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
- Directed By
- Victor Saville
- Written By
- Samson Raphaelson
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 15, 1947 Wide
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Cast
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Patrick Aherne
as KapuaManga
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Lana Turner
as Marianne Patourel
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Linda Christian
as Hin-Moa
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Van Heflin
as Timothy Haslam
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Gladys Cooper
as Sophie Patourel
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Donna Reed
as Marguerite Patourel
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Richard Hart
as William Ozanne
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Bernie Gozier
as Jacky-Pato
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Edmund Gwenn
as Octavius Patourel
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Frank Morgan
as Dr. Edmund Ozanne
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Al Kikume
as Native
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Moyna MacGill
as Mrs. Metivier
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Reginald Owen
as Capt. O'Hara
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Dame May Whitty
as Mother Superior
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Ramsay Ames
as Corinne
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Lucille Curtis
as Mrs. Samuel Kelly
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Leslie Denison
as Capt. Hartley
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William Fawcett
as Nat
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Lumsden Hare
as Anderson
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Guy Kingsford
as Young Fisherman
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Tetsu Komai
as Chinaman
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James B. Leong
as Chinese Longshoreman
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Edith Leslie
as Sister Angelique
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Carol Nugent
as Veronica Age 7
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Gigi Perreau
as Veronica Age 4
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Wyndham Standing
as Government General
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Douglas Walton
as Sir Charles Maloney
