Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie

  • Director: William Dieterle
  • Writer: Robert Nathan,Paul Osborn,Peter Berneis
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 22, 1949
  • Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Tidal Wave
  • "Portrait of Jennie" is a romantic film directed by William Dieterle and starring Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones . The film was released in the United States on December 25, 1948   .
    The film tells the love story of the orphan Jenny and the painter.

    Details

    • Release date April 22, 1949
    • Filming locations The Cloisters Museum, West 193rd Street, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies The Selznick Studio, Vanguard Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $4,041,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Norberto 2022-12-12 11:07:26

      Eben and Jenny saving each other

      Is there a quick way to the art of painting? We have been educated for a long time that true skills require real effort, and we must be diligent and hard-working, and we must not think about opportunistic tricks in order to have a solid foundation and superb skills. But the movie "The Picture of Jenny" taught us a quick way to the art of painting. The first is "listen to the sound of the stars coming out of the clouds." Jenny and Ai Ben met in the suburbs. When they were in love, Jenny...

    • By Madalyn 2022-12-08 19:04:31

      If love can make us see who we want to see

            Every time I see Jenny, Eben will be amazed to find that she has grown up a lot. From childhood to death, Eben is fortunate to accompany Jenny through her life - the most beautiful love story, nothing more than this.

            Whether Jenny is a human or a ghost is not a question that the film must explore. From the time Jenny appeared until she was swept away by the tsunami, apart from a silk scarf, there are many things that Eben can remember for a lifetime, like that...

    • By Viva 2022-11-27 01:46:16

      I didn't cry this time.

      British mysticism has a history. Hundreds of years ago there was a poet named Donne who wrote a batch of golden poems; there was also a mystic named Donne in the 1930s who invented the theory in the film.

      If two people are on two parallel lines, because one point attracts each other, they will gradually connect to other points on the parallel line, filling your calendar.

      So the point where the two are attracted to each...

    • By Keeley 2022-11-18 15:25:49

      A movie that gave me hallucinations

      I remember watching this movie when I was very young, and I have seen it more than once. I remember the girl said to the man, "You have to wait for me, when I grow up~~~" When I grow up, I

      will often think of this movie and I will think of it. The words of the girl. I always thought that this was a movie that was as well-known as "Butterfly Dream". I asked people around me for their evaluation of this movie, but none of them have seen it. So for a long time, I have been wondering...

    • By Brooke 2022-10-21 19:44:17

      Song, Light and Shadow, Inspiration

      I also knew about her from the dubbed production of "CCTV Sunday Afternoon". It is said that it was played many times in the late 1980s. I have a vague impression, and I am too young to remember; interested. In October last year, I saw someone upload it on Baidu "Love in Petersburg", but unfortunately the link has expired, so I went to the e-mule and dragged it for a few weeks to download it, and then I translated the subtitles myself after several setbacks.

      The story is about a...

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    • By Edwin 2023-09-28 10:18:55

      The use of color is interesting. The entire film is basically black and white. But the climax and the end each use a monochrome filter. The final shot of the finished portrait is in full color. Shooting ok. It's Selznick's fake narration in the opening credits that's...

    • By Celia 2023-09-08 22:32:52

      There is an unsettling vibe throughout the film, closer to what Gloomy Sunday would have been like. The pursuit of photography style coupled with today's image distortion, the heroine's appearance, height, singing, and the ubiquitous soundtrack are more mysterious than the answer itself. Emotionally sensitive people are easily drawn into the vortex of...

    • By Erica 2023-06-12 16:06:10

      When I was a child, the TV station did not have so many channels, but it had excellent programs. At that time, I watched many old movies, and most of them received the discs after work. "Portrait of Jenny" is a very special one. First, I was fascinated when I read it, and second, I found out that Sanmao had written the original...

    • By Sylvester 2023-05-16 09:10:36

      This film is unique even today. Perfect performance, just the right lighting and Debussy's music... Jennifer Jones' change in voice from girl to woman is...

    • By Kay 2023-04-24 04:25:32

      Three and a half stars, there is a hint of suspense in the fantasy love, the subject matter has been used badly now, and the photography is quite...

    Movie plot

    In those depressing New York times, Eben Adams ( Joseph Cotten ) was a struggling artist who made a living just by painting. On the road one winter evening, the painter meets a little girl named Jennifer ( Jennifer Jones ) . The painter sketched her. Unexpectedly, the owner of the painting shop took a fancy to this sketch and bought it, encouraging him to paint again. He saw Jenny again and again after that. Each time she has grown a...
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    Movie quotes

    • Jennie Appleton: [to Eben] The strands of our lives are woven together.The world nor time can part us.

    • Eben Adams: [to Jennie] Night's over; it's tomorrow.

    • Pete: Those colored people; very wise people. Well, they know what trouble is.