Valley of Song
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Valley of Song is a 1953 British
comedy
drama film
directed by Gilbert Gunn
and starring Mervyn Johns
, Clifford Evans
and Maureen Swanson. It is based on the play Choir Practice by Cliff Gordon. Fierce rivalries flare to the surface in a small Welsh
town over a coveted role in the local choir.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Gilbert Gunn
Gilbert Gunn
-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* Save a Little Sunshine * Me and My Pal * The Door with Seven Locks Director* Valley of Song * My Wife's Family * Girls at Sea...
and starring Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns was a Welsh film and television character actor. He was a mainstay of Ealing Studios.Among his dozens of film roles were Walter Craig in Dead of Night , the Church Warden in Went the Day Well? and Bob Cratchit in Scrooge...
, Clifford Evans
Clifford Evans
Clifford Evans was a Welsh actor. As a conscientious objector he served in the Non-Combatant Corps in World War II.During the summer of 1934 he appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Open Air Theatre in London....
and Maureen Swanson. It is based on the play Choir Practice by Cliff Gordon. Fierce rivalries flare to the surface in a small Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
town over a coveted role in the local choir.
Cast
- Mervyn JohnsMervyn JohnsMervyn Johns was a Welsh film and television character actor. He was a mainstay of Ealing Studios.Among his dozens of film roles were Walter Craig in Dead of Night , the Church Warden in Went the Day Well? and Bob Cratchit in Scrooge...
- Minister Griffiths - Clifford EvansClifford EvansClifford Evans was a Welsh actor. As a conscientious objector he served in the Non-Combatant Corps in World War II.During the summer of 1934 he appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Open Air Theatre in London....
- Geraint Llewellyn - Maureen Swanson - Olwen Davies
- John FraserJohn Fraser-Politics:*John James Fraser , Canadian politician*John Fraser , Canadian Member of Parliament for Lambton East, Ontario...
- Cliff Lloyd - Rachel ThomasRachel ThomasRachel Thomas OBE , was a Welsh character actress, well known to film and television audiences.Born in the village of Alltwen, near Pontardawe, Wales, she appeared in such classic films as The Proud Valley with Paul Robeson, Blue Scar and Tiger Bay...
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- Mrs. Davies - Rachel RobertsRachel RobertsRachel Roberts may refer to:*Rachel Roberts *Rachel Victoria Roberts, British actress sometimes credited as Rachel Roberts*Rachel Roberts *Rachel Roberts, author of the Avalon: Web of Magic series...
- Bessie Lewis - Hugh PryseHugh Pryse-Selected filmography:* School for Secrets * Jassy * Easy Money * The Story of Shirley Yorke * Calling Paul Temple * Christopher Columbus * Botany Bay * Three Cases of Murder...
- Lloyd, Undertaker - Edward EvansEdward EvansEdward Evans may refer to:*Edward Evans *Edward Evans * Edward Evans , victim of the Moors murders in England* Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans , British naval officer and Antarctic explorer...
- Davies - Kenneth WilliamsKenneth WilliamsKenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...
- Lloyd the Haulage - Alun OwenAlun OwenAlun Owen was a British screenwriter, predominantly active in television, but best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night ....
- Pritchard