HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
1941

Rich is their humor! Deep are their passions! Reckless are their lives! Mighty is their story!

Released during World War II. It appeared at a time in our history when the world was being torn asunder and we didn't know what tomorrow would bring. It was so uplifting at a time when we needed that uplift. It won Best Picture of 1941.

PLOT:
Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Seen through the eyes of the family's youngest, Huw, we learn of the family's trials and tribulations. Family patriarch Gwilym and his older sons work in the mines, dangerous and unhealthy as it is. Gwilym has greater hopes for younger son Huw. But Huw has his own ideas. 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. Times are hard and good men find themselves out of work and exploited by unseen mine owners.

CAST
Walter Pidgeon ... Mr. Gruffydd
Maureen O'Hara ... Angharad
Anna Lee ... Bronwyn
Donald Crisp ... Mr. Morgan
Roddy McDowall ... Huw
John Loder ... Ianto
Sara Allgood ... Mrs. Morgan
Barry Fitzgerald ... Cyfartha
Patric Knowles ... Ivor
Welsh Singers ... Themselves
Morton Lowry ... Mr. Jonas
Arthur Shields ... Mr. Parry
Ann Todd ... Ceinwen
Frederick Worlock ... Dr. Richards
Richard Fraser ... Davy

Director: John Ford

RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes