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How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Charlotte Movies — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:12:02 +0000

2h 6min. // “How Green Was My Valley” is a 1941 movie directed by John Ford, based on the novel of the same name by Richard Llewellyn. The story is set in a small Welsh mining village in the late 19th century and follows the life of Huw Morgan, a young boy who grows up in a close-knit community of miners and their families.

As the story unfolds, we see how the lives of the villagers are intertwined, and how they struggle to survive in the face of the harsh realities of mining life. Huw’s family, in particular, faces many challenges, including his father’s injury in a mining accident, his brother’s struggle with the decision to leave the village and work in the mines, and his own growing awareness of the class divisions and injustices that exist in his world.

Through it all, Huw finds comfort in the love and support of his family, and in the beauty of the valley that surrounds them. But as the coal industry begins to decline, the villagers’ way of life is threatened, and they are forced to confront the harsh realities of an uncertain future.

In the end, the movie is a poignant tribute to the resilience and strength of a community facing profound change. Through its vivid portrayal of the lives and struggles of the people of the valley, “How Green Was My Valley” offers a powerful meditation on the enduring bonds of family, the importance of community, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Directed by: John Ford

Writing Credits: Philip Dunne (screenplay), Richard Llewellyn (novel)

Starring: Walter Pidgeon (as Mr. Gruffydd), Maureen O’Hara (as Angharad), Anna Lee (as Bronwyn), Donald Crisp (as Mr. Morgan) and Sara Allgood (as Mrs. Morgan)

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Awards:

WON. National Board of Review 1941. Top Ten Films.

WON. National Board of Review 1941. Best Acting. Sara Allgood.

WON. National Board of Review 1941. Best Acting. Donald Crisp.

WON. National Board of Review 1941. Best Acting. Roddy McDowall.

WON. New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1941. Best Director. John Ford.

WON. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Picture. John Ford.

WON. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Director. John Ford.

WON. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Donald Crisp.

WON. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. Arthur C. Miller.

WON. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White. Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little.

WON. Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 1943. Best Foreign Film. John Ford.

WON. National Film Preservation Board, USA 1990. National Film Registry.

WON. Online Film & Television Association 2007. Motion Picture.

NOMINATED. New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1941. Best Film.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Sara Allgood.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Writing, Screenplay. Philip Dunne.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Sound, Recording. Edmund H. Hansen.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Film Editing. James B. Clark.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1942. Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture. Alfred Newman.

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The Little Princess (1939)

Charlotte Movies — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:11:50 +0000

1h 33min. // A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, when her father fights in the Second Boer War. Later, when he is presumed dead she is forced to become a servant.

Directed by: Walter Lang

Writing Credits: Ethel Hill (screenplay), Walter Ferris (screenplay), Frances Hodgson Burnett (novel)

Starring: Shirley Temple (as Sara Crewe), Richard Greene (as Geoffrey Hamilton), Anita Louise (as Rose), Ian Hunter (as Capt. Crewe), Cesar Romero (as Ram Dass), Arthur Treacher (as Bertie Minchin), Mary Nash (as Amanda Minchin), Sybil Jason (as Becky), Miles Mander (as Lord Wickham) and Marcia Mae Jones (as Lavinia)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Faro Island Film Festival 1939. Best Film. Walter Lang.

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Scrooge (1935)

Charlotte Movies — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:11:02 +0000

1h 18min. // In the Victorian England, the stingy and cranky Ebenezer Scrooge does not care to Christmas and runs his business exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit and clients. In the Christmas Eve, he is visited by the doomed ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley that tells him that three spirits would visit him that night. The first one, the spirit of past Christmas, recalls his miserable youth when he lost his only love due to his greed; the spirit of the present Christmas shows him the poor situation of Bob’s family and tiny Tim and how joyful life may be; and the spirit of future Christmas shows his fate. Scrooge finds that life is good and time is too short and suddenly you are not there anymore, changing his behavior toward Christmas, Bob, his nephew Fred and people in general.

Directed by: Henry Edwards

Writing Credits: Charles Dickens (novel)

Starring: Seymour Hicks (as Ebenezer Scrooge) and Donald Calthrop (as Bob Cratchit)

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Awards:

WON. Venice Film Festival 1936. Special Recommendation. Henry Edwards.

NOMINATED. Venice Film Festival 1936. Best Foreign Film. Henry Edwards.

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The Pogo Stick (1957)

sergio — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:28:49 +0000

5min. // A quiet suburban afternoon is interrupted when a mysterious package arrives on the doorstep of an unsuspecting family, containing nothing more than a shiny new pogo stick and no explanation. The family dog, curious and excitable, quickly becomes obsessed with the strange bouncing contraption. Each attempt to understand or control it leads to ever-escalating chaos around the neighborhood, as the pogo stick seems almost to have a mischievous mind of its own.

As the dog chases the pogo stick through yards, streets, and construction sites, ordinary settings are turned into slapstick obstacle courses. Garden fences become launchpads, laundry lines become traps, and even passing traffic is drawn into the tumbling spectacle. The humans can only react in baffled frustration as the dog and pogo stick wreak havoc, transforming a normal day into a frenetic chain of sight gags and pratfalls.

The mayhem builds to a wild crescendo, with the pogo stick bouncing ever higher and the dog ever more determined. Just when it seems disaster is inevitable, the frenzied energy resolves in a final, absurd twist that restores a fragile sense of order. The brief adventure leaves the neighborhood worse for wear but somehow cheerfully intact, as the last bounce fades and calm returns—at least until the next oddity arrives in the mail.

Directed by: Sam Singer

Writing Credits: Ed Nofziger

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The Kid (1921) [Silent movie]

Charlotte Movies — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:10:01 +0000

1h. 8min. // The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Writing Credits: Charles Chaplin (written by)

Starring: Carl Miller (as The Man), Edna Purviance (as The Woman), Jackie Coogan (as The Kid) and Charles Chaplin (as The Tramp)

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Awards:

WON. National Film Preservation Board, USA 2011. National Film Registry.

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Charlotte Movies — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:06:31 +0000

1h 42min. // During an expedition to find a dinosaur bone, a paleontologist becomes involved with a woman and her leopard.

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Writing Credits: Dudley Nichols (screenplay), Hagar Wilde (screenplay and story)

Starring: Katharine Hepburn (as Susan Vance), Cary Grant (as David Huxley) and Charles Ruggles (as Major Applegate)

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Awards:

WON. National Film Preservation Board, USA 1990. National Film Registry.

WON. Online Film & Television Association 2009. Motion Picture.

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The Gold Rush (1925) [Silent Movie]

sergio — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:00:22 +0000

1h 35min. // During the Gold Rush, a lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. As he encounter one adventure after another, he falls in love with the beautiful Georgia.

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Writing Credits: Charles Chaplin

Starring: Charles Chaplin (as The Lone Prospector), Mack Swain (as Big Jim McKay) and Tom Murray (as Black Larsen)

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Awards:

WON. Kinema Junpo Awards 1927. Best Foreign Language Film. Charles Chaplin.

WON. National Film Preservation Board, USA 1992. National Film Registry.

WON. Online Film & Television Association 2010. Motion Picture.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1943. Best Sound, Recording. James L. Fields.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1943. Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Max Terr.

NOMINATED. Satellite Awards 2004. Best Classic DVD Release. For “The Charlie Chaplin Collection” (Warner).

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The Second Time Around (1961)

Charlotte Movies — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:05:07 +0000

1h 39min. // In 1911, a New Yorker widow with two children leaves the city for territorial Arizona and gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.

Directed by: Vincent Sherman

Writing Credits: Richard Emery Roberts (novel), Oscar Saul (screenplay)

Starring: Debbie Reynolds (as Lucretia ‘Lu’ Rogers), Steve Forrest (as Dan Jones), and Andy Griffith (as Pat Collins)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Laurel Awards 1962. Top Female Comedy Performance. Debbie Reynolds.

NOMINATED. Laurel Awards 1962. Top Female Supporting Performance. Thelma Ritter.

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Curly Top (1935)

Charlotte Movies — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:59:01 +0000

1h 15min. // Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of “Mr. Jones.” As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.

Directed by: Irving Cummings

Writing Credits: Patterson McNutt (screenplay), Arthur J. Beckhard (screenplay)

Starring: Shirley Temple (as Elizabeth Blair), John Boles (as Edward Morgan) and Rochelle Hudson (as Mary Blair)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Venice Film Festival 1935. Best Foreign Film. Irving Cummings.

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Scrooge (1970)

Charlotte Movies — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:56:01 +0000

1h 53min. // A musical film adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, guided by several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Directed by: Ronald Neame

Writing Credits: Charles Dickens (story), Leslie Bricusse (screenplay)

Starring: Albert Finney (as Ebenezer Scrooge), Edith Evans (as Ghost of Christmas Past), Kenneth More (as Ghost of Christmas Present) and Alec Guinness (as Jacob Marley’s Ghost)

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Awards:

WON. Golden Globes, USA 1971. Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. Albert Finney.

NOMINATED. Golden Globes, USA 1971. Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

NOMINATED. Golden Globes, USA 1971. Best Screenplay – Motion Picture. Leslie Bricusse.

NOMINATED. Golden Globes, USA 1971. Best Original Score – Motion Picture. Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer.

NOMINATED. Golden Globes, USA 1971. Best Original Song – Motion Picture. Leslie Bricusse for the song: “Thank You Very Much”.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1971. Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright and Pamela Cornell.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1971. Best Costume Design. Margaret Furse.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1971. Best Music, Original Song. Leslie Bricusse for the song: “Thank You Very Much”.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1971. Best Music, Original Song Score. Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer.

NOMINATED. BAFTA Awards 1971. Best Art Direction. Terence Marsh.

NOMINATED. Laurel Awards 1971. Best Comedy Performance, Male. Albert Finney.