Il ritratto di jennie 22 portrait of jennie 1948 melodrama film. Maudlin fantasy wasnt needed in 1948 and it certainly isnt needed now. Portrait of jennie 1948 by 4 star film fan on jul 2, 2017 from 4 star films. Jennifer jones came in for more than a dozen sittings in brackmans connecticut studio. The fact that jennie does not know she is a ghost is the foremost of these, but also central is adams inadequacy as an artist romantic and derivative with only his portrait of jennie having any real power. Portrait of jennie watched by jordi codo letterboxd.
Matthews, david wayne as gus otoole, and albert sharpe as moore. The film rights to the book were obtained by david o. A companion piece to the dieterleselznick love letters, also starring jones and cotten. William dieterles 1948 film, starring jennifer jones and joseph cotten, is an enthralling meditation on memory, loss and transformative power. Portrait of jennie is a 1948 film based on the novella by robert nathan, directed by william dieterle and produced by david o.
Guarda il ritratto di jennie 22 portrait of jennie 1948 melodrama film ita jennifer jones joseph cotten bellerofonte su dailymotion. Intrigued at her thorough knowledge of the past, eben is about to converse with her further. The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. In 1949 dieterle directed the accused, an entertaining film noir about a. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Much like the complete portrait, portrait of jennie is a lovely feature where lovely people act lovely. Why portrait of jennie remains one of hollywoods strangest. Was my mothers favourite film, this brings back pink hued memories of staying up late with lemonade and a box of black magic. May 3 the supreme court of the united states decide in united states v. By films end we have the final encounter between adams, who has gone to great lengths to determine if jennie s past is as she says it is, and jennie on a rocky seashore during a violent storm. It should be noted that is aired at 8pm, not my usual 2am viewing time, so the quality of this film is quite a bit better than some of the other writeups i do with the cult films tcm airs in the wee hours of the morning. Published in 1940 to immediate acclaim, portrait of jennie is nathans best known novel with a legacy that is complemented by the 1948 film starring joseph cotton and jennifer jones.
By films end we have the final encounter between adams, who has gone to great lengths to determine if jennies past is as she says it is, and jennie on a rocky seashore during a violent storm. From the outset, you get a sense from the grand philosophical dialogue and imagery that we are being treated to a classical hollywood precursor to terence malicks tree of life. It fulfills an ideal of love found and lost, with a promise that it. William dieterles 1948 masterpiece portrait of jennie is not only an unabashedly romantic melodrama but also a fascinating ghost story. This movie had jennifer jones, joseph cotten in the lead roles of the film. At the 21st academy awards, it won an oscar for best special effects paul eagler, joseph mcmillan johnson, russell shearman and clarence slifer. One day, after he finally finds someone to buy a painting from him, a young. The original trailer in high definition of portrait of jennie directed by william dieterle and starring jennifer jones, joseph cotten, ethel. The original trailer in high definition of portrait of jennie directed by william dieterle and starring jennifer jones, joseph cotten, ethel barrymore and li. Portrait of jennie 1948 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Portrait of jeannie ran again tonight on tcm and yet again i sat there mesmerized, and yes, admittedly in tears. Portrait of jennie 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Portrait of jennie 1948 letterboxd your life in film.
It stars jennifer jones as the title character a coincidence, not the danza and joseph cotten as eben adams. Portrait of jennie 1948, directed by william dieterle. The film was directed by william dieterle and produced by david o. Jennifer jones the song of bernadette and joseph cotten star in portrait of jennie, a 1948 film that revolved around a painters obsession with a beautiful, mysterious girl who seems to live more in the past than the present. All images from the film are credited to dvdbeaver and are captured directly from kino lorbers bluray release of portrait of jennie. Portrait of jennie is a haunting timeless classic, starring joseph cotten, jennifer jones, ethel. Portrait of jenny is an album by american jazz trumpeter dizzy gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1970 and originally released on the perception label. The strands of our lives are woven together and neither time nor the world can break them. Portrait of jennie an outstanding novel by robert nathan, a firstclass production supervised by david o. This movie had jennifer jones, joseph cotten in the lead. The portrait of jennie supposedly painted by joseph cottens character, eben adams, was in reality created by noted portrait artist robert brackman. Belying the trickery of its multiple techniques, however, portrait of jennie remains a simple story magnificently told, and definitively lives up to the frankly quite overwhelming ambition of its producer.
The whole film expresses a sentimental unwillingness to connect historical futures with cherished pasts, hell, it visually declares at one point that life is insubstantial unless it resembles a great exaggeration. William dieterles 1948 film is an enthralling meditation on memory, loss and transformative power of art. The portrait of jennie is a perfect film in an achingly brief 86 minutes, and it effortlessly achieves the dreamy mythic quality of a longlost story from childhood. At the 21st academy awards, it won an oscar for best special effects paul eagler, joseph mcmillan. Selznick, and in 1948 he produced a film starring jennifer jones and joseph cotten. The films opening has the usual selznick mansion over which is in a tradition. While painting in central park one morning, eben makes the acquaintance of a schoolgirl named jennie jennifer jones, who prattles on about things that happened years ago.
The film was highly unusual for its time in that it had no opening credits as such, except for the selznick studio logo. Portrait of jennie 1948 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. There isnt anything negative about that, but with such an overly sweeping narrative about the power of love and watching the actors fawn and gush about how in love they are, a bolt of lightning and a massive tidal wave is the shock to the system this film needs. The last scene shows the portrait of jennie in color originally it was framed not this copy no frame. No credits at all are shown at the beginning except for the studio logo, not even the title of the film. The love story featured jones and cotten, and its supernatural twist was borrowed by subsequent films. Portrait of jennie is one of those movies that demonstrates that david o. Over the next few months cotten meets jennie again and again. In this film, joseph cotten plays an artist who meets an intriguing schoolgirl named jennie. Selznick and an allstar cast headed by joseph cotton and jennifer jones all combine to make portrait of jennie the memorable 1948 film experience that was nominated for two academy awards and won for best special effects.
Portrait of jennie 1948 november 10, 2019 september 27, 2019 by michi. Portrait of jennie 1948 directed by william dieterle. Jennifer jones duel in the sun and joseph cotten since you went away star in this tender and poetic tale that is enthralling from its touching beginning to its haunting conclusion. Tribute to the 1948 film portrait of jennie starring jennifer jones and joseph cotten. Instead, we hear a narrator speaking the prologue, and then announcing, and now, portrait of jennie. Selznick, in spite of his idiosyncratic and dictatorial producing style, sometimes could produce the goods. In portrait of jennie, joseph cotten plays an artist, eben adams, who is unable to bring any true feeling to his work. Portrait of jennie film by dieterle 1948 britannica. In addition, lux radio theatre presented an hourlong adaptation of the film on october 31, 1949, again starring joseph cotten, but this time anne baxter in the role of jennie. I have 10 year old dvd has a better picture quality then the blu ray. It is a haunting film, one that once seen echoes in memory. Eben adams is a struggling artist in depression era new york who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. Ethel barrymore month portrait of jennie 1948 to kick off ethel barrymore month, ive decided to start with portrait of jennie, one of my favorite ethel movies, and one of the films that most distinguish ethel barrymore as a film actress.
Portrait of jennie wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Portrait of jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novella by robert nathan. Portrait of jennie is a film directed by william dieterle with jennifer jones, joseph cotten, ethel barrymore, lillian gish, year. See more ideas about portrait, jennifer jones and joseph cotten. Jennifer jones is simply luminous, turning in her second quietly staggering performance, after cluny brown. Starring jennifer jones as jennie appleton, joseph cotten as eben adams, ethel barrymore as miss spinney, lillian gish as mother mary of mercy, cecil kellaway as mr. One of the most unusual romances ever filmed, portrait of jennie is a picture of sumptuous perfection.