How Green Was My Valley (1941)

The film never answers exactly how green the valley was, but that didn't stop John Ford from taking home gold at the Oscars! The slice of life film about a 19th century Welsh mining town has something of everything - love, workers rights, coming of age - and that may be its major problem. Joining the show once again is Amy Thomasson, who has some choice opinions on the Oscar race that year - and how there were some very, very, VERY heavy hitters nominated. Does the love story work? And what to make of our main character, does he exist simply to observe while others do the heavy lifting? And in a film with such great women, why aren't they front and center? All those questions are answered...though as to the greeness, we sadly cannot comment. Send us a message with your thoughts and questions to [email protected] and be sure to find us on social media @oscarwatchpod Next week, we...let it GOOOOOOO!