Winner '41: First Saw It:		How Green Was My Valley March 6, 2005, on DVD
		Bridesmaids:		Blossoms in the Dust, Citizen Kane, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Hold Back the Dawn, The Little Foxes, The Maltese Falcon, One Foot in Heaven, Sergeant York, Suspicion
		My Vote:		Citizen Kane, though there are five win-quality pics here
		Overlooked:		The Lady Eve, one of the best comedies Hollywood ever made

How Green Was My Valley
First screened in March 2005 / Most recently screened in May 2014

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Director: John Ford. Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Patric Knowles, Barry Fitzgerald, John Loder, Evan S. Evans, James Monks, Anna Lee, Lionel Pape, Marten Lamont, Rhys Williams, Ethel Griffies, voice of Irving Pichel. Screenplay: Philip Dunne (based on the novel by Llewellyn Davies).

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Twitter Capsule: Photography alone puts it among the greats. More "precious" than other Fords. Other flaws, but so moving.

VOR: ⑤  Frequently overshadowed by Ford's other classics of the period, and by Citizen Kane, which it notoriously beat to the Oscar. But this is still state-of-the-art for its era.

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Photo © 1941 20th Century Fox Film Corp.

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Picture
★	Best Director: John Ford
	Best Supporting Actress: Sara Allgood
★	Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp
	Best Screenplay: Philip Dunne
★	Best Cinematography (Black & White): Arthur Miller
★	Best Art Direction (Black & White): Richard Day & Nathan Juran; Thomas Little
	Best Film Editing: James B. Clark
	Best Original Score (Drama): Alfred Newman
	Best Sound: Edmund H. Hansen
Other Awards:
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director

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