Portrait of Jennie
- by Paul Osborn et al. , directed by William Dieterle
- Feature Film
- Fantasy, Romance
- Adults
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- Portrait of Jennie, as by Paul Osborn, directed by William Dieterle (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 25 December 1948).
Unlike the original novella, only Eben can see Jennie, bringing up the possibility that she is but a ghost. The ghost theory is supported by her mild premonitions of their evenutal fate (which also differs in some ways from the novella), but we nevertheless hold out some hope that director (and the revolving cadre of five writers) intended the film to portray Jennie’s time travel.
—Michael Main
There’s something different about that child. I wondered if my pencil could catch it.
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1900 to 1929: the youngest Jennie is from 1910, which is earlier than the book’s timeline
- Circa AD 1930 to 1939: 1934 winter
- Time Travel Methods
- Emotional Outcries through Time: There is a strong case that the strength of Jennie’s emotions cause her to reach out through time.
- Fictional Tags
- Ghosts: Jennie could, perhaps, be a ghost, since only Eben can see her.
Variants
(1)
- Portrait of Jennie, as by Paul Osborn, directed by William Dieterle (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 25 December 1948).
David O. Selznick [uncredited]
Ben Hecht [uncredited]
Leonardo Bercovici (story)
Robert Nathan (based on a work by)
Translations
(2)
- German (dubbed).
Jenny by Paul Osborn et al. , directed by William Dieterle, [See German Wikipedia.]. - German (dubbed): alternative German title.
Jennie: Das Portrait einer Liebe by Paul Osborn et al. , directed by William Dieterle, [See German Wikipedia.].
Leonardo Bercovici (story)
Robert Nathan (based on a work by)
Leonardo Bercovici (story)
Robert Nathan (based on a work by)
Previous Works
based on Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan (1940)