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How Green Was My Valley
The story chronicles life in the South Wales coalfields, the loss of that way of life and its effects on the family. At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
10 March 1888, Dublin, Ireland
February 17, 1900 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
9 October 1887, Oslo, Norway
7 December 1895, Portland, Oregon, USA
10 June 1909, New York City, New York, USA
August 1, 1897 in Georgia, USA
16 March 1910, Preston, England, UK
17 September 1928, Herne Hill, London, England, UK
10 March 1898, Lancashire, England, UK
24 June 1891, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
26 April 1878, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
15 February 1896, Dublin, Ireland
10 February 1913, New York City, New York, USA
9 November 1894, Madrid, New Mexico Territory, USA
November 28, 1888 in Ohio, USA
October 1, 1889 in Los Angeles, California, USA
September 27, 1910 in Fresno, California, USA
17 April 1903, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
February 5, 1892 in Denver, Colorado, USA
23 September 1904, Glencoe, Illinois, USA
February 23, 2016
There are a lot of rich characters and good instances of moral outrage. It may not be better than Citizen Kane, but it's still a pretty damn good movie.
January 13, 2014
This is precisely the kind of movie that gave Hollywood film-making dignity and supremacy in its heyday.
January 30, 2008
How Green Was My Valley is one of the year's better films, a sure-fire critic's picture and, unlike most features that draw kudos from crix, this one will also do business.
March 17, 2008
Beat out the much superior Citizen Kane for the Oscar for Best Picture.
April 25, 2017
Sentimental classic still tugs at the heartstrings.
January 14, 2013
A screen version of such a book is a bold project, but Darryl Zanuck as producer and John Ford as director have succeeded in capturing to a remarkable degree the atmosphere of the novel.
February 18, 2015
One of the outstanding film productions of the year.
September 14, 2015
There is no logical reason why you should feel as warm and nostalgic as you do at the end of How Green Was My Valley.
December 12, 2006
Expert performances from Donald Crisp, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, and a host of brilliant character actors enhance a magnificent movie experience.
February 19, 2013
The acting is strong, and Arthur Miller's Oscar-winning photography gives the images a spooky luster, but a little bit of Ford's salt-of-the-earth piety goes an awfully long way.
November 16, 2015
Captures an idyll of youth that has been lost to the corrosive practices of modern business.
February 17, 2009
Because his recollections ring true, they are certain to evoke a similar nostalgia in all but the most slab-sided of moviegoers.