Portrait of Jennie (1948)
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
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Jennie Appleton -
Eben Adams -
Miss Spinney -
Mother Mary of Mercy -
Matthews -
Gus O'Toole -
Moore -
Eke -
Mrs. Jekes (landlady) -
Pete -
Capt. Cobb -
Clara Morgan
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Director:
William DieterleWriters:
Robert Nathan (from the book by), Paul Osborn (screen play), Peter Berneis (screen play), Leonardo Bercovici (from an adaptation by)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
The quotation from Keats during the opening narration "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." are lines 49-50 of the poet's Ode on a Grecian Urn (written 1819).
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Narrator in prologue:
Since time began man has looked into the awesome reaches of infinity and asked the eternal question: What is time? What is life? What is space? What is death? Through a hundred civilizations, philosophers and scientists have come together with ...
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As Eben clings to Jennie on the rocks at the Land's End lighthouse, they speak to one another, but their lips either aren't moving or aren't in sync with what they're saying.
Crazy Credits
There are no credits at all at the beginning of the film; even the title is not disclosed until the end of the film. Furthermore, several credited workers on the film are not designated by their actual function on the movie, but simply as "staff executives".
Alternate Versions
Originally, all television prints were completely in black-and-white, but by the 1980s the shot of the portrait at the very end was again shown in color. More recently, though, the greenish tint used in the storm scene (lasting about ten minutes) was also restored. Numerous sources, most notably "Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide," have stated that the final reel, save for that color shot, was green, but it was the storm sequence alone, regardless of where it falls on the reels. While the 1990 Fox Video VHS release returned to black-and-white for the two scenes between the storm sequence and the painting-shot, the version currently shown on Turner Classic Movies has them in sepia tint. Which accurately reflects the original theatrical prints is undetermined, but both have the end titles in sepia.
Soundtracks
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair(uncredited)
Music by Claude Debussy
Adapted by Dimitri Tiomkin
Played often in the score
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Genres
Drama | Romance | Fantasy | MysteryDetails
Release Date:
22 April 1949Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Graves Light, Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, USABox Office
Budget:
$4,041,000 (estimated)
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