Monday, April 8 7pm
John Ford’s 1942 Oscar winner is an immensely moving study of stresses, changes, and heroism in a Welsh coal-mining family as it passes from the blissful 19th century to the grim 20th. As in all the best Fordian cinema, though everything changes and most things die or disappear, what remains in memory and in spirit triumphs—and what on the surface is a tender and sad film becomes instead joyous and robust. Expert performances from Donald Crisp, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, and a host of brilliant character actors enhance a magnificent movie experience. (Don Druker, Chicago Reader)
1941 Dir. John Ford 1.33:1 B&W DCP 118 min.
