Portrait of Jennie
- Jennifer Jones: Jennie Appleton
- Joseph Cotten: Ebony Adams
- Ethel Barrymore: Miss Spinney
- Lillian Gish: Sister Maria Illuminata
- Cecil Kellaway: Matthews
- David Wayne: Gus O'Toole
- Albert Sharpe: Moore
- Henry Hull: Eke
- Felix Bressart: Pete
- Florence Bates: Mrs. Jekes
- Clem Bevans: Capt. Cobb
- Maude Simmons: Clara Morgan
Jenny (also: Jennie - The portrait of a love; Original Title: Portrait of Jennie ). 's An American fantasy film directed by William Dieterle in 1948 The film is based on the novel by Robert Nathan and received 1949 Academy Award for Best Visual effects. The film was directed by Dieterle's only working for David O. Selznick's production company, Selznick International.
Action
Eben Adams is a New York artist who is dissatisfied with his work - he experienced moments of great inspiration, but can not be implemented satisfactorily and certainly not yours to live on it. He may eat in an Italian restaurant, near the snow-covered Central Park, he often roams to get ideas for his work. One morning he meets as Jennie Appleton, who seems to live in their own world and tells much of it; it makes no distinction between past and present. Jennie disappears, just as a layer it seems to manage to lead a normal conversation with her.
In search of her he pulls months through the park; when he finds she is changed and looks much older. They fascinated him now so that he draws a portrait of her. This means its artistic and commercial breakthrough. By the time discovered precisely that Jennie is the spirit of a perished in a terrible storm woman. He travels with her to the place of the storm that comes up again and Jennie entrains finally into the sea. Almost disappeared, insured Jennie level that their love will stand the test times.
Reviews
" The fantastic love story is a bit convoluted and pseudo- philosophical told, but made technically perfect and played very well. "
" Fantastic, tender and heartbreaking. Joseph Augustus camera elicits the Odyssey of the couple magical images. Luis Buñuel said of the film that he had ' opened to him a large window. "