How Green Was My Valley

Guest host Michael Feinstein introduces How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

Irving Pichel's narration as the grown Huw (Roddy McDowall) continues, introducing Bronwyn (Anna Lee) to the Morgans as bride to brother Ivor (Patric Knowles), mother (Sara Algood) and dad (Donald Crisp) featured along with sister Maureen O'Hara (who would name her daughter Bronwyn!), early in John Ford's Welsh family saga How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

Powerful opening from Richard Llewellyn's novel, Irving Pichel as grown Huw (Roddy McDowall) narrating, Best Director winner John Ford introducing father Donald Crisp, brothers (John Loder, Patric Knowles, Richard Fraser, John Monks, Evan S. Evans) and sister (Maureen O'Hara), in How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

In turn-of-the-century South Wales, Morgan (Donald Crisp) is a senior coal miner, not as angry over wage cuts as his sons (James Monks, John Loder, Richard Fraser, Evan S. Evans) who walk out amicably, in John Ford's film from the Richard Llewellyn novel, How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

New preacher Gruffydd (Walter Pidgeon) visits injured Huw (Roddy McDowall), under the care of his sister-in-law Bronwyn (Anna Lee) and sister Angharad (Maureen O'Hara), who is especially grateful, in John Ford's Welsh mining family saga How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

After the wedding of Welsh Bronwyn (Anna Lee) and Owen (Patric Knowles), his young brother Huw watches, the new preacher and celebrant (Walter Pidgeon) arrives, greeted by sister (Maureen O'Hara), and the father (Donald Crisp) with a nutty dance, director John Ford loving it, in How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

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