The Corn Is Green is an adaptation of a 1938 play by Emlyn Williams. It is also a shameless attempt to cash in on the success of How Green Was My Valley and ought to be called "The Wheat is Golden" due to a single shot of a man cutting wheat. Welshman Rhys Williams stars in both films and here amongst the absent corn, gives another good performance. I should also mention Bette Davis is excellent in this too.
Some of the acting is unnecessarily over exaggerated particularly the femme fatale but that is true of many films of the time. If you choose not to draw comparison with more recent films it can be said that The Corn Is Green is thoughtful, entertaining and more importantly a champion of the virtues of education.
Some of the acting is unnecessarily over exaggerated particularly the femme fatale but that is true of many films of the time. If you choose not to draw comparison with more recent films it can be said that The Corn Is Green is thoughtful, entertaining and more importantly a champion of the virtues of education.