The Green Years

1946 film by Victor Saville
Movie film Q1093283
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Summary

The Green Years is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Victor Saville[3]
  • Screenwriter: Robert Ardrey[4], Sonya Levien[5], A. J. Cronin[6]
  • Composer: Herbert Stothart[7]
  • Genre: comedy drama[8], coming-of-age film[9], drama film[10]
  • Based on: The Green Years[11]
  • Cast member: Charles Coburn[12], Tom Drake[13], Dean Stockwell[14], Hume Cronyn[15], Jessica Tandy[16], Richard Haydn[17], Gladys Cooper[18], Andy Clyde[19], Henry O'Neill[20], Henry Stephenson[21], Lumsden Hare[22], Norma Varden[23], Norman Lloyd[24], Selena Royle[25]
  • Producer: Leon Gordon[26]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[27]
  • Director of photography: George J. Folsey[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Color: black-and-white[30]
  • Country of origin: United States[31]
  • Publication date: July 4, 1946[32]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[33]
  • Narrative location: Scotland[34]
  • Film editor: Robert J. Kern[35]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[36], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[37]
  • Title: The Green Years[38]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[39]
  • After a work by: A. J. Cronin[40]
  • Duration: 127 minutes[41]

Why It Matters

The Green Years has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 9
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'sv', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W069566
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 19841
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1946-07-04T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Robert Ardrey, Sonya Levien, A. J. Cronin
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+127'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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