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      The Corn Is Green

      1979 1h 40m Drama List
      Reviews 60% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Determined to educate the town's illiterate children, schoolmarm L.C. Moffat (Katharine Hepburn) opens a school in a dismal Welsh coal-mining community. Battling both the ignorance of the villagers and the contrary local squire (Bill Fraser), Miss Moffat becomes increasingly discouraged until she sees extraordinary potential in one of her students, Morgan Evans (Ian Saynor). When Morgan fathers an illegitimate child, the teacher fears her pupil's chance at a college education may be destroyed. Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Ironically, Bette Davis was too young (36), when she played the spinsterish teacher in Warner's 1946 melodrama, and Katharine Hepburn too old (70) in this TV version, directed by George Cukor in what was their tenth (and last) collaboration. Rated: B Mar 3, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Slow paced drama pits energetic Hepburn rural school teacher against a stubborn Welsh society in the form of a student she highly admires. Legend director George Cukor, a great friend of Hepburn, collaborates with Hepburn in this television film of high quality. SEE a clip here from the film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3wRH37BcFU [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKeSUJf-xEAOePPV2eKacuY5UxSqxvpB8Gi0bS0eIgZllgJLlQaw[/img] "The Corn Is Green is a 1979 television drama film starring Katharine Hepburn as a schoolteacher determined to bring education to a Welsh coal mining town, despite great opposition."-- Wikipedia While the title is less than up to today's standards, the film brings to mind the Oscar winning How Green is My Valley as it is set in a coal mining North Wales community. [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6M44BiVwwtOB9cupaSzIkrqyJ3BGkdkFuCcXzU0NNRPsNbqJF[/img] SEE the entire color film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo7NvObr0yc [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCOAfpr0ipaS3ET7ZZbWXAInaglnsjKSJwMPjkZQyHRhINqmcl[/img] REVIEWS by those like us: 60% Hepburn is sensational as usual. Playing a spinster school teacher in a Scottish mining town. This was a TV movie. Directed by George Cukor. [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrmUgL3aJ3EeXIww4RT9jb392xjQqhgnOFH5qs_T6cI4Qgh-ev[/img] NOTES: 1 Directed by legend George Cukor, the tenth and last collaboration on film between the director and the actress, and is the second and last made-for-television film directed by Cukor. 2 The film was telecast by CBS. It received two Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for Katharine Hepburn. [img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRWG2sE5QpHvVTM9FTIJn7pERYXDwkd3z2-S11ihumIP1JgK6IXfg[/img] Cast Katharine Hepburn - Miss Lilly Moffat Ian Saynor - Morgan Evans Bill Fraser - The Squire Patricia Hayes - Mrs. Watty Anna Massey - Miss Ronberry Artro Morris - John Goronwy Jones Dorothea Phillips - Sarah Pugh Toyah Willcox - Bessie Watty [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR26VNQjYaGyoR9g3eOPTHlitxebSeqXPSmp9hMbNirvhG0nYZ3ew[/img] Directed by George Cukor Produced by Neil Hartley Written by Ivan Davis Emlyn Williams (play) Starring Katharine Hepburn Bill Fraser Ian Saynor Music by John Barry Country United States Language English Release date January 29, 1979 Running time 93 minutes [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS06NCwsO0oWFlpeYQYe5WawCGNLNYaDpdwwDIzQKPvMuCRhHZ8[/img] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Ironically, Bette Davis was too young (36), when she played the spinsterish teacher in Warner's 1946 melodrama, and Katharine Hepburn too old (70) in this TV version, directed by George Cukor in what was their tenth (and last) collaboration. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A late career triumph for both Kate and Cukor this marvelous TV version of the play Ethel Barrymore made famous years before feels like it was written with Hepburn in mind so well does the part fit her. High production values give it the feeling of a feature film and the performances are most enjoyable from all the actors. A wonderful story of the value of learning and the quest for knowledge along with the need to temper it with caring and human interest this is a reminder of the superior quality that used to be offed on American television and rarely is today. Beautiful location filming in Wales completes the charm of this fine offering. Well worth seeking out for anyone looking for superior entertainment. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The Betty Davis version is Better, but this one is pretty great. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Ick. I would have thought that Hepburn's talent could revive any corpse of a film. This film proves otherwise. Incredibly dry and dull. The whole product, right down to the nauseating transitional melodies, reeks of Hallmark made-for-TV. This is essentially a Hepburn showpiece and it's derived unchanged from the underlying stagecraft ... and everyone else on deck is pure summer stock. Hepburn arrives unwanted in a Welsh coal-mining town, struts around in Victorian garb and behaves willfully ... as Hepburn does do so well. Her aim is to impose a one-room schoolhouse on the miners and the town's overlords. That said, there's just nothing much of interest for the viewer to see here. Kate back-sasses the local lawyer a wee bit. A young miner starts reading books ... and washing his hair ... and dressing in fine clothes. That sort of thing. Good ol' feisty Kate comes up surprisingly dull here ... since she's bouncing her barbed script-lines off of a set of actors that are little more than cardboard cutouts. All her lines just drop dead on the stage floor with a thud. Thirty-five minutes in, I gave it the gong and the red envelope back home. RECOMMENDATION: Check out the 1945 version with Bette Davis. I haven't seen it yet, but it couldn't possibly be worse. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Hepburn is sensational as usual. Playing a spinster school teacher in a Scottish mining town. This was a TV movie. Directed by George Cukor. This would be his 10th and last time directing Hepburn. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Determined to educate the town's illiterate children, schoolmarm L.C. Moffat (Katharine Hepburn) opens a school in a dismal Welsh coal-mining community. Battling both the ignorance of the villagers and the contrary local squire (Bill Fraser), Miss Moffat becomes increasingly discouraged until she sees extraordinary potential in one of her students, Morgan Evans (Ian Saynor). When Morgan fathers an illegitimate child, the teacher fears her pupil's chance at a college education may be destroyed.
      Director
      George Cukor
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 40m