“W is for Walter Pidgeon, whose Mr. Gruffydd in “How Green Was My Valley” I may have started to sound like during this song”
So… what do we know about How Green Was My Valley?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
“W is for Walter Pidgeon, whose Mr. Gruffydd in “How Green Was My Valley” I may have started to sound like during this song”
So… what do we know about How Green Was My Valley?
this leaden paul
1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, set in a Welsh mining community, narrated by the main character Huw (q.v.), later played in the 1941 John Ford film adaptation by legendary chimp impersonator Roddy McDowall (q.v.). Readers requiring an answer to the question in the title should refer to the Dulux paint guide on top of their bookcase.
3 April 2015
peter mcornithologist
I recall Nerys Hughes being in a T.V. adaptation .
3 April 2015
Eugene C
I haven’t seen it for a long time but I’m willing to bet it’s not very ‘lusty’. At least not for contemporary tastes
3 April 2015
Dr Desperate
Not very, apparently.
3 April 2015
Mr wet underpants 89
Thanks gents, just redecorating the bathroom, that’s just the colour!
3 April 2015
Cygnus
@ MWU Do tell if it makes the room look bigger (probably best left until after Thelma’s gone)
4 April 2015
liquid len
Al Green was my valet.
8 April 2015
dr desperate
A stage version of HGWMV was put on at the Theatre Royal, Northampton in 1990. It marked the stage debut of Aled Jones as Huw Morgan (q v).
14 April 2015
Huddersfield’s very own… Steve malkmus
How Green Was My Valley… Referenced by Vince Gilligan in the commentary of Season 5, Episode 1 of Breaking Bad, oddly. In relation to outdoor locations being subsequently covered with homes.
6 March 2016