Portrait of Jennie

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.

Cast

Jennifer Jones

as Jennie Appleton

Joseph Cotten

as Eben Adams

Ethel Barrymore

as Miss Spinney

Lillian Gish

as Mother Mary of Mercy

Cecil Kellaway

as Matthews

David Wayne

as Gus O'Toole

Florence Bates

as Mrs. Jekes

Albert Sharpe

as Moore

Henry Hull

as Eke

Felix Bressart

as Pete

Reviews

John Chard

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 conversa...

CinemaSerf

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" (Jen...

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