Lush MGM melodrama that won an Oscar for it's visual effects (a tidal wave and an earthquake among them) stars Lana Turner and Donna Reed as 1840s British sisters Marianne and Marguerite Patourel, both in love with sailor William Ozanne (Richard Hart). When William, who prefers Marguerite, settles in New Zealand to run a lumber business and writes a letter while drunk mistakenly asking Marianne to marry him, she agrees, only to later learn the truth. Van Heflin, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn co- star. 141 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English DTS HD mono Master Audio, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).
