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Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Directed by Victor Saville
Overview
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie’s daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite’s sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter’s hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister.
Rated NR | Length 141 minutes
Actors
Lana Turner | Van Heflin | Donna Reed | Richard Hart | Frank Morgan | Edmund Gwenn | Dame May Whitty | Reginald Owen | Gladys Cooper | Moyna MacGill | Linda Christian | Bernie Gozier | Patrick Aherne | Al Kikume | Edith Leslie | Gigi Perreau | Colin Kenny | Lila Leeds