Portrait of Jennie
“The screen's most romantic team!”
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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Cast
15 people
Jennifer Jones
Jennie Appleton
Known for
Duel in the Sun
The Song of Bernadette
Joseph Cotten
Eben Adams
Known for
Citizen Kane
The Third Man
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Spinney
Known for
The Spiral Staircase
Deadline - U.S.A.
Lillian Gish
Mother Mary of Mercy
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Birth of a Nation
Cecil Kellaway
Matthews
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Postman Always Rings Twice
David Wayne
Gus O'Toole
Known for
The Andromeda Strain
How to Marry a Millionaire
Florence Bates
Mrs. Jekes
Known for
Rebecca
On the Town
Albert Sharpe
Moore
Known for
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Brigadoon
Henry Hull
Eke
Known for
Werewolf of London
Lifeboat
Felix Bressart
Pete
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Clem Bevans
Capt. Cobb
Known for
Saboteur
Harvey
Maude Simmons
Clara Morgan
Also in
Junction 88
William Dieterle Director · Paul Osborn Screenplay Peter Berneis Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.5M · Budget $4M · United States release December 25, 1948
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Selznick International Pictures
Production
Vanguard Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1948
Theatrical
Argentina
July 14, 1955 · Theatrical
Australia
August 12, 1949 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 10, 1949 · Theatrical
Canada
June 15, 1949 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 23, 1953 · Theatrical
Finland
January 9, 1953 · Theatrical
France
May 3, 1951 · Theatrical
Germany
September 3, 1954 · Theatrical
Italy
March 8, 1950 · Theatrical
Japan
July 18, 1951 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 15, 1949 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 6, 1953 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 8, 1950 · Theatrical
South Africa
March 12, 1952 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 12, 1950 · Theatrical
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