Portrait of Jennie

Starring:Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Cecil Kellaway, David Wayne, Albert Sharpe, Henry Hull, Florence Bates, Felix Bressart, Clem Bevans, Maude Simmons, Nancy Davis, Robert Dudley, Esther Somers, Brian Keith, Anne Francis, Nancy Olson, John Farrell
Director: William Dieterle
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Portrait of Jennie
One of the Best
One of the best movies ever written and filmed
Portrait of Jennie
A Haunting, Timeless Romance.

Portrait of Jennie
Starring: Jennifer Jones , Joseph Cotten , Ethel Barrymore , Lillian Gish , and Cecil Kellaway
Director: William Dieterle
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0002KPHYC
Release Date: 2004-10-19

Description

One of the most unusual romances ever filmed, Portrait of Jennie is the picture of sumptuousperfection. Starring Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane) and OscarÂ(r) winner* Jennifer Jones (A Farewell to Arms) in a 'sensitive, appealing performance (The Hollywood Reporter), this 'tender [and] poetic (Variety) tale is enthralling from its touching beginning to its haunting conclusion. When struggling artist Eben Adams (Cotten) meets the beautiful and mysterious Jennie (Jones), he is instantly captivated. Before long, Jennie has become his great muse and he is enjoying success and bliss beyond his dreams. But there is a price to pay for such elation, and soon Eben must face the truth about who Jennie really is. *1943: Actress, The Song of Bernadette

Customer Reviews:

Portrait of Jennie.......2007-06-25

Produced by the fabled David O. Selznick, "Jennie" remains one of the screen's few romantic ghost stories, "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" being another worthy entry. Still while "Ghost" is a purely witty concoction, "Jennie" is decidedly darker and more mysterious. Director Dieterle creates a smoky, other-worldly atmosphere in this utterly unique entry that keeps the viewer slightly on-edge. There is indeed something very sad about Jennie-and Eben too: they seem like two lost lovers who, by the arbitrary whims of time and fate, just miss connecting. Don't let "Jennie" pass you by.

One of the Best.......2007-05-15

This is one of the all time classics, a great movie!

One of the best movies ever written and filmed.......2007-05-14

As I stated, this is one of the best movies ever written and filmed. Once you have seen this movie, you will never forget it-it will haunt your dreams. Excellent film!

Portrait of Jennie.......2007-02-13

Very fine and moving film. Good actors, story line excellent, and filming very nice. Movie still entertaining after all these years.

A Haunting, Timeless Romance........2006-10-24

This film is a magical gem. Despite the heavy-handed opening titles which were in vogue in the 40s, this story is one of a timeless love, and artistic inspiration. Set in New York in the 1940s, Joseph Cotton is a struggling painter who finds artistic inspiration in a chance encounter with an engaging little girl. But the girl becomes a mystery, as everything she talks about is from a past generation, and she asks him to wait for her to grow up.
Their chance meetings increase, and the threads of the mystery start piecing together, as each time they meet, she is significantly older. She in this world, but not of this world, and the entire film is as enchanting to the viewer as Jennie (Jennifer Jones) is to Eben (Cotton). Ethyl Barrimore, another actress who always had an "other world" quality becomes Eben's mentor in the art world, and his mother-figure confidant. Through her caring eyes we see both how his friends love him and fear for how the world would think he is insane.
Beautifully shot in ways that are still astounding, to make the film look like a painter's canvas, and also to make Jennie look somehow far away, even when she is in Eben's arms, the film is mainly in black and white, but as we reach the stormy climax, color comes into the frame, until the final shot in full color is the full realization of the promise of the film. Rarely has any film so successfully had the filming itself be as magical as the story. This is the ultimate romantic fantasy, a story and film that love can not only transcend time, it is beyond time. Beautiful in every respect.

Average customer rating:

Portrait of Jennie
One of the Best
One of the best movies ever written and filmed
Portrait of Jennie
A Haunting, Timeless Romance.

Portrait of Jennie
Starring: Jennifer Jones , Joseph Cotten , Ethel Barrymore , Lillian Gish , and Cecil Kellaway
Director: William Dieterle
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Laura (Fox Film Noir)
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ASIN: B00004Y6AL
Release Date: 2000-11-28

Customer Reviews:

Portrait of Jennie.......2007-06-25

One of the Best.......2007-05-15

This is one of the all time classics, a great movie!

One of the best movies ever written and filmed.......2007-05-14

As I stated, this is one of the best movies ever written and filmed. Once you have seen this movie, you will never forget it-it will haunt your dreams. Excellent film!

Portrait of Jennie.......2007-02-13

Very fine and moving film. Good actors, story line excellent, and filming very nice. Movie still entertaining after all these years.

A Haunting, Timeless Romance........2006-10-24

Average customer rating:

Portrait of Jennie
One of the Best
One of the best movies ever written and filmed
Portrait of Jennie
A Haunting, Timeless Romance.

Portrait of Jennie [Region 2]
Starring: Jennifer Jones , Joseph Cotten , Ethel Barrymore , Lillian Gish , and Cecil Kellaway
Director: William Dieterle
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Similar Items:

Since You Went Away
Laura (Fox Film Noir)
I'll Be Seeing You
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
A Letter to Three Wives

ASIN: B000059RNN

Customer Reviews:

Portrait of Jennie.......2007-06-25

One of the Best.......2007-05-15

This is one of the all time classics, a great movie!

One of the best movies ever written and filmed.......2007-05-14

As I stated, this is one of the best movies ever written and filmed. Once you have seen this movie, you will never forget it-it will haunt your dreams. Excellent film!

Portrait of Jennie.......2007-02-13

Very fine and moving film. Good actors, story line excellent, and filming very nice. Movie still entertaining after all these years.

A Haunting, Timeless Romance........2006-10-24

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