Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novel by Robert Nathan. The film was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. In 1934, impoverished painter Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) meets a fey little girl named Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones) in Central Park, New York. She is wearing old-fashioned clothing. He makes a sketch of her from memory which involves him with art ... More
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  • Dec 25, 1948

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  • 1 h 26 min

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William Dieterle

William Dieterle (July 15, 1893, Ludwigshafen, – December 9, 1972, Ottobrunn) was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His 1937 film...

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  • 1948
  • Nov 28, 2000
  • Oct 19, 2004
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  • 1 h 26 min

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  • 1948

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  • 505
  • 7.0

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  • 1948

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Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie is a novellare written by Robert Nathan and first published in 1940. It is a haunting story which combines romance, fantasy, mystery and the supernatural. It also is commonly referred to as his most successful of all his novels. A struggling depression era artist encounters a...

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