This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1990. Plans to film in Wales were abandoned due to WWII; an 80-acre set was built in the Santa Monica Mountains at Brent's Crags, near Malibu. The design of the village was based on the real Cerrig Ceinnen and nearby Clyddach-cum Tawe in Wales. The film was shot in black and white because the color of flowers in Southern California did not match those found in Wales. Darryl F. Zanuck originally intended the ...[Read Story ]