Green Dolphin Street (1947)

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The 161-minute costume drama Green Dolphin Street is set in 1840, on an island off the coast of Newfoundland, (or at least, the MGM backlot facsimile of same). Boiled down to essentials, it's the story of two sisters, blonde Marguerite Patourel (Donna Reed) and brunette Marianne Patourel (Lana… More The 161-minute costume drama Green Dolphin Street is set in 1840, on an island off the coast of Newfoundland, (or at least, the MGM backlot facsimile of same). Boiled down to essentials, it's the story of two sisters, blonde Marguerite Patourel (Donna Reed) and brunette Marianne Patourel (Lana Turner), daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel (Edmund Gwenn). The two women meet New Zealander William Ozone (Richard Hart) and both quietly fall in love with him, though he's far more interested in Marguerite. To get William away from her sister, the conniving Marianne encourages the young man to fulfill his dreams by enlisting in H.R.H.'s Navy, whereby he'll be shipped off to China. But William misses the boat (no pun intended) and becomes a fugitive. He and buddy Timothy Haslam (Van Heflin) pair up and ship out to New Zealand, where they found a lumber business. William gets soused one night and writes to the sister he loves, inviting her to join him in marriage - but drunkenly uses the other sister's name by mistake. Marianne, believing he meant to write to her, decides to set off for New Zealand to be with her intended. Meanwhile, Timothy secretly pines for Marguerite - and that's only the set up for this broadly-scaled melodrama. Reportedly budgeted at $4 million, Green Dolphin Street was based on the somewhat better bestseller by Elizabeth Goudge. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 2 hr. 41 min.
Directed By: Victor Saville
Written By: Samson Raphaelson
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics

In Theaters: Oct 15, 1947 Wide

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Cast

            Patrick Aherne as KapuaManga

            Lana Turner as Marianne Patourel

            Linda Christian as Hin-Moa

            Van Heflin as Timothy Haslam

            Gladys Cooper as Sophie Patourel

            Donna Reed as Marguerite Patourel

            Richard Hart as William Ozanne

            Bernie Gozier as Jacky-Pato

            Edmund Gwenn as Octavius Patourel

            Frank Morgan as Dr. Edmund Ozanne

            Al Kikume as Native

            Moyna MacGill as Mrs. Metivier

            Reginald Owen as Capt. O'Hara

            Dame May Whitty as Mother Superior

            Ramsay Ames as Corinne

            Lucille Curtis as Mrs. Samuel Kelly

            Leslie Denison as Capt. Hartley

            William Fawcett as Nat

            Lumsden Hare as Anderson

            Guy Kingsford as Young Fisherman

            Tetsu Komai as Chinaman

            James B. Leong as Chinese Longshoreman

            Edith Leslie as Sister Angelique

            Carol Nugent as Veronica Age 7

            Gigi Perreau as Veronica Age 4

            Wyndham Standing as Government General

            Douglas Walton as Sir Charles Maloney
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