How Green Was My Valley
by John Ford
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Actor: Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall, Walter PidgeonDirector: John Ford
Brand: PIDGEON,WALTER
Cinematographer: Arthur C. Miller
Editor: James B. Clark
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer: Philip Dunne
Writer: Richard Llewellyn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of How Green Was My Valley
DVD Review: A family favorite
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderfull transaction, for a great movie. One of our family classics. Brand new, great condition, great price, will never regret this purchase.DVD Review: Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
I viewed the video and it was perfect. I also must comment on the timely delivery and the great service. I will be doing business with this seller in the future.DVD Review: How Green Was My Valley
Summary: 5 Stars
Have always loved this movie and am so glad to now have it in my DVD collection. It is a movie you can watch over and over.DVD Review: Wonderful old classic
Summary: 5 Stars
This film was one of the greatest achievements of Hollywood's Golden Age, winning many awards (it beat out Citizen Kane at the 1941 Academy Awards) and is still worth watching today, as I discovered after watching it all the way through for the first time recently.
It follows the trials and tribulations of a close-knit family in a Welsh mining town, through the eyes of young Huw (Roddy MacDowell) the youngest of 7 brothers, who is still a school boy. The patriarch of the family (played flawlessly by Donald Crisp, who won Best Actor), and his older brothers all work in the mine. When the workers try to unionize, the sons want to join, but the father, representing the older generation's values, opposes it. This sets the stage for the inevitable and tragic disintegration of the formerly close-knit family, whose misfortunes parallel the misfortunes of the whole Welsh village as it comes to be dominated by the one over-riding economic force in the town--the dangerous and even deadly coal mine.
At first pleased to have regular wages, discontent sets in when wages remain low, some workers are mistreated, and older, more experienced workers are laid off to make way for cheaper, younger workers who will accept less pay. As the machinery and technology progresses, more and more workers are laid off as the need for manual workers continually decreases. I'm reminded of the situation chronicled by Dickens in one of his novels (unfortunately my failing memory doesn't recall the title), in which the early generation of manual loom operators were replaced by more skilled automated loom operators. Until then their skills had protected them from being fired.
In the end we see how the advent of the new technology was truly a two-edged sword for many of these small towns. Eventually the town goes into a social and psychological decline and its formerly peaceful and traditional way of life is destroyed. Cheap coal from the Welsh mines fuels England's greater Industrial Revolution, enabling the growth of great cities like London, but at the expense of what was in many ways a simpler, more peaceful, harmonious, and better small-town life.
Despite its overall downer theme, this is still one of the great movies and well worth your time.
DVD Review: VERY GOOD FILM, BUT DOESN'T QUITE LIVE UP TO THE PRAISE!
Summary: 4 Stars
It's hard to believe I never saw this film before now as I watch so many older films. 'How Green Was My Valley' is a well told story, but I found some characters didn't have enough detail and the film leaves some loose ends. I know some huge fans will be throwing me negative votes, but I don't write reviews to be popular, only to hopefully inspire movie lovers to see great films and avoid the clunkers.
This is an excellent film with a great cast, but for a film that isn't a musical, there is a lot of singing in this one and it becomes a little annoying! This is well worth your time, unfortunately I have seen better films from the era. I caught this on cable and I'm not sure if the DVD is top quality.
Description of How Green Was My Valley
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.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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