Feature Film
Portrait of Jennie
- by Paul Osborn et al. , 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.
