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The Proud Valley is a 1940 Ealing Studios film starring Paul Robeson. Filmed in the South Wales coalfield, the principal Welsh coal mining area, the film is about a seaman who joins a mining community. It includes their passion for singing as well as the dangers and precariousness of working in a mine.
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. As David Goliath, in the popular British drama The Proud Valley, Robeson is the quintessential everyman, an American sailor who joins rank-and-file Welsh miners organizing against the powers that be.
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Jul 5, 2020 · The Proud Valley (1940) Paul Robeson stars as David Goliath, a young man with a beautiful singing voice who faces the harsh realities of life as a coal miner in his Welsh community. After a deadly ...
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The Proud Valley. A singing stoker (Paul Robeson) finds work in a Welsh coal mine, where he is called upon to make a grave sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens his fellow miners.
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- Pen Tennyson
- Drama
- Paul Robeson
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. The Proud Valley (1940) - Turner Classic Movies TCM Main Navigation
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. Pen Tennyson. Director, Screenplay. Louis Golding.
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