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The Corn Is Green is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in September 1938; with Sybil Thorndike as Miss Moffat and Williams himself portraying Morgan Evans, the West End production ran in all for 600 performances.
- September 20, 1938
- Emlyn Williams
- Comedy
A schoolteacher in a Welsh mining town helps a bright student pursue higher education. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-nominated film.
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- Drama
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- 1945-07-14
The Corn Is Green is a 1945 American drama film starring Bette Davis as a schoolteacher determined to bring education to a Welsh coal mining town despite great opposition. It was adapted from the 1938 play of the same name by Emlyn Williams, which originally starred Ethel Barrymore.
- $1,545,000
- Jack Chertok
Apr 24, 2022 · Sun 24 Apr 2022 05.08 EDT. I t would be easy to write off this revival of Emlyn Williams’ semi-autobiographical drama as an example of post-lockdown “comfort theatre”. First performed in the West...
- Arifa Akbar
Rent The Corn Is Green on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Determined to educate the town's illiterate children, spinster schoolteacher L.C. Moffat (Bette Davis) opens a school in the...
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- Irving Rapper
- Drama
- Bette Davis
Based on an autobiographical play by Welsh actor and writer Emlyn Williams, The Corn is Green (1945) is the story of a dedicated teacher, Miss Moffat, who opens a school in an impoverished Welsh mining community. An unschooled but brilliant young miner, Morgan Evans, becomes her protege, and together they work to overcome obstacles to his ...
A schoolteacher in a Welsh mining village tries to educate a talented student and get him into Oxford. She faces opposition from the mine owners, the squire, and the student's seductive lover.
