How Green Was My Valley. Poster of the 1941 movie and cover of the 1939 book
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How Green Was My Valley
Richard Llewellyn, 1939
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John Ford, 1941

A young Huw, the youngest child of Gwilym Morgan, walks home with his father to meet his mother, Beth. Huw’s childhood is idyllic, the town, not yet overrun with mining spoil, is beautiful, and the household is warm and loving, the miners sing as they walk home (in this case Bread of Heaven in Welsh). Afterwards the spending money is given out.


Another Thin Man. Poster of the 1939 movie and cover of the 1934 book, The Thin Man
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The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett, 1934
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W.S. Van Dyke, 1939

A young man is believed to harbor intentions of murdering an explosives manufacturer. In an effort to address the situation, the manufacturer enlists the assistance of newly appointed parents, Nick and Nora.


The Wolf Man. Poster of the 1941 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Wolfman
Carl Dreadstone, 1977
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George Waggner, 1941

At some time in the early twentieth century, after learning of the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns to his ancestral home in Llanwelly, Wales to reconcile with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot. As a pretext to converse with her, he purchases a silver-headed walking stick decorated with a wolf.