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How Green Was My Valley

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:33:13 -0500

Sixty year-old Huw Morgan (Roddy McDowall) looks back on his life as a boy in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of the closely knit Morgan's, 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.

How Green Was My Valley

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:33:13 -0500

How Green Was My Valley: Trailer

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:34:54 -0500

The story is told through the eyes, and with the voice-over narration of Huw Morgan (Roddy McDowall), now a middle-aged man leaving the mining town of Cwm Rhondda, recalling the events that most impressed his younger self. The boy Huw is played by Roddy, but the voice-over is that of actor Irving Pichel, who is never seen in the film. His first memories are of the marriage of his brother, Ivor (Patric Knowles), and the burgeoning, unspoken, and ill-fated romance of his sister, Angharad (Maureen O'Hara) with the new preacher, Mr. Gruffydd (Walter Pidgeon). Because of the forbidden nature of the romance, Angharad marries another man, whom she later divorces, and Mr. Gruffydd leaves his church in disgust after being subjected to untrue town gossip - his romance with Angharad is never consummated, nor do they ever marry. Still too young to work in the local coal mine like his father, Gwilym (Donald Crisp), and his five older brothers, Huw senses the seriousness of an imminent strike by the

How Green Was My Valley - (Original Trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:32:11 -0500

Five Oscars , including Best Picture and Director, went to John Ford's portrait of a Welsh mining town, How Green Was My Valley (1941).