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Portrait of Jennie ()

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In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
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Jennie Appleton
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Eben Adams
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Miss Spinney
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Mother Mary of Mercy
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Matthews
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Gus O'Toole
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Moore
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Eke
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Mrs. Jekes
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Pete
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Capt. Cobb
Maude Simmons ...
Clara Morgan
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Robin Bryant ...
Woman (uncredited)
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Another Old Mariner (uncredited)
John Farrell ...
Policeman (uncredited)
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Teenager in Art Gallery (uncredited)
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Ice-Skating Extra (uncredited)
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Teenager in Art Gallery (uncredited)
Esther Somers ...
Mrs. Bunce (uncredited)
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Ice-Skating Extra (uncredited)

Directed by

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William Dieterle

Written by

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Robert Nathan ... (book)
 
Paul Osborn ... (screen play) and
Peter Berneis ... (screen play)
 
Leonardo Bercovici ... (adaptation)
 
David O. Selznick ... () (uncredited)
 
Ben Hecht ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Cecil Barker ... executive producer (uncredited)
David Hempstead ... associate producer
David O. Selznick ... producer

Cinematography by

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Joseph H. August ... (photographed by) (as Joseph August)
Lee Garmes ... (uncredited)

Editing by

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William Morgan ... (uncredited)
Gerard Wilson ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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J. McMillan Johnson

Set Decoration by

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Claude E. Carpenter ... (as Claude Carpenter)

Costume Design by

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Lucinda Ballard

Production Management

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W. Argyle Nelson ... production manager (uncredited)
Dewey Starkey ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Arthur Fellows ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Joseph B. Platt ... associate production designer
Robert Brackman ... portrait painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Charles L. Freeman ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Don McKay ... sound (uncredited)
James G. Stewart ... sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Clarence Slifer ... special effects
Daniel Hays ... special effects (uncredited)
Russell Shearman ... special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Paul Eagler ... process and miniature photography (uncredited)
Robert Hansard ... effects projectionist (uncredited)
Harry L. Wolf ... special effects camera operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Curt Fetters ... camera operator (uncredited)
Don Malkames ... cinematographer: Central Park ice skating sequence, second unit (uncredited)
John Miehle ... still photographer (uncredited)
Morris Rosen ... grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Anna Hill Johnstone ... assistant costumer

Music Department

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Claude Debussy ... themes: musical score
Dimitri Tiomkin ... conductor / musical score written by: on themes of Claude Debussy
Harold Byrns ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Joseph Dubin ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Manuel Emanuel ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jester Hairston ... choral director (uncredited)
Aubrey C. Lind ... music editor (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Charlsie Bryant ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Clem Beauchamp ... staff executive
Mel Berns ... staff executive
Paul Eagler ... staff executive
Arthur Fellows ... staff executive
Larry Germain ... staff executive
Don McKay ... staff executive
William Morgan ... staff executive
W. Argyle Nelson ... staff executive (as Argyle Nelson)
Lydia Schiller ... staff executive
James G. Stewart ... staff executive
Gerard Wilson ... staff executive
Paul MacNamara ... publicity director (uncredited)

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Robert Brackman ... grateful acknowledgment
Bernard Herrmann ... grateful acknowledgment
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Winter of 1934, New York City. With his work lacking depth, struggling artist Eben Adams is in dire need of inspiration. However, in snow-covered Central Park, Manhattan, Eben has a chance encounter with his romantic, godsent muse: Jennie Appleton. Once, someone encouraged talented Eben to find new meaningful subjects to escape poverty. Now, this rendezvous with fate is beyond his expectations. Excited, Eben starts preparing a canvas to draw Jennie's portrait, the first and only thing he's ever been sure of in his life, and a beautiful, platonic relationship that defies time gradually blooms. But an unfathomable mystery lies behind Jennie's big, doleful eyes. Can love alter destiny? Will Eben complete his magnum opus? Written by Nick Riganas

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Taglines ARE YOU IN LOVE THIS WEEK? If you are - you'll get a double thrill from this most romantic of all love stories about a man who was in love with a girl who lived twenty years before his time. If you aren't - it may change your ideas on the subject for the rest of your life. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Tidal Wave (United States)
  • Jennie (United Kingdom)
  • Le portrait de Jennie (France)
  • Romantic Classics 1 - JENNY - Rendezvous mit einer Toten (Germany)
  • Jenny - Rendezvous mit einer Toten (Germany)
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  • 86 min
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Budget $4,041,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Producer David O. Selznick initially considered filming this movie over a period of several years, casting a young actress in the role of Jennie and shooting portions of the film over time as the actress grew older in real life. (Shirley Temple, then under contract to Selznick, was reportedly intended for the role, had the movie been filmed that way.) In the end, however, Selznick abandoned the idea as too risky and difficult to film properly. See more »
Goofs During Eben's conversation with Pete, it becomes clear that Pete's moustache is fake when it starts to come away from his face. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969). See more »
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Crazy Credits No credits at all are shown at the beginning except for the studio logo, not even the title of the film. Instead, we hear a narrator speaking the prologue, and then announcing, "And now, 'Portrait of Jennie'". The credits are saved for the end of the picture. See more »
Quotes Jennie Appleton: There is no life, my darling, until you love and have been loved. And then there is no death.
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