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A 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, '''''How Green Was My Valley''''' was adapted into a 1941 [[Twentieth Century Fox|20th Century Fox]] film directed by [[John Ford]] and starring Walter Pidgeon, Donald Crisp, [[Maureen O'Hara]], and Roddy McDowell, with a score by [[Alfred Newman]]. It tells the story of Huw Morgan, the youngest son of a mining family in the Welsh village of Cwm Rhondda. Through his eyes, we see such events as his brother Ivor's wedding, the consequences of his sister Angharad's chaste romance with preacher Mr. Gruffydd (as well as her loveless and failed marriage into the mine owner's family), and a miner's strike in his town.
The film was a great financial success and later won five [[Academy Award|Oscars]], including a now-controversial win as Best Picture of 1941, over a little picture by a [[Orson Welles|novice director]] called ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', and another little ditty by name of ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]''. In 1990, it was selected for inclusion in the [[National Film Registry]] of the [[Library
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* [[Book Ends]]: The scenes in the film {{spoiler|both following mine accidents, where Gwillym cradles his son Ivor's dead body on the elevator, and where Huw similiarly cradles his father's dead body on the same elevator.}}
* [[California Doubling]]: The film was originally intended to be made in the UK, but [[World War II]] made that idea all but impossible. So, it was filmed on the 20th Century Fox backlot.
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