The Sisters

In 1904 Montana, the Elliot sisters -- Louise, Helen and Grace -- look forward to their futures. Although Louise is informally engaged, when sportswriter Frank Medlin comes to town, the two fall in love and elope to San Francisco, where Frank's mercurial temper and proclivity for drink soon take a toll on the marriage. Resentful when Louise finds work as a secretary, Frank signs onto a ship for Singapore on the eve of the great earthquake.