How Green Was My Valley
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''How Green Was My Valley'', (1941) emotional, dramatic film based on the book by Richard Llewellyn. The film directed by John Ford, marked the American debut of [[Roddy McDowall]]. | ''How Green Was My Valley'', (1941) emotional, dramatic film based on the book by Richard Llewellyn. The film directed by John Ford, marked the American debut of [[Roddy McDowall]]. | ||
| − | <table><tr><td>Roddy McDowall plays Huw, the 10-year-old and youngest son in a Welsh coal-mining family. | + | <table><tr><td>Roddy McDowall plays Huw, the 10-year-old and youngest son in a Welsh coal-mining family. |
| − | <table><tr><td>Watch it on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5uM6zJ5SJs Part 1], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xXQsJO4iAM&feature=related Part 2], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKEfNipbMx8&feature=related Part 3], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBPcaiJq2Y&feature=related Part 4], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQ2I6pqGOE Part 5], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyJiU2xLulg Part 6], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVoUWFNm0U Part 7], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y8aZFDTZXM&feature=related Part 8], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paDA_OgDQ6c&feature=related Part 9], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CxOV6TOR-Q&NR=1 Part 10]</td> | + | A family of coal miners in Wales, consists of the father, mother, five sons and two daughters. When the coal mine lowers wages, the miners strike. Just following a miners meeting, the mother and youngest son slip into the icy river and are bedridden for months. Roddy has a scene supposed to be poignant, but really a bit farcical, where he takes his first steps. |
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| + | One daughter Angharad, desperately in love with the village preacher, ends up instead married to the wealthy son of the coal-mine owner and moves to Cape Town. | ||
| + | </td><td>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71GMZ230HZL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIlitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.gif<br>Buy the [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684825554/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0684825554 book at Amazon]</td></tr></table> | ||
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| + | <table><tr><td>One by one the sons and daughters leave, excepting one son who is killed in the mines. The youngest son goes to school, where he is attacked by bullies and whipped by the teacher. A disney-esque scene has the teacher getting his lesson taught back to him by an adult boxer. | ||
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| + | Angharad returns to the village, or rather to her large house nearby, separated from her husband. Watch it on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5uM6zJ5SJs Part 1], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xXQsJO4iAM&feature=related Part 2], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKEfNipbMx8&feature=related Part 3], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBPcaiJq2Y&feature=related Part 4], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQ2I6pqGOE Part 5], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyJiU2xLulg Part 6], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVoUWFNm0U Part 7], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y8aZFDTZXM&feature=related Part 8], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paDA_OgDQ6c&feature=related Part 9], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CxOV6TOR-Q&NR=1 Part 10]</td> | ||
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