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Release Date:
May 3, 1945
Original Title:
The Valley of Decision
Alternate Titles:
El valle de la abnegaciĆ³n
Genres:
Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12 US: NR
Runtime: 119
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.
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Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Paul Groesse
Assistant Director:
Marvin Stuart
Costume Supervisor:
Irene
Director:
Tay Garnett
Director of Photography:
Joseph Ruttenberg
Editor:
Blanche Sewell
Hair Designer:
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist:
Florence Erickson
Makeup Designer:
Jack Dawn
Novel:
Marcia Davenport
Original Music Composer:
Herbert Stothart
Producer:
Edwin H. Knopf
Screenplay:
Sonya Levien
John Meehan
Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis
Unit Manager:
Walter Strohm
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