★★★☆☆ Beginning as a train hurtles down a track, accompanied by a deep, baritone Welsh choir booming out over the opening the credits, Gilbert Gunn's 1953 film Valley of Song (rereleased by StudioCanal) successfully brings Cliff Gordon's celebrated play Choir Practice to life in the form of a light-hearted comedy. Returning to the idyllic village of Cwmpant after years spent working in London, we watch on as cheery protagonist Geraint Llewellyn (Clifford Evans) is greeted by one and all as a returning hero. Soon re-established in his aged auntie's cottage, he is elected as the choirmaster to a flock of seemingly jovial songbirds of the local parish.
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- 2/19/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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