Green Dolphin Street

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Product Details

Director : Victor Saville
Actor : Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan
Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9786301969567
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 2002-02-05
Studio : MGM, (Warner)
UPC : 027616072733

ASIN : 6301969561

Customer Reviews

GREEN DOLPHIN STREET (2004-02-04)

THIS FILM IS TOPS WITH ME. ONE OF THE BEST PLOTS EVER AND A GRIPPER TILL THE END.

WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO DO A DVD ON THIS ONE?????????

PLEASE, PLEASE,

A Marvelous Melodrama (2003-11-10)

If you've got 2 and a half hours, a cup of tea, and an appreciation of costume melodrama, this is the flick for you. Starring Lana Turner and Donna Reed as loving sisters whose lives and loves take a very different turn, Green Dolphin Street carries the viewer through tragedy, disaster, and utlimately, the realization that it is not we who are in charge of our lives, but a greater Love. The special effects still hold up, the costumes are great, and the performances by Turner, Reed, Van Heflin, and Richard Hart are first rate.

A beautifull done film! (2002-09-27)

This is a must see film, for any fan of a good story or the classic movie era. Donna Reed and Lana Turner both shine in it as the sisters in the film. It's a very entertaining and meaninful story, of women and men who love a person they can't have, but end up loving who they can have so much more and deeper then their first love. It truly deserves all the stars it can get.

That one scene alone! (2002-04-25)

I can't remember how old I was when I first saw this one, but, the scene where Donna Reed climbs the cliff to escape the incoming tide has stayed with me - a great scene. A great story.

Still a great story after all these years! Well, almost. (2002-02-02)

I was just a child when I saw this 1947 film in a movie theater and have never forgotten it. Now, more than a half century later, I revisited it on video. I'm a different person now, and a lot of time has gone by, but I was still captivated by the film. Well, almost!

The story is set in the mid 19th century when British colonialism was at its peak. Two sisters are in love with the same man, played by Richard Hart, who goes off to sea in the King's navy. He is drugged in China, misses his ship and goes off to New Zealand to make his fortune. He's really in love with the quiet sister, played by Donna Reed, but when he sends for her to be his wife, his pen slips and he actually asks for the strong willed sister, played by Lana Turner. To complicate matters, the man who really loves the Lana Turner character is the husband's partner, played by Van Heflin. But that's just a small part of the sweeping epic that includes an earthquake, a tidal wave and a Maori war. The film is also about love, the kind that grows through the years, as well as religious love. Because while Lana Turner is off in New Zealand battling the elements of nature, Donna Reed becomes a nun.

This is a great story and there are twists and turns throughout. Lana Turner is beautiful. Her makeup is always perfect and her costumes are great. I can't help noticing though that even when she is about to give birth, she still has a perfectly corseted narrow waist, and her lipstick and hairdos are just a little too perfect throughout. But that, of course was the way they made movies in 1947. The film was 2 hours and 21 minutes and could have been shorter. Some of speeches were a little too long, especially near the end. Also, I can't help it, but I now have a 21st Century attitude about colonialism although back then it seemed like a thrilling adventure. Acting was excellent, several other sub-stories added a rich tapestry to the tale. Best of all, though, were the special effects, which won an Academy Award in 1948. I found the earthquake scene every bit as frightening as anything on the screen today even though this film was produced in black and white without benefit of modern technology. And except for the ending, the story moved fast and held my interest and, for a little while, transported me to a world of adventure, intrigue and romance. Recommended.

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