Portrait of Jennie (1948)


Portrait of Jennie
Release Date25 December 1948
Budget$4,000,000
Other NamesTidal Wave
GenreDrama, Romance, Mystery, Fantasy
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Fantasy
MoodFantastic Reality
ThemesSupernatural Romance, Ghosts
TonesHaunting, Poignant, Elegant, Tearjerking, Sweeping, Wistful, Fanciful
TagsArtist, Beauty [physical], Fairy Tale Romance, Ghost, Hurricane, Love, Romance, Success, Supernatural

Portrait of Jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novella by Robert Nathan. The film was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jennie Appleton

Eben Adams

Miss Spinney

Mother Mary of Mercy

Matthews

Gus O'Toole

Albert Sharpe
Moore

Mrs. Jekes

Capt. Cobb

Maude Simmons
Clara Morgan

Teenager in Art Gallery

Robert Dudley
Another Old Mariner

John Farrell
Policeman

Teenager in Art Gallery

Ice-Skating Extra

Teenager in Art Gallery

Esther Somers
Mrs. Bunce

Director

Writer

Robert Nathan

Leonardo Bercovici

Paul Osborn

Peter Berneis

uncredited

uncredited

Producer

David Hempstead
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Joseph H. August

Editor

William Morgan
-

Production Designer

J. McMillan Johnson
-

Set Decorator

Claude E. Carpenter

Costume Designer

Lucinda Ballard
-

Production Manager

Argyle Nelson
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Arthur Fellows
assistant director

Art Department

Joseph B. Platt
associate production designer

Sound Department

Charles L. Freeman
sound effects editor

James G. Stewart
sound

Special Effects

Clarence Slifer
special effects

Daniel Hays
special effects

Russell Shearman
special effects

Visual Effects

Paul Eagler
process and miniature photography

Robert Hansard
effects projectionist

Harry L. Wolf
special effects camera operator

Camera and Electrical Department

Curt Fetters
camera operator

Don Malkames
cinematographer: Central Park ice skating sequence, second unit

John Miehle
still photographer

Morris Rosen
grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Anna Hill Johnstone
assistant costume designer

Music Department

Harold Byrns
orchestrator

Maurice De Packh
orchestrator

Joseph Dubin
orchestrator

Manuel Emanuel
orchestrator

Paul Marquardt
orchestrator

George Parrish
orchestrator

conductor, music adaptor

Other Crew

Clem Beauchamp
staff executive

Mel Berns
staff executive

Arthur Fellows
staff executive

Larry Germain
staff executive

Don McKay
staff executive

William Morgan
staff executive

Argyle Nelson
staff executive

Lydia Schiller
staff executive

presenter

James G. Stewart
staff executive

Gerard Wilson
staff executive

Charlsie Bryant
script supervisor

Paul Eagler
staff executive

Paul MacNamara
publicity director

Thanks

Robert Brackman
acknowledgment

acknowledgment

Production Company

Vanguard Films

Selznick International Pictures
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Distributor

Selznick Releasing Organization
,

Suomi-Filmi

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Fox Video

TV3

VTC-Video

Versátil Home Vídeo

Yleisradio (YLE)
,

Miscellaneous

Metropolitan Museum of Art
acknowledgement






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