ASA 🎥📽🎬 How Green Was My Valley (1941) Directed by John Ford. With Walter Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp.

How Green Was My Valley (1941) | Life (Non-North American) Synopsis / Plot This story of a Welsh valley's turn-of-the-century descent from pristine paradise to despoiled coal mining region, is told in flashback form by Huw Morgan, an old man who has decided to leave the valley forever. Huw is the youngest in a family of six brothers and one sister and the film centers on his struggle toward manhood amid conflicting demands of faith, economics, education and family loyalty in a Wales caught in an irreversible shift from a pastoral to an industrialized society. Awards 1941: 5 Academy Awards: Movie, Director, Supporting Actor (Donald Crisp), Cinematography, Art Direction 1941: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director