Green Dolphin Street (DVD)

After her triumph as the lunchroom temptress in the crime classic The Postman Always Rings Twice, Lana Turner expanded her range with Green Dolphin Street. Set in 19th-century Europe and New Zealand, this sweeping romance tells the story of two beautiful sisters, one headstrong (Turner) and one gentle (Donna Reed), and of the man (Richard Hart) who marries one even though he loves the other. The film's riptides of emotion are matched by breathtaking physical tumult: a fierce Maori uprising plus a catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave that earned the film a 1947 Oscar? for special effects. With it's dramatic story and spectacular visuals, Green Dolphin Street drew huge audiences eager for epic moviemaking.

Starring: Patrick Aherne, Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Gladys Cooper, Linda Christian, Bernie Gozier, Pat Aherne, Edith Leslie, Frank Morgan, Moyna MacGill, Al Kikume, Gigi Perreau, Douglas Walton, Leslie Dennison, Lumsden Hare, William Fawcett, Pedro de Cordoba, Lila Leeds, Rhea Mitchell, Ramsey Ames, Franco Corsaro, Guy Kingsford, Wyndham Standing, Florence Wix, Pat Emery, Tetsu Komai, Richard Terry, Robin Hughes, Michael Kirby, James B. Leong, Murray Yeats, Lucille Curtis, George Bennett, Richard Abbott, Dave Dunbar, George Kirby, Mary Jo Ellis, Helyn Eby-Rock, George Chan, Carol Nugent, Frank Leigh, John Sheffield, Herbert Evans, Jack Deery, Douglas Francis, Colin Kenny, Robert Cory, Bob Thom, Bob Davis, Robert Hale, Naomi Campbell, Clive Morgan

Director: Carey Wilson