Picture (beating Citizen Kane). The book was later adapted into a 1975 BBC miniseries. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 118 mins
Complete Cast:
- Walter Pidgeon - Mr. Gruffydd
- Donald Crisp - Mr. Morgan
- Barry Fitzgerald - Cyfartha
- John Loder - Ianto Morgan
- Patric Knowles - Ivor Morgan
- Morton Lowry - Mr. Jonas
- Frederic Worlock - Dr. Richards
- Evan S. Evans - Young Gwilym Morgan
- Rhys Williams - DaiBando
- Lionel Pape - Mr. Evans
- Dennis Hoey - Motschell
- Eve March - Meillyn Lewis
- Louis Jean Heydt - Miner
- Herbert Evans - Postman
- Mary Gordon - Bit Woman
- Ann E. Todd - Ceinwen
- J.M. Kerrigan - Tailor
- Maureen O'Hara - Angharad Morgan
- Roddy McDowall - Huw Morgan
- Anna Lee - Bronwyn
- Sara Allgood - Mrs. Beth Morgan
- The Welsh Singers - Singer
- Arthur Shields - Mr. Parry
- Richard Fraser - Davy Morgan
- James Monks - Owen Morgan
- Clifford Severn - Mervyn
- Ethel Griffies - Mrs. Nicholas
- Marten Lamont - Jestyn Evans
- Tudor Williams - Singer
- Mary Field - Eve
- Tiny Jones - Shopkeeper
- Mae Marsh - Miners' Wife
- Irving Pichel - Narrator
- Director(s):
- John Ford
- Writer(s):
- Philip Dunne
- Producer(s):
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Categories:
- Drama
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- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Best Picture
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley - Film Daily - 10 Best Films
- 1989 - How Green Was My Valley - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director
- 1941 - How Green Was My Valley - New York Times - 10 Best Films
