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Portrait of Jennie
In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned Jennie Appleton, who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. Soon after, Eben sells a sketch of Jennie to kindly art dealer Miss Spinny and, as he meets the oddly mutable Jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny.
1948 · Directed by William Dieterle · 86 min · Drama · Romance · Fantasy · Mystery · 10 frames
Tagline
The screen's most romantic team!
Crew
- Screenplay: Paul Osborn, Peter Berneis
- Written by: Ben Hecht
- Cinematography: Joseph H. August
- Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
- Production design: J. McMillan Johnson
- Produced by: David O. Selznick
Cast
- Jennifer Jones as Jennie Appleton
- Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams
- Ethel Barrymore as Miss Spinney
- Lillian Gish as Mother Mary of Mercy
- Cecil Kellaway as Matthews
- David Wayne as Gus O'Toole
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Jekes
- Albert Sharpe as Moore
- Henry Hull as Eke
- Felix Bressart as Pete
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Selznick International Pictures
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $1,500,000
- Themes: artist, cape cod, mysterious woman, art dealer, ghost story, struggling artist, portrait painting, mysterious girl, painter as artist, supernatural drama
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