The Green Years
The Green Years (4-Jul-1946)
Director: Victor Saville
Writers: Robert Ardrey; Sonya Levien
From novel by: A. J. Cronin
Musical Score: Herbert Stothart
Producer: Leon Gordon
Keywords: Drama, Coming of Age
Coming-of-age story of Robie, an orphaned Irish-Catholic boy who lives with his Presbyterian maternal grandparents in Scotland, both parsimonious and sanctimonious. He finds friendship with his great-grandfather, "Grandpa Gow", an imperfect man but free-spirited and of good heart. Received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Clyde | Actor | 25-Mar-1892 | 18-May-1967 | Cully Wilson on Lassie |
| Charles Coburn | Actor | 17-Jun-1877 | 30-Aug-1961 | The More the Merrier |
| Gladys Cooper | Actor | 18-Dec-1888 | 17-Nov-1971 | My Fair Lady |
| Hume Cronyn | Actor | 18-Jul-1911 | 15-Jun-2003 | Cocoon |
| Tom Drake | Actor | 5-Aug-1918 | 11-Aug-1982 | Meet Me In St. Louis |
| Wallace Ford | Actor | 12-Feb-1898 | 11-Jun-1966 | A Patch of Blue |
| Richard Haydn | Actor | 10-Mar-1905 | 25-Apr-1985 | The Sound of Music |
| Norman Lloyd | Actor | 8-Nov-1914 | Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere | |
| Henry O'Neill | Actor | 10-Aug-1891 | 18-May-1961 | Anchors Aweigh |
| Selena Royle | Actor | 6-Nov-1904 | 23-Apr-1983 | The Fighting Sullivans |
| Henry Stephenson | Actor | 16-Apr-1871 | 24-Apr-1956 | The Prince and the Pauper |
| Dean Stockwell | Actor | 5-Mar-1936 | Blue Velvet | |
| Jessica Tandy | Actor | 7-Jun-1909 | 11-Sep-1994 | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Beverly Tyler | Actor | 5-Jul-1927 | 23-Nov-2005 | The Green Years |
| Norma Varden | Actor | 20-Jan-1898 | 19-Jan-1989 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
CAST
| Starring | |
| Charles Coburn | ... Alexander Gow |
| with | |
| Tom Drake | ... Robert Shannon (as a Young Man) |
| Beverly Tyler | ... Alison Keith (as a Young Woman) |
| Hume Cronyn | ... Papa Leckie |
| and | |
| Gladys Cooper | ... Grandma Leckie |
| Dean Stockwell | ... Robert Shannon (as a Child) |
| Selena Royle | ... Mama Leckie |
| Jessica Tandy | ... Kate Leckie |
| Richard Haydn | ... Jason Reid |
| Andy Clyde | ... Saddler Boag |
| Norman Lloyd | ... Adam Leckie |
| Robert North | ... Murdoch Leckie |
| Wallace Ford | ... Jamie Nigg |
| Eilene Janssen | ... Alison Keith (as a Child) |
| Hank Daniels | ... Gavin Blair (as a Young Man) |
| Richard Lyon | ... Gavin Blair (as a Child) |
| Henry O'Neill | ... Canon Roche |
| Henry Stephenson | ... Blakely |
| Norma Varden | ... Mrs. Bosomley |
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