Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Proud Valley
The Proud Valley

The Proud Valley

Genres

Drama

OverView

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

76 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

06 April 1940

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

David Goliath

Rachel Thomas

Rachel Thomas

Mrs. Parry

Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Dick Parry

Simon Lack

Simon Lack

Emlyn Parry

Dilys Thomas

Dilys Thomas

Dilys Parry

Edward Rigby

Edward Rigby

Bert

Janet Johnson

Janet Johnson

Gwen Owen

Dilys Davies

Dilys Davies

Mrs. Owen

Clifford Evans

Clifford Evans

Seth Jones

Allan Jeayes

Allan Jeayes

Mr. Trevor

George Merritt

George Merritt

Mr. Lewis

Edward Lexy

Edward Lexy

Commissionaire

John Glyn-Jones

John Glyn-Jones

Mr. Howes - Collector

Noel Howlett

Noel Howlett

Company Clerk

Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Will Morgan

Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Evans

Ronald Ward

Ronald Ward

Sir John

Roddy Hughes

Roddy Hughes

Lloyd - Miner

Harry Terry

Harry Terry

Miner

Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson

Cage Operator

Edward Keyes

Edward Keyes

Minor Role

Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

Minor Role

Grant Sutherland

Grant Sutherland

Minor Role

Babette Washington

Babette Washington

Minor Role

Jack Jones

Jack Jones

Thomas

Similar Movies

0.0

The Case of Dr Wagner

October 1954 •German

Dr. Wagner is a scientist currently working on an experiment for the Asta plant in East Berlin. If the experiment is successful its a brilliant new invention. But Wagner is the target of sabotage, and all the decisive experiment fails. Wagner can not explain this setback.

5.4

The American Mall

August 2008 •English

The executive producers of High School Musical keep the good times rolling with this upbeat musical comedy set in the one place every American teenager's home away from home - the local shopping mall. Ally (Nina Dobrev) is an optimistic adolescent singer/songwriter whose hard working mother owns the mall music shop frequented by every teen in town. When Ally shares her music with Joey (Rob Mayes), a janitor in the mall who harbors rock star ambitions, she is thrilled to find someone who can truly relate to her songs as well as her heart. Trouble looms on the horizon, however, in the form of the mall owner's spoiled rotten daughter Madison (Autumn Reeser). Madison is the kind of girl who's used to getting whatever she wants, and what she wants now could prove disastrous for both Ally's ambitions, and her mother's popular music store.

6.9

That Thing You Do!

October 1996 •English

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

6.5

The Page Turner

August 2006 •French

Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes her page turner, waiting patiently for her revenge.

6.5

The Harder They Come

September 1972 •English

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.

5.5

Hearts of Gold

July 2003 •English

An old-fashioned love story set in the South Wales valleys during the 1930s. Well-to-do doctor Andrew joins his father's infirmary, and in miner's daughter Bethan finds a spirit lacking in his previous girlfriends. The two fall in love, but their differing backgrounds prove a major sticking point.

8.1

Anteojito and Antifaz, A Thousand Attempts and One Invention

September 1972 •Spanish

Anteojito and Antifaz live in an apartment house in Villa Trompeta, a fantasy city with funny animals, dancing vegetables, and Uncle Antifaz’s enemy, Cachavacha the witch, living with Pajarraco her owl, in the apartment right under his. Uncle Antifaz tries to invent an invisibility formula with Anteojito’s help, and Cachavacha tries to steal it.

4.5

Nora

February 1944 •German

The film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. The film uses Ibsen's alternate ending where the unhappy couple are reconciled at the end

3.0

The Trap

April 1951 •Czech

Czech drama film.

7.1

Allegro non troppo

March 1976 •Italian

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers to the film's pessimistic view of Western progress (as opposed to the optimism of Disney's original).

6.2

Moscow on the Hudson

April 1984 •English

A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.

6.8

200 Pounds Beauty

December 2006 •Korean

Based on a Japanese manga, Kanna-San, Daiseikou Desu, this story revolves around Kang Han-na, an overweight phone sex employee and secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot sing. After getting humilitated publicly by an ungrateful Ammy, Han-na undergoes an extreme makeover to become a pop sensation herself.

6.0

Better Than Chocolate

July 1999 •English

Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard for an attractive woman, Kim, only hours before they move in. What could be a nonissue becomes increasingly complicated -- since Maggie's family is unaware of her sexual orientation, and Maggie is not open to sharing that information.

3.5

Around the Fire

September 1998 •English

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he befriends a "Deadhead," adopts the "hippie" lifestyle and dabbles in many drugs in his search for acceptance.

7.5

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

April 1936 •English

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

4.3

Na Boca do Mundo

January 1979 •Portuguese

A black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of Atafona. His biggest ambition is to stash enough money to leave to a big city with his fiancee, a mix-raced girl who sells fresh crabs to locals and wishes for a better life. When a rich white woman from the high society arrives to spend a few days away after ending a failed marriage, Antônio soon bonds with her and begins to change his plans.

5.5

Under the Phrygian Star

October 1954 •Polish

Communist Szczęsny juggles between his revolutionary activities and love to a fellow party member Madzia in this sequel to "Cellulose".

7.4

Matewan

August 1987 •English

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

5.6

The Valley Resounds

August 1950 •Romanian

Famous Romania communist propaganda movie, one of the templates to what followed. It is about the volunteers that built the Bumbești-Livezeni railroad.

7.3

On-Gaku: Our Sound

January 2020 •Japanese

A bored trio of high school delinquents start a rock 'n' roll band together. They have no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, but are determined to jam out and impress their only friend.