Green Dolphin Street: Van Heflin, Lana Turner, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Gladys Cooper, Moyna MacGill, Linda Christian, Bernie Gozier, George J. Folsey, Victor Saville, George White, Carey Wilson, Elizabeth Goudge, Samson Raphaelson: Amazon.ca: Video

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5.0 out of 5 stars High praise for a fine, even great, film, Sep 1 2000

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Daniel J. McGarigle (EL SEGUNDO, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Dolphin Street (VHS Tape)

Green Dolphin Street is a wonderfully made film in the tradition of great storytelling. Made in 1947 from its namesakes prize winning novel, the film took it's fair share of Oscars. Sadly, in 2000, it is a little recognized film, and deserves a much better recognized place among the great films.

The story is rich with well developed characters, good acting, an adventurous and romantic plot, marvelous sets, intimate sub-plots, grand-sweeping plots, personal tragedies and triumphs, the full body and flavor of a great novel, and a healthy dose of English, French and New Zealand history. When you add Lana Turner, Van Heflin and Donna Reed to all of that, then you have a rich treat of a movie.

The film may seem dated and old-fashioned to a few younger viewers, but anyone with even the slighest bit of open mindedness will find much to be enjoyed in this film. The production values given by MGM are in that high and great tradition of MGM. The plots, adventures and central love stories are as intense and exciting as any film ever made, and yet one can enjoy it with one's grandmother.

But there's nothing sappy about the story at all. Rather, we are given a rich cast of full and facinating characters who tell the story of a mistake that starts a love story with a big wrinkle.

This film well illustrates the richness of lives in 'the old days' of thoughtfulness, courtesy, diligence and devotion. From the elderly father and mother, to the young adults stepping out into the world, the story includes exciting and memorable visual and sound special effects which bear up to today's hi-tech stuff for pure excitement.

Green Dolphin Street shows just how grand and fine a film can be. It is a great, and lasting, film.

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREEN DOLPHIN STREET, Feb 4 2004

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Lauretta Ysais "TOWER VILLA" (ARLINGTON, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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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,

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Marvelous Melodrama, Nov 9 2003

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifull done film!
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. Read more

Published on Sep 26 2002 by Rosella Ann Myles

5.0 out of 5 stars That one scene alone!
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. Read more

Published on April 24 2002 by Gerald Halpin