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Portrait of Jennie is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Dieterle released in USA on 25 december 1948 with Jennifer Jones

Portrait of Jennie (1948)

Portrait of Jennie
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Released in USA 25 december 1948
Length 1h26
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Science fiction,    Fantastic,    Fantasy,    Romance
Themes Peinture,    Ghost films
Rating75% 3.7950653.7950653.7950653.7950653.795065

Portrait of Jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novella by Robert Nathan. The film was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten.

Synopsis

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 dealer Miss Spinney (Ethel Barrymore), who sees potential in him. This inspires him to paint a portrait of Jennie.

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