Portrait of Jennie
1948 · directed by William Dieterle
- Rating
- 82/100
- Hit
- yes
In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned Jennie Appleton, who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. Soon after, Eben sells a sketch of Jennie to kindly art dealer Miss Spinny and, as he meets the oddly mutable Jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny.
Portrait of Jennie (1948), directed by William Dieterle, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Jennifer Jones
- Joseph Cotten
- Ethel Barrymore
- Lillian Gish
- Cecil Kellaway
- David Wayne
- Florence Bates
- Albert Sharpe
- Henry Hull
- Felix Bressart
Crew
- Joseph H. August — Director of Photography
- Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer
- Paul Osborn — Screenplay
- Peter Berneis — Screenplay
- Ben Hecht — Writer
More from William Dieterle
- All That Money Can Buy (1941) — 84/100 · hit
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — 83/100 · hit
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937) — 82/100 · hit
- The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) — 79/100
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) — 76/100
- Salome (1953) — 58/100
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