Green Dolphin Street
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| Directed by | Victor Saville |
| Produced by | Carey Wilson |
| Written by | Samson Raphaelson Elizabeth Goudge (novel) |
| Starring | Lana Turner Van Heflin Donna Reed Richard Hart |
| Music by | Bronislaw Kaper |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Editing by | George White |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 5 November 1947 |
| Running time | 142 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Green Dolphin Street is a 1947 historic drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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[edit] Plot summary
In the 1840s, two sisters fall in love with the same man. While drunk, the man writes a letter proposing marriage to the wrong one.
[edit] Production background
The film stars Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, and Richard Hart, and features a screenplay by Samson Raphaelson based on the historical novel Green Dolphin Country (1944) by Elizabeth Goudge. The film was directed by Victor Saville and produced by Carey Wilson.
Turner and Heflin reprised their roles in a Lux Radio Theatre version of Green Dolphin Street on 19 September 1949.
Hart and Heflin, who played romantic rivals in Green Dolphin Street, were similarly cast in B.F.'s Daughter (1948). Hart made only four feature films before his death at an early age, two of them co-starring Heflin.
[edit] Cast
- Lana Turner as Marianne Patourel
- Van Heflin as Timothy Haslam
- Donna Reed as Marguerite Patourel
- Richard Hart as William Ozanne
- Frank Morgan as Dr. Edmond Ozanne
- Edmund Gwenn as Octavius Patourel
- Dame May Whitty as Mother Superior
- Reginald Owen as Captain O'Hara
- Gladys Cooper as Sophie Patourel
- Moyna MacGill as Mrs. Metivier
- Linda Christian as Hine-Moa
- Bernie Gozier as Jacky-Poto
- Patrick Aherne as Kapua-Manga
- Al Kikume as A Maori
- Edith Leslie as Sister Angelique
- Ramsay Ames as Corinne
- Gigi Perreau as Veronica
- Douglas Walton as Sir Charles Maloney
[edit] Awards
In 1948, the film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, particularly for its depiction of a devastating earthquake. It was also nominated in the categories Cinematography (Black-and-White), Film Editing, Sound Recording (Douglas Shearer) and Special Effects.[1]
[edit] Theme song
The film's title song, "Green Dolphin Street" (often recorded as "On Green Dolphin Street"), went on to become a jazz standard. The song has been recorded by Eric Dolphy, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and Grant Green among others.[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Green Dolphin Street at the Internet Movie Database
- Green Dolphin Street at AllRovi
- Green Dolphin Street at the TCM Movie Database
- Lyrics of title song
- "On Green Dolphin Street" at Jazz Standards
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