In the 1840s, on an island in the English Channel, two sisters, Marguerite (Donna Reed) and Marianne Patourel (Lana Turner), daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel (Edmund Gwenn), fall in love with the same man, William Ozanne (Richard Hart).
Having settled in New Zealand, William writes a letter to the family proposing marriage to one of the sisters. Because he is drunk, he mistakenly writes the name "Marianne" instead of "Marguerite" It is actually Marguerite that he loves and wants to marry. Marianne, believing he wants to marry her, decides to set off for New Zealand to be with her intended.
When does Green Dolphin Street take place?
the 1840s