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Rating:  - Portrait of Jennie
A lovely, haunting fantasy of Joseph Cotton meeting a girl (Jennifer Jones) from another age, who "grows up fast" in order to be with him only to die tragically. But she has made him able to paint deeply and importantly because of his love of her, and he faces the future with a different view of time and the meaning of life. (or is that my wishful thinking?) Beautifully acted, certainly a chick flick (sigh) but one of the best of the older classic movies with an excellent support cast of Ethel Barrymore & Lilian Gish.
You should see Joseph Cotton in Shadow of a Doubt as well, a completely different role in which he plays a serial killer posing as a loving uncle visiting his family. Excellent suspense movie with Teresa Wright as she gradually puts clues together and begins to suspect her beloved uncle, and begins to have mysterious accidents.
Rating: - Movie - Portrait of Jennie
The Portrait of Jennie is a great movie. I would consider it a classic. Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten are superb! Movies that involve time travel are fascinating and this particular movie is very well done. It's a beautiful story.
Rating: - Recommended purchase
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Rating: - a stunning classic
selznick stopped trying to storm the gates of film success with this lyrical and thought-provoking film starring jennifer jones and joseph cotten.
as a screen presence, jones possessed two qualities, one of which was a dewy girlishness that stood her well in this role. no other actress could have portrayed jennie appleton with the light touch she had. cotten is equally well suited to the role of troubled and struggling artist eben adams. together, they are an equally passionate and loving screen team.
they are so well supported by david wayne, albert sharpe, lillian gish and host of hollywood's finest character actors such as felix bressart, cecil kellaway and anne francis in the tiniest of roles as well.
two particular performances that stand out in the supporting cast are ethel barrymore as the art dealer miss spinney and maude simmons as clara morgan, a woman that befriended jennie as a child. buth women are lovingly photographed and directed to sensitive and feeling performances by william dieterle. it is almost like a homage to the consideration given to mature film actors by d.w. griffith.
in fact, the film's beauty is a throwback to the silent film. there are many shots that are matted to give the effect of looking at a painting. it is all part of the subtlety with which the material is treated. when this result is enhanced with the adaptation of debussy's music by dmitri tiomkin, timeless costuming by the gifted lucinda ballard and a well thought (though probably quite tinkered with) screenplay by paul osborn, you have an enduring classic tale of romance!
'portrati of jennie' would serve as leitmotif in the 1970s for one of the best made for tv films called 'message to my daughter' starring martin sheen, bonnie bedelia and kitty winn, giving it yet another life. just like jennie appleton.
Rating: - A Portrait of Love!
"Portrait of Jennie" is a fascinating exercise of a most inimitable romance between the mysterious Junoesque like Jennie and struggling artist Eben Adams. Hollywood A-Lister's Joseph Cotten and the beautiful Jennifer Jones provide captivating performances in a tale of an artist and his poetic inspiration.
In a unique cinematic exhibition, the movie, filmed mostly in B&W changes to a green tint during a stormy scene, changing to sepia for an adjacent scene and ending up in full Technicolor as the camera zooms in to the completed "Portrait of Jennie".
Dimitri Tiomkin's celestial musical score is another delightful aspect of this movie. All thru the film you will hear Claude Debussy's Arabesque #1 and other Debussy works.
A most delightful 86 minutes of entertainment.
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