How Green Was My Valley

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black-and-white film drama film film

How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 drama film set in a Welsh mining community, renowned for its poignant depiction of family life and social change and for winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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artDirectionBy Nathan Juran NERFINISHED →
Richard Day →
authorOfSourceWork Richard Llewellyn →
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction →
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography →
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Director →
Academy Award for Best Picture →
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
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bestPictureWinOver Citizen Kane →
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castMember Anna Lee →
Barry Fitzgerald →
Donald Crisp →
John Loder →
Maureen O’Hara →
surface form: Maureen O'Hara

Roddy McDowall →
Sara Allgood →
Walter Pidgeon →
cinematographyBy Arthur C. Miller →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
director John Ford →
distributor 20th Century Fox →
editedBy James B. Clark NERFINISHED →
genre drama →
language English →
mainTheme family life →
social change →
musicBy Alfred Newman →
narrativePerspective first-person narration →
narratorCharacter Huw Morgan →
notableFor poignant depiction of family life and social change →
originalLanguage English →
producer Darryl F. Zanuck →
productionCompany 20th Century Fox →
protagonist Huw Morgan →
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1939 →
releaseDateUS 1941-10-28 →
releaseYear 1941 →
runtimeMinutes 118 →
screenwriter Philip Dunne →
setInCentury 19th century →
early 20th century →
settingEnvironment Welsh mining community →
settingLocation Wales →
yearOfAcademyAwards 14th Academy Awards →

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Jack Ford → directed → How Green Was My Valley →
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Arthur C. Miller → workedOn → How Green Was My Valley →
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