How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley1941

Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: NOT RATED
Runtime: 118 minutes

John Ford's beautiful, heartfelt drama about a close-knit family of Welsh coal miners is one of the greatest films of Hollywood's golden age--a gentle masterpiece that beat Citizen Kane in the Best Picture race for the 1941 Academy Awards. The pictu… more »



Mr. Gruffydd:
Why do you think we of the Chapel talk rubbish?

Ianto:
My remark was not aimed at you.

Mr. Gruffydd:
Then aim it.

Ianto:
Very well. Because you make yourselves out to be shepherds of the flock, and yet you allow your sheep to live in filth and poverty, and if they try and raise their voices against it, you calm them by telling them their suffering is the Will of God. Sheep indeed! Are we sheep to be herded and sheared by a handful of owners? I was taught man was made in the image of God. Not a sheep!

Mr. Gruffydd:
First, have your union. You need it. Alone you are weak. Together you are strong. But remember, with strength goes responsibility - to others and to yourselves. For you cannot conquer injustice with more injustice - only with justice and the help of God.

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