Richard Llewellyn

Welsh novelist and playwright Richard Llewellyn was born Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He attended school in Cardiff and London, and when he was 16 he spent two years in Italy learning hotel management. While there he got work with an Italian film company, learning the basics of filmmaking. Returning to the UK, he joined the army and served for five years, leaving in 1931. Jobless, he got work as an extra in several films. To supplement his meager income, he got a job as a reporter on a newspaper covering the film industry, and it was then that he decided to become a writer. He stayed in the film business, however, working his way up to assistant director, writer, production manager and, finally, director. However, a downturn in the industry caused him to turn to playwriting. His first play, "Poison Pen", was eventually produced on the London stage and was quite successful.

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Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a woman wearing a black veil; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a woman and a boy; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man and a woman walking down a stone path; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man and a woman sitting at a dinner table; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of people walking down a street; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – Two men sitting next to each other on the ground; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black - and - white photo of a town with smoke billowing out of the chimneys; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An old photo of a woman and a little girl; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of men standing around each other; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black - and - white photo of a woman in a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of men standing next to each other on some steps; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – Black and white photograph of a herd of sheep; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man and a young boy in a room with a fireplace in the background; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A little girl sitting in a bed looking out a window; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – Black and white photograph of young men in a classroom; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man holding a young girl in his arms while others look on; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man standing in front of a group of people looking out of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a crowd of people walking down a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of people walking down a street; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of people walking down a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An older man in a hat and jacket standing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An old photo of a woman in a black and white photo; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A young woman standing next to a wall with a factory in the background; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An old black and white photo of a woman smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a group of men; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of men standing in a row on the side of a road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An old black and white photo of a woman; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a group of people standing on a hill; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a man holding a lamp; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man walking down a stone path under a large tree; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black - and - white photo of a woman looking at another woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – Two people standing on a hill looking at a castle; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An old photo of a woman and a young boy; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of children sitting at tables in a room; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An older man and a young woman shaking hands; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man and a young boy standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man and a woman sitting next to a little girl; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a man holding a pool cue; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An older woman sitting in front of an oil lamp; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of men standing next to each other in front of a building; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A woman wearing a hat with a bow around her head; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A couple of men sitting next to each other on the ground; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A young man sitting at a table eating a sandwich; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a bride and groom walking down the aisle; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An older man and a young boy are looking at a kerosene lamp; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black - and - white photo of people standing on the side of a road; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A man standing in front of a group of children; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A group of people standing in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A little boy laying in a bed looking out a window; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – A black and white photo of a man and a boy; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An old black and white photo of a man and a young boy; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), directed by John Ford – An old photo of a man and a young boy with an oil lamp; Medium shot, Low angle

How Green Was My Valley

(1941)