Review of How Green Was My Valley (1941) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 20 Oct 1965
The acting is strong (especially that of 13-year-old Roddy McDowall as the youngest son and Maureen O’Hara as the lovelorn daughter), and Arthur Miller’s Oscar-winning photography gives the images a spooky luster, but a little bit of Ford’s salt-of-the-earth piety goes an awfully long way.
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This review of How Green Was My Valley (1941) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 20 Oct 1965.
How Green Was My Valley has generally received very positive reviews.
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