Back لوحة جيني (فيلم) Arabic لوحه جينى ARZ Portret Jennie (film) BS Retrat de Jennie Catalan Portrait of Jennie Welsh Jenny (1948) German Το Πορτραίτο της Τζένι Greek Portrait of Jennie Spanish Le Portrait de Jennie French Il ritratto di Jennie Italian
| Portrait of Jennie | |
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| Directed by | William Dieterle |
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| Based on | Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan |
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| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Joseph Cotten |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Edited by | William Morgan |
| Music by | Claude Debussy Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Selznick Releasing Organization |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million[1] |
| Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
Portrait of Jennie is a 1948 American supernatural film directed by William Dieterle, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish. Its plot follows an impoverished New York City painter whose chance encounter with an old-fashioned young woman in Central Park changes the course of his life. It is based on the 1940 novella of the same name by Robert Nathan.[2][3]
At the 21st Academy Awards, it won an Oscar for Best Special Effects (Paul Eagler, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects: Charles L. Freeman and James G. Stewart). Joseph H. August was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Black and White.
- ^ a b Thomson 1992, p. 521.
- ^ SF Weekly Staff (December 2, 2014). "Bay of the Living Dead: A Ghost Story Worth Telling: "Portrait of Jennie"". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025.
- ^ Kovacs 2005, p. 50.