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Portrait of Jennie

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7.2(126)19481h 26m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$4M
Box office
$1.5M
Language
English
  • artist
  • cape cod
  • mysterious woman
  • art dealer
  • ghost story
  • struggling artist
  • portrait painting
  • mysterious girl
  • painter as artist
  • supernatural drama
  • art gallery owner

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR25 Dec 1948
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical12 Aug 1949
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalG15 Jun 1949
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+1314 Jul 1955
  • BrazilBR

    • TheatricalL10 May 1949
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical23 Feb 1953
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical9 Jan 1953
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU3 May 1951
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical123 Sept 1954
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT8 Mar 1950
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG18 Jul 1951
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical15 Sept 1949

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Portrait of Jennie was released on 25 December 1948.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    8/2/2019

    Eerie, magnetic and just incredibly lovely. Eben Adams is a struggling artist who feels his work has no real substance, but one day as he mopes around Central Park, a beautiful young girl by the name of Jennie Appleton meets his acquaintance. Totally enchanting, Jennie engages Eben in a conversation that doesn't sit quite right with the time, then after singing him a haunting little tune she vanishes as quickly a…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/9/2022

    7/10

    This is a wonderfully captivating story featuring Joseph Cotton as ("Eben") a struggling artist - he just cannot find inspiration. When he visits the gallery of Ethel Barrymore, she acquires one of his paintings - sympathy or shrewdness? Well, shortly afterwards he encounters the young "Jennie" (Jennifer Jones) and all of a sudden his outlook brightens, his life begins to take shape - but, is she what he thinks she i…

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