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Novelisations of movies usually make for pretty poor reading, but this was excellent.
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NEATH LEGEND: Hollywood’s first Welsh Oscar winner honoured with blue plaque at childhood home
The tribute was unveiled at the house on Dalton Road where the legendary actor lived from the age of four.
Milland, who was born Alfred Reginald Jones in 1907, remains a titan of the silver screen and was once Paramount’s highest-paid star.
The installation follows a special exhibition at Melincryddan Community Hall on Friday, March 6, which brought together relatives, fans, and local dignitaries.
Organised by the Neath Antiquarian Society, the event marked the 80th anniversary of Milland’s historic Academy Award win for his role in The Lost Weekend.
He was the first Welsh actor to ever scoop an Oscar, a feat that cemented his place in cinematic history alongside greats like Grace Kelly and John Wayne.
Relatives of the Hollywood star attended the celebratory exhibition in Neath to mark the 80th anniversary of his Oscar win. (Image: Neath Port Talbot Council)The plaque was successfully nominated by the Neath Antiquarian Society through Neath Port Talbot Council’s Blue Plaque Scheme.
It serves as a permanent reminder of a man who told the world he was from Neath, even at the height of his global fame.
Jonathan Davies, Chair of the Neath Antiquarian Society, hailed Milland’s “varied and lasting” career which spanned more than 55 years.
“From romantic leads to comedy, horror, Broadway Theatre and his own TV shows, I don’t think there are many other careers in Hollywood that have been as varied or lasted as long,” he said.
“Over the course of 55 years, he won everything; Oscar, Grammy, Cannes Film Festival, the lot.”
The blue plaque is now a permanent fixture on the wall of the actor’s former home on Dalton Road in Neath. (Image: Neath Port Talbot Council)The actor’s incredible journey saw him serve in the Royal Horse Guards before a chance meeting with an American actress convinced him to try his hand at acting.
His 1929 debut in The Flying Scotsman led to a contract with MGM and a move to Hollywood that would change his life forever.
Milland went on to star in classics such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder and the terrifying spy thriller Ministry of Fear.
Despite his stardom, he never forgot his roots, famously being “lionised” in Cardiff in 1946 and touring Neath by car during a visit in 1947.
Councillor Cen Phillips, Cabinet Member for Nature, Tourism and Wellbeing for Neath Port Talbot Council, said the plaque celebrates a key part of the area’s “incredible cultural legacy.”
The ceremony was attended by Milland’s relatives and local residents, including the current tenant of the house on Dalton Road.
(L-R) The current tenant of the Dalton Road house, Ray Milland’s cousin, Councillor Cen Phillips, and Jonathan Davies of the Neath Antiquarian Society at the unveiling. (Image: Neath Port Talbot Council)Funding for the 2026 Commemorative Blue Plaque window will open from April 1 to September 30 for new nominations.
The scheme is part of the council’s wider Heritage Strategy, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to restore and celebrate local history.
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Hollywood legend who told the world he was from Neath to be honoured with blue plaque
Ray Milland, who starred alongside screen legends like John Wayne and Grace Kelly, was the first Welsh actor to win an Oscar and became one of Paramount’s highest-paid stars during a career that spanned five decades.
Now, 80 years after his career-defining Oscar win for the film The Lost Weekend, Neath Port Talbot Council has announced he will be recognised with a blue plaque.
Milland joins a prestigious list of local figures to be honoured, including fellow acting giants Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins.
The public will get a first look at the plaque at a free event this Friday, 6 March, at Melincryddan Community Hall from 3pm. It will later be installed at Milland’s childhood home on Dalton Road.
The successful nomination for the plaque came from the Neath Antiquarian Society.
Jonathan Davies, Chair of the society, said Milland never forgot his roots:
“I have little doubt that there are few people in our history that have reached more corners of the world and told them he was proud of the fact that he was from Neath.
“He’s known to have said, ‘When people say to me, you are English, I tell them I’m not English. I’m Welsh. Call me British if you like but never, never call me English’. His death was reported on every continent.”
1946 was a golden year for Milland. As well as the Academy Award, he also won Best Actor at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globes.
Councillor Cen Phillips, Cabinet Member for Nature, Tourism and Wellbeing, said:
“It’s great to honour the first Welsh Oscar winner, Ray Milland. He had an amazing career and became a household name in Hollywood. This blue plaque celebrates yet another figure from the incredible cultural legacy that we have across the whole of Neath Port Talbot.”
The council has confirmed that a further two blue plaques will be funded this year, with the funding window opening on 1 April.
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Welsh American actor Ray Milland appeared in more than 135 theatrical releases between 1929 and 1985 and on radio, television, and the stage. Review-> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #DashingtotheEnd #RayMilland #UniversityPressofMississippi #DialMForMurder #TheLostWeekend #Edelweiss #ARCReview
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"Stella by Starlight" is a popular #jazzStandard with music by #VictorYoung that was drawn from thematic material composed for the #mainTitle and #soundtrack of the 1944 #ParamountPictures film #TheUninvited. Appearing in the film's #underscore as well as in #sourceMusic as an instrumental #themeSong without #lyrics, it was turned over to #NedWashington, who wrote the lyrics for it in 1946. At one point in the film, the main character, Rick (#RayMilland).
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l #film di oggi è il #noir ad orologeria #Iltemposièfermato di #JohnFarrow con #RayMilland e #CharlesLaughton #cinema #recensionefilm #recensioni #recensionifilm #unofilm #unocinema #filmastodon
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Tonite's film: Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
#Retro #Classic #Film #70s #Disney #DonaldPleasence #RayMilland
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#Hooptober tobers on with X aka The Man with the X-Ray Eyes. Directed by #RogerCorman, produced by Samuel Z. #Arkoff, starring #RayMilland ánd #DonRickles, featuring X-ray vision, ánd a soundtrack by #LesBaxter… Beam it STRAIGHT UP MY RETINAS is all I'm saying! 👓 🍿 #FilmFriday
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“The Lady Has Plans” starring Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard — ad in Screen Guide, Apr. 1942
“Paulette’s Back… is the objective at the front!”
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4 ghost movies you need to see.
The Uninvited (Lewis Allen, 1944)
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963)
Immortal Love AKA Hellish Love (Chûsei Sone, 1972)
#ghostmovies #horrormovies #horror #FilmMastodon #classicmovies #cultmovies #LewisAllen #JackClayton #RobertWise #ChuseiSone #RayMilland #DeborahKerr #ClaireBloom #ShirleyJackson #ghosts #ghoststories