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How Green Was My Valley [VHS] [1941]

VHS ~ Walter Pidgeon
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall
  • Directors: John Ford
  • Writers: Philip Dunne, Richard Llewellyn
  • Producers: Darryl F. Zanuck
  • Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, PAL
  • Language English, Welsh
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 3 May 1994
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CL44
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,085 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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    #11 in  Video > Classic Films > Directors > Ford, John
    #50 in  Video > Classic Films > Drama > 1940s

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Amazon.co.uk Review

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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Drama based on the lives of the Morgans, a Welsh family living in a small mining community in the early 1900's.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic tale of family life in a Welsh valley., 14 Mar 2000
Classic tale of family life in a Welsh valley at the beginning of the 20th Century. It's the story of Huw Morgan, son of a Collier in a small Welsh village, and his family. It depicts life in a small mining village at the turn of the Century, and how the lives of the Morgan family changed with the times. It also shows how the mines changed the Welsh landscape.

A film with humour, romance, courage, hardship and sadness, this film is one of all the time classics, and a must to watch.

Excellent performances by Walter Pigeon, Maureen O'Hara and the young Rodney McDowell, amongst others.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great piece form that great american director, 17 Jan 2003
This review is from: How Green Was My Valley [DVD] [1941] (DVD)
I enjoy John Fords work, in particular his westerns, so was intrigued by this nostalgic story set in a rural coal mining town. While unappealing for many I'm sure, persevere and you'll find a delicate gem - a story about fragility of life and family. Melancholically shot in black and white with some stunning cinematography, the film is required viewing for those who can appreciate it.

'How Green Was My Valley' was a film close to Ford's heart - in the same way the 'Quiet Man' was. Although that latter film is more famous, it is this one which is the superior.

The DVD has no features to speak of except a trailer, but for a film this great, and a print this great who cares?

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy remastering for Hollywood's best film of 1941., 22 Nov 2005
By John Austin "austinjr@bigpond.net.au" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Green Was My Valley [DVD] [1941] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Richard Llewellyn's poignant, nostalgic novel "How Green Was My Valley" appeared in 1939. Hollywood was quick to work on a film adaptation, requiring a top director and producer, the recreation of a Welsh mining village in California, assembling a Welsh male choir and all the other essential requirements. Its success might be measured by the swag of academy awards and nominations it received, triumphing over such contenders for best picture as "Citizen Kane" and "The Maltese Falcon".

There is an appeal to the heart here. Homely, sturdy values and speech idioms of long ago are displayed in their best light. There is also an appeal to the mind. Political issues are examined, as are the effects of capitalization, worker exploitation and unionism.

Because a reading of the book and a viewing of the film have always moved me deeply, I have avoided them for many years. I recently watched the DVD version however, and can report that the DVD remastering has been completely successful. Although 1941 was a good year for cinematography, sound track quality was far from satisfactory. Some slight enhancing has been done here to render the choral singing and orchestral sound at least tolerable. Dialogue is clear.

The film immortalizes the work of veteran actors Donald Crisp and Sara Allgood, who play the parts of Gwillym and Beth Morgan, the parents of the mining family. It also best shows the child acting talent of Roddy McDowell, then aged 13. And it is Irving Pinchel who provides the unforgettable narration.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "It makes me think of so much that is good, that is gone"
"How Green Was My Valley" is one of John Ford's best films, the sentimental story of the Morgans, a family of Welsh coal miners. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2004 by Lawrance M. Bernabo

5.0 out of 5 stars Memory revisited
Each time I see this wonderfull film my memories are filled with with my late father, he was a miner who worked underground for 50 long years, he was of Welsh parents, my... Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2003 by Mr W Roberts

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