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How Green Was My Valley

1941 film by John Ford
Movie film Q244448
How Green Was My Valley
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Summary

How Green Was My Valley is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[6], Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White[7], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[8]
  • Director: John Ford[9]
  • Screenwriter: Philip Dunne[10]
  • Composer: Alfred Newman[11]
  • Genre: drama film[12]
  • Based on: How Green Was My Valley[13]
  • Cast member: Walter Pidgeon[14], Maureen O'Hara[15], Anna Lee[16], Donald Crisp[17], Roddy McDowall[18], Barry Fitzgerald[19], Sara Allgood[20], John Loder[21], Patric Knowles[22], Richard Fraser[23], Rhys Williams[24], Ethel Griffies[25], Arthur Shields[26], Ann E. Todd[27]
  • Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck[28]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[29]
  • Director of photography: Arthur Charles Miller[30]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Commons category: How Green Was My Valley[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[35], 93%[36], 88/100[37], 7.7/10[38]
  • Color: black-and-white[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1941[41], September 1, 1942[42], October 28, 1941[43], January 29, 1942[44]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[45], Netflix[46]
  • Narrative location: Wales[47]
  • Filming location: Malibu[48]
  • Film editor: James B. Clark[49]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[50], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[51], Academy Award for Best Director[52], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[53], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[54], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[55]

Why It Matters

How Green Was My Valley has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

FAQs

What awards did How Green Was My Valley receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], and Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[6].

Related Entities

Alfred Newman Barry Fitzgerald Darryl F. Zanuck Donald Crisp film John Ford Mae Marsh Maureen O'Hara Netflix Roddy McDowall Sara Allgood United States Wales Walter Pidgeon

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  1. [9] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [24] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [25] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [26] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [27] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [5] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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