Portrait of Jennie

1948

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 85% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 8361 8.4K

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Plot summary

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

Director

William Dieterle Photo
William Dieterle

Top cast

Brian Keith Photo
Brian Keith as Ice-Skating Extra
Amzie Strickland Photo
Amzie Strickland as Ice-Skating Extra
Joseph Cotten Photo
Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams
Lillian Gish Photo
Lillian Gish as Mother Mary of Mercy
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793.33 MB
968*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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1.59 GB
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English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by e_hoffman 8 / 10

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE -- beauty, fantasy and tears

This is my first comment for this site, so be gentle. The history of PORTRAIT OF JENNIE is fairly well known...a love letter from producer David O. Selznick to Jennifer Jones...and it shows by giving her, in my opinion, one of the best showcases for her talents at that time. I have read the pros and cons about this film, but each time I watch it, which isn't often, being the romantic that I am, I can sense it in the way she was treated in the film.Why don't I watch it that often? Because it touches me in personal ways in terms of the loneliness of the two main characters, the yearning to find someone and not be alone. But most importantly, the music score arranged by the great Dmitri Tiomkin from the works of Claude Debussy. I am sorry that nobody has ever issued a track LP or CD of Tiomkin's score. To me it is a beautiful, sometimes haunting arrangement, with the theme used for Jennie touching me...I believe it is called THE GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR...I could be wrong. At points it became painful for me to watch as the film touches certain personal pains (the loneliness part particularly, more so since I lost my parents recently after caring for them and have no family to speak of). When the final scene occurs, showing the portrait itself in the museum in full color and Tiomkin's music plays over it, I am in tears. It sounds stupid, doesn't it...The film itself is not the perfect movie that Selznick had wanted but the flaws are minor to the final result. It is a film not just for those with a romantic streak still in them, but also for the lonely, maybe giving them a message of hope.I am glad that, unlike many classic films, this one has been preserved and is available on video. Well, that's my rambling on the subject. It may not be film criticism but its how I feel about PORTRAIT OF JENNIE.
Reviewed by whpratt1 10 / 10

Fantastic Love Story

This wonderful Classic film has entertained people ever since 1948 and it will continue to warm the hearts of all people who fall in love and never stop. Jennifer Jones,(Jennie Appleton) and Joseph Cotton,(Eden Adams) played the role of these two lovers who were real Soul Mates. This film has a very haunting theme with black and white and then a color background. There is a terrifying scene with a sail boat being crashed into the rocks and waves from the ocean beating against a lighthouse almost submerged in water. Eden Adams is calling out "Jennie" "Jennie, Where are You?". Ethel Barrymore, (Miss Spinney) and Lilian Gish gave great supporting roles to make this film even a greater masterpiece for all generations to enjoy.
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