Portrait of Jennie (1948)
- Directed by
- William Dieterle
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 123 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A struggling painter in New York City meets a strange young girl in Central Park. As he paints her portrait, he discovers she may not be from his own time.
romanticmysteriousmelancholicdreamlikehauntinggentleslow-pacednostalgicpoignant
What happens
Portrait of Jennie (also released under the title Tidal Wave) 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. 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 the Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Embraceable You (1948)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.