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However, he doesn’t leave without telling the deacons off, giving one of the finest moments in the film. Times are hard and good men find themselves out of work and exploited by unseen mine owners. Anyway, I am nuts about HGWMV AND Kane, and nobody's going to tell me I have to choose! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. If I had read the book first, I’m sure I would have been better able to fill in the blanks; on the other hand, I might have been annoyed by the omissions.

I’ll admit, How Green Was My Valley was mainly of interest to me because  it beat out Citizen Kane. Was this review helpful to you? This happens in two waves, first half of them go, then the other half. Next 1953: ‘High Noon’ vs. ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’. Gwilym has greater hopes for his youngest son, but Huw has his own ideas on how to honor his father. Great looking picture. THE BIG CITY The more I think about it, the more awkward it becomes to have him be the main character. How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 drama directed by John Ford.

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Mr. Gruffydd (Walter Pidgeon) is the new preacher, and is more forgiving and understanding than the deacons, who decide to keep order in the town through fear. Roddy McDowall is such an underrated actor. My full list can be found here. 20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. Huw’s four grown up brothers all decide to strike, but their father (Donald Crisp) is ideologically against it. Pingback: Blindsided by SOPHIE’S CHOICE | The Matinee | Cinematic Passion & Perspective. It is surprising in light of the other excellent nominees that year. For all the sentimentality in its tone, How Green Was My Valley is a hard, sad story, one that acknowledges that life is far from perfect, even when viewed through nostalgic eyes. Workers lose their jobs, sometimes for being too highly skilled, and have to leave the country to survive. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Thoughts on film from one of those wonderful people out there in the dark. Some of them (these brothers are like the dwarves in the Hobbit movies, except there are only four or five, you can’t tell them apart) take off to America to find better prospects. There are films where it works wonderfully to have a child be a witness to an adult world and trying to figure out what’s going on (To Kill A Mockingbird and Days of Heaven come to mind), but here it feels kind of forced. John Ford was the right director for this movie. I really like this film, it has some breathtaking visuals and terrific performances from the whole cast but I can’t get behind its win for Best Picture in the year it won in.

L'ATALANTE Daughter Angharad is the most beautiful girl in the valley and is very much in love with Mr. Gruffydd, who isn't sure he can provide her the life she deserves. Truly a stunning movie. Their unsuccessful marriage causes a scandal in the town, over no actual wrongdoing, and forces Mr. Gruffydd to leave. It’s a difficult life, but not one without its joys and pleasures, as a grown-up Huw reflects decades later. This is a film that I enjoy more each time I see it. There is also a lot of religious trouble in the film. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. While I personally think Kane was the better film, I’m one of the few who consider this to be a great film and one that deserved the Oscar despite not deserving it over that film, if you know what I mean. Today, How Green Was My Valley is often remembered as a trivia item because it was the film that defeated Citizen Kane for the 1941 Best Picture Oscar. ORDET

(This despite Gregg Toland’s innovative camera work.) Here are some of the bitterest Best Picture battles in Academy Awards history. How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford and released in 1941, was based on a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn. ROME, OPEN CITY It ended up winning five out of ten academy awards: winning picture, director, supporting actor for Crisp, black and white cinematography, and black and white art direction, and losing out on supporting actress for Allgood, adapted screenplay, sound recording, film editing, and music. Certificate: Passed Why Moving Ahead With the Oscars Is the Right Thing to Do (Opinion), Howard Hawks movies: 20 greatest films ranked worst to best, Ann Basart Dies: Child Film Actress & 1950s Sitcom Regular Was 88. Good to know — that’s one of the five that I haven’t seen.

How Green Was My Valley is a perfectly fine film, a multi-generational saga of a family’s triumphs and tragedies that seems tailor-made for Oscar. Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. It has its flaws, but I’m glad that I watched it, and I look forward to rewatching and reevaluating it at some point in the future — maybe after I’ve read the book. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards, famously beating Citizen Kane, Sergeant York and The Maltese Falcon for Best Picture. Looking for something to watch? Regardless, the movie isn’t terrible and I don’t have a huge problem with it winning, given that the Academy often doesn’t make the best choice and the politics that happened with it. Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It's hard to imagine this movie in a grand "Gone With the Wind" kind of style, because it seems perfect the way it is. In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

1942. Alas, the caps below are from YouTube (I watched the movie on my DVR after recording it from TCM), though they should get the general idea across: To many people, How Green Was My Valley is best known as the film that beat out Citizen Kane to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD Having notoriously earned the wrath of media mogul William Randolph Hearst through Kane’s thinly veiled, often unflattering roman è clef, Welles saw his picture suppressed in theaters and ignored by Hearst papers. “It was not only a great film, but a series that is ripe for the world we live in now. All rights reserved. With Citizen Kane, High Sierra, The Lady Eve, The Little Foxes and my choice for the prize, The Maltese Falcon all coming out that year this moving but schmaltzy picture’s win is somewhat confounding. Families are divided by disagreements. That will become a four-part series for next autumn,” he added. While Huw’s five brothers and father are coalminers, Huw’s academic ability set his apart and allows him to consider a future away from the mines. Yes, I got the sense that it’s probably the kind of film that’s better on repeat viewings, when you’re already familiar with the overarching themes and can look for them right from the beginning. (For what it’s worth, my personal favorite among the Best Picture nominees that year is The Little Foxes, but I have yet to see five of the ten.) It’s too bad How Green is My Valley is more known now as being the one that won over Citizen Kane, as it’s a pretty solid film.

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With Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp. Great review! SOLARIS Today, I'm reviewing How Green Was My Valley, starring Walter Pidgeon (left) and Roddy McDowall. I’m glad you loved The Little Foxes too! Seen through the eyes of the family's youngest, Huw, we learn of the family's trials and tribulations. ‘Home Improvement’ Actor Zachery Ty Bryan Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Girlfriend, WGA Outlines Steps WME & CAA Must Take To End 18-Month Feud Over Packaging Fees, Ownership Interests, Peter Roth To Step Down As Warner Bros. TV Group Chairman After 22 Years At The Helm, New York Theaters Outside City Can Reopen Oct. 23, Notes On The Season: How Oscar Can Save The Industry; Plus, Aaron Sorkin On Saving Our Democracy. ( Log Out /  HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941) Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Citizen Kane (1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Hold Back the Dawn (1941) The Little Foxes (1941) The Maltese Falcon (1941) One Foot in Heaven (1941) Sergeant York (1941) Suspicion (1941) Times are hard and good men find themselves out of work and exploited by unseen mine owners.

It’s still a good Oscar winner, instead of like some random film winning instead. Like all movies, though, How Green Was My Valley should be judged on its own merits. (This despite Robert Wise’s dazzling work with the story’s non-chronological narrative.) I seem to remember reading somewhere that William Wyler had worked on preparing the production but then Zanuck pulled him off it, after months of work. 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. Still more lazy thoughts from this one... Lindsey D.'s ramblings on the moving image! I really love this movie. The film stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, and a very young Roddy McDowall. It would be at the top of classic films of all time as an asset in my library. 87 of 114 people found this review helpful. Frow added, “Drama a year ago barely existed on Channel 5… Then we came up with the idea of doing low-cost drama — very Channel 5 — and it was amazing how incredibly talented people wanted to make drama. Kane was nominated for nine Oscars but won only Best Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz shared the award with Welles, who was never nominated again). Even the valley itself gradually loses some of its beauty as a result of the black smoke to which it’s constantly subjected. The film failed to win Best Picture, Director, Best Black-and-White Cinematography, and Black-and-White Art Direction to Valley.

As the film is narrated by Huw many years after the events in question, its sentimentality is hardly surprising. These two serve for some pretty entertaining comic relief, and go into Huw’s class one day and beat the teacher up, pretending to give him a lesson on boxing. ( Log Out /  The shadows are beautiful, and you see a lot of ceilings (one of the main things Welles stole from Ford to include in Citizen Kane ). It may be sentimental, but it grabs you from the outset and holds on to you. I wish I could own it on DVD, but I have no idea where I can obtain it. Yeah, I get that. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. “We love an adaptation, and a contemporary take on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist,” said Frow. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account.

However, this timeless story of life in a 19th century Welsh coal-mining village is more than a mere footnote in movie history. I definitely plan to watch it again in the not-too-distant future. Now 60 years later it lingers in my memory over any other movie I have ever seen. Best Actor winner for Sergeant York, Best Actress winner for Suspicion, Supporting Actress winner for The Great Lie, and Supporting Actor winner for How Green Was My Valley Thank you! Even AFI's number-one pick "Citizen Kane" lost Best Picture to "How Green Was My Valley," in 1941. Change ). In How Green Was My Valley, you have many shots of people standing in doorways, not as dramatic as the famous ones in The Searchers, but more frequently. I’m not sure if it would be better to have one of the adults be the main character, or just have it be more of an ensemble cast with no one as the main character. Directed by John Ford. LesleySecond Sight Cinema.

However, he doesn’t leave without telling the deacons off, giving one of the finest moments in the film. Times are hard and good men find themselves out of work and exploited by unseen mine owners. Anyway, I am nuts about HGWMV AND Kane, and nobody's going to tell me I have to choose! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. If I had read the book first, I’m sure I would have been better able to fill in the blanks; on the other hand, I might have been annoyed by the omissions.

I’ll admit, How Green Was My Valley was mainly of interest to me because  it beat out Citizen Kane. Was this review helpful to you? This happens in two waves, first half of them go, then the other half. Next 1953: ‘High Noon’ vs. ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’. Gwilym has greater hopes for his youngest son, but Huw has his own ideas on how to honor his father. Great looking picture. THE BIG CITY The more I think about it, the more awkward it becomes to have him be the main character. How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 drama directed by John Ford.

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

Mr. Gruffydd (Walter Pidgeon) is the new preacher, and is more forgiving and understanding than the deacons, who decide to keep order in the town through fear. Roddy McDowall is such an underrated actor. My full list can be found here. 20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. Huw’s four grown up brothers all decide to strike, but their father (Donald Crisp) is ideologically against it. Pingback: Blindsided by SOPHIE’S CHOICE | The Matinee | Cinematic Passion & Perspective. It is surprising in light of the other excellent nominees that year. For all the sentimentality in its tone, How Green Was My Valley is a hard, sad story, one that acknowledges that life is far from perfect, even when viewed through nostalgic eyes. Workers lose their jobs, sometimes for being too highly skilled, and have to leave the country to survive. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Thoughts on film from one of those wonderful people out there in the dark. Some of them (these brothers are like the dwarves in the Hobbit movies, except there are only four or five, you can’t tell them apart) take off to America to find better prospects. There are films where it works wonderfully to have a child be a witness to an adult world and trying to figure out what’s going on (To Kill A Mockingbird and Days of Heaven come to mind), but here it feels kind of forced. John Ford was the right director for this movie. I really like this film, it has some breathtaking visuals and terrific performances from the whole cast but I can’t get behind its win for Best Picture in the year it won in.

L'ATALANTE Daughter Angharad is the most beautiful girl in the valley and is very much in love with Mr. Gruffydd, who isn't sure he can provide her the life she deserves. Truly a stunning movie. Their unsuccessful marriage causes a scandal in the town, over no actual wrongdoing, and forces Mr. Gruffydd to leave. It’s a difficult life, but not one without its joys and pleasures, as a grown-up Huw reflects decades later. This is a film that I enjoy more each time I see it. There is also a lot of religious trouble in the film. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. While I personally think Kane was the better film, I’m one of the few who consider this to be a great film and one that deserved the Oscar despite not deserving it over that film, if you know what I mean. Today, How Green Was My Valley is often remembered as a trivia item because it was the film that defeated Citizen Kane for the 1941 Best Picture Oscar. ORDET

(This despite Gregg Toland’s innovative camera work.) Here are some of the bitterest Best Picture battles in Academy Awards history. How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford and released in 1941, was based on a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn. ROME, OPEN CITY It ended up winning five out of ten academy awards: winning picture, director, supporting actor for Crisp, black and white cinematography, and black and white art direction, and losing out on supporting actress for Allgood, adapted screenplay, sound recording, film editing, and music. Certificate: Passed Why Moving Ahead With the Oscars Is the Right Thing to Do (Opinion), Howard Hawks movies: 20 greatest films ranked worst to best, Ann Basart Dies: Child Film Actress & 1950s Sitcom Regular Was 88. Good to know — that’s one of the five that I haven’t seen.

How Green Was My Valley is a perfectly fine film, a multi-generational saga of a family’s triumphs and tragedies that seems tailor-made for Oscar. Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. It has its flaws, but I’m glad that I watched it, and I look forward to rewatching and reevaluating it at some point in the future — maybe after I’ve read the book. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards, famously beating Citizen Kane, Sergeant York and The Maltese Falcon for Best Picture. Looking for something to watch? Regardless, the movie isn’t terrible and I don’t have a huge problem with it winning, given that the Academy often doesn’t make the best choice and the politics that happened with it. Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It's hard to imagine this movie in a grand "Gone With the Wind" kind of style, because it seems perfect the way it is. In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

1942. Alas, the caps below are from YouTube (I watched the movie on my DVR after recording it from TCM), though they should get the general idea across: To many people, How Green Was My Valley is best known as the film that beat out Citizen Kane to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD Having notoriously earned the wrath of media mogul William Randolph Hearst through Kane’s thinly veiled, often unflattering roman è clef, Welles saw his picture suppressed in theaters and ignored by Hearst papers. “It was not only a great film, but a series that is ripe for the world we live in now. All rights reserved. With Citizen Kane, High Sierra, The Lady Eve, The Little Foxes and my choice for the prize, The Maltese Falcon all coming out that year this moving but schmaltzy picture’s win is somewhat confounding. Families are divided by disagreements. That will become a four-part series for next autumn,” he added. While Huw’s five brothers and father are coalminers, Huw’s academic ability set his apart and allows him to consider a future away from the mines. Yes, I got the sense that it’s probably the kind of film that’s better on repeat viewings, when you’re already familiar with the overarching themes and can look for them right from the beginning. (For what it’s worth, my personal favorite among the Best Picture nominees that year is The Little Foxes, but I have yet to see five of the ten.) It’s too bad How Green is My Valley is more known now as being the one that won over Citizen Kane, as it’s a pretty solid film.

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