Gregory Peck and Lionel Barrymore… And Greer Garson… Oh, I’ve seen her in Mrs. Miniver, which was very good indeed…
Uh-oh! It’s a movie about Irish in the US.
ME AM SUSPICIOUS
There’s something particularly dreadfully tedious about Irish cultural extruded product. The combination of religiosity, pomposity, sentimentality and forced cheer is positively venomous. If only these things had actual humour instead of some asshole saying and then going “HO HO HO” there’d been something to enjoy.
So I’ve got a totally open mind here! No prejudices! I’m sure this will be a wonderful movie!
[time passes]
OK, the first half hour was boring, and then the next three hours were annoying, and then the last nineteen hours were just excruciating.
It’s everything I expected. And more.
It’s a horrible, horrible movie.
Did it win all the Oscars? Hm…. No! Garson was nominated for best actress, which is well deserved, I guess, but then the entire world tried to forget that the movie ever happened.
But people liked it:
The film was a massive hit, earning $4,566,000 in the US and Canada and $3,530,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $3,480,000 in profit.
How many Irish are there anyway?
The Valley of Decision. Tay Garnett. 1945.
Popular movies in May 1945 according to IMDB:
| Poster | Votes | Rating | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1361 | 7.4 | The Valley of Decision |
 | 6290 | 7.4 | The Body Snatcher |
 | 295 | 7.0 | Molly and Me |
 | 1010 | 6.9 | The Scarlet Clue |
 | 273 | 6.7 | Pillow to Post |
 | 2836 | 6.7 | Back to Bataan |
 | 507 | 6.6 | Thrill of a Romance |
 | 203 | 6.5 | Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion |
 | 740 | 6.4 | The Bullfighters |
 | 338 | 6.4 | The Brighton Strangler |
This blog post is part of the Decade series.