Portrait of jennie is a novel by american writer robert nathan, first published in 1940. In 1949 dieterle directed the accused, an entertaining film noir about a college professor loretta young on the run from a homicide. The drawing turns out to be the most emotional piece eben has ever done, and he finally gets the boost in his career hes been seeking. A radiant jennifer jones and sensitive joseph cotten portray the starcrossed lovers, and they receive excellent support from legendary actresses ethel barrymore and lillian gish. Portrait of jennie is a good book, along the lines of the movie same name but of course there are certain things in the book that werent in the film. Portrait of jennie is considered a modern masterpiece of fantasy fiction and was made into a film, starring jennifer jones and joseph cotten.
The measured prose, the plight of starving artist eben adams, and the ethereal jennie all combine into a novel of power and substance. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan fantastic fiction. Eben adams is a young painter in depressionera new york just looking to make a living. You can read into a lot of metaphorical stuff in the film and the book cleverly done.
Published in 1940 to immediate acclaim, portrait of jennie is nathans best known novel with a legacy that is complemented by the 1948 film starring joseph. Zboznoval jsem portret jenny s jennifer jonesovou, nezname, ale tajemne a. One of the most unusual romances ever filmed, portrait of jennie is the picture of sumptuousperfection. The love story featured jones and cotten, and its supernatural twist was borrowed by subsequent films. Intrigued at her thorough knowledge of the past, eben is about to converse with her further, but jennie. Portrait of jennie by william dieterle joseph cotten. Todays book is a recommendation for the greatest surreal movie of 1948 i have yet to find one that beats this movie, portrait of jennie. Jones, who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. If you like time travel wherein the character finds that one perfect person, this is the book for you. The film was directed by william dieterle and produced by david o.
In portrait of jennie, joseph cotten plays an artist, eben adams, who is unable to bring any true feeling to his work. Russell robinson, subsequently became a hit for nat king cole. Portrait of jennie will perhaps most vividly recall balderstons berkeley square, for, like that, it is a love story that transcends the boundaries of time. This story combines romance, fantasy, mystery, and the supernatural. Portrait of jennie is one of my favorite books, written by a masterful author. One of the most unusual romances ever filmed, portrait of jennie is a picture of sumptuous perfection. One of the alltime great romantic fantasies, portrait of jennie still possesses the power to tug the heart strings as it tells the tender story of two lost souls separated by time who share fleeting moments of happiness.
Ena sendijarevics take me somewhere nice doesnt take us. The most successful of nathans books, it is considered a modern masterpiece of fantasy fiction. Intrigued by her mystical quality and her knowledge of things that happened well before her time, eben begins to sketch a portrait of the young girl. Portret jennie 1948 portrait of jennie mlody malarz eben nie potrafi znalezc zrodla natchnienia. Portrait of jennie 1948 frequently asked questions imdb. Selznick and jones reteamed more respectably with this film, a delicate new york ghost story produced under. Eben takes out the scarf to show gus and notices an advertisement for jennies parents act on the newspaper, which is dated 1910. Eben then begins his portrait of jennie, and the next day, while dining at a restaurant, tells his taxi driver friend, gus otoole, about her. Portrait of jennie 1948 is an excellent romantic fantasy. News items reported that portrait of jennie was the first feature to be shot at rkos newly constructed new york studios. Portrait of jennie comes to life when eben talks about art, and the scenes describing a hurricane are so vivid that i felt as though i were there.
Portrait of jennie by robert nathan nook book ebook. Selznick, portrait of jennie is much closer in spirit to his cycle of hitchcock films like rebecca than his famous grandiose epics like gone with the wind or duel in the sun, the latter starring his lover and eventual wife, jennifer jones. Jennifer jones duel in the sun and joseph cotten since you went away star in this tender and poetic tale that is enthralling from. How you feel about seeing a movie after youve read the book its based on. Portrait of jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novella by robert nathan. Portrait of jennie is a ghost story and a love story, perhaps the best of its kind. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan, 1940 online research library. Portrait of jennie is a fantasy that depicts romantic love as a source of artistic inspiration. Cover with photo of original cover of book portrait of jennie. I first read this in 7th grade, and since then robert nathan has become my most favorite writer and portrait of jennie has become my most beloved book of all time. In 1940, he wrote his most successful book, portrait of jennie, about a depressionera artist and the woman he is painting, who is slipping through time. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan fiction 3 stars.
While painting in central park one morning, eben makes the acquaintance of a. Its mood lingers in the heart and its planes challenge the mind. Its fifteen chapters are narrated in the first person from the viewpoint of the main character, eben. An emarcy records mg36005 recording, clifford brown with strings recorded january 18, 19, 20, 1955 featured the late great, lyrical jazz trumpeter, clifford brown with his poignant readings of several standards and evergreens including portrait of jenny. Buy portrait of jenny by robert nathan online at alibris. I knew right away i wanted to reread this one, but finding a copy of this book is very difficult. Questia read the fulltext online edition of portrait of jennie 1940. Portrait of jennie by nathan, robert, 1962, popular library edition, portrait of jennie 1962 edition open library. Salman rushdies orphicinspired novel of love and death the. Portrait of jennie bluray kino lorber studio classics.
Za prace robert nathan, na ktorej zostal oparty film, zobaczyc portret jennie nowela. Eben doesnt realize that jennie is a ghost, but as he encounters her and falls in love with her, his life is changed irrevocably. Portraits by jennie added 8 new photos to the album. I first read robert nathans portrait of jennie as impressionable young man of sixteen or seventeen. But before he can finish the portrait, jennie vanishes. Some of its story elements dont hold up well to scrutiny, but overall its a highly imaginative tale given the kind of lavish attention and showmanship that was producer david selznicks forte. Superbly directed by william dieterle, and based on the robert nathan novella, which was first published in 1940.
The book was adapted for the screen by leonardo bercovici, paul osborn, and peter berneis. Portrait of jennie movie tiein starring jennifer jones, joseph cotten, ethel barrymore. Intrigued by her mystical quality and her knowledge of things that happened. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan 1,0 ratings, 4.
Portrait of jennie film by dieterle 1948 britannica. I read this book several times when i was a teenager. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Soon after, eben sells a sketch of jennie to kindly art dealer miss spinny ethel barrymore and, as he meets the oddly mutable jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny. The portrait of jennie by robert nathan was originally published in 1940. Over the next few months cotten meets jennie again and again, eventually. A quick glance at ebens portrait of jennie shows that he has yet to finish drawing her left arm. His work has thus far left influential art dealers unimpressed. See more ideas about portrait, jennifer jones and joseph cotten. While painting in central park one morning, eben makes the acquaintance of a schoolgirl named jennie jennifer jones, who prattles on about things that happened years ago. Miss spinney buys a painting but tells him that hell never be a great artist unless he finds something to inspire him. At the 21st academy awards, it won an oscar for best special effects paul eagler, joseph mcmillan johnson, russell shearman and clarence slifer. November 16, 2015 please do not copy, print, or crop logo. Starring joseph cotten citizen kane and oscara r winner jennifer jones a farewell to arms in a sensitive, appealing performance the hollywood reporter, this tender and poetic variety tale is enthralling from its touching beginning to its haunting conclusion.
Portrait of jennie is a haunting timeless classic, starring joseph cotten, jennifer jones, ethel barrymore, and featuring lillian gish in a small cameo performance. Dla dizzy gillespie albumu 1970, zobacz portret jenny. Im sure this love story was breakthrough for the time when it was published. Small, oblong yellow softcover 3 34 x 5 12 softcover book. One of a small number of publishers prepublication copies with a special printed flyleaf usually blank this first edition of the portrait of jennie by robert nathan which appeared serially in fall 1939 issues is presented to you with the compliments of redbook magazine. Still frame 16 poster 8 product 8 production art 2 person. Except for her unusual prescience and insight, she seems to be a. This book, a portrait of jennie, is a much gentler, shorter 125 pages book with a plot comparable to the time travelers wife. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan, first edition abebooks. Portrait of jennie 1940 is a novella by american novelist robert natham. Over the years, however, i completely forgot about it until i saw it pop up on my goodreads feed a little while back. Portrait of jennie dvd kino lorber studio classics. The book has its moments where its beautifully written, but its also boring for someone like me whos younger and wants explanations.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. So you can imagine how i felt when i was reading the kindle edition and totally absorbed in the climax of the book, when there appeared a series of ludicrous typos that made nonsense of the story. There is a paranormal aspect to the story because jennie is actually a spirit, but those scenes are so fleeting that i scarcely noticed them. Then eben happens upon a young schoolgirl named jennie in central park. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan overdrive rakuten. Platt original music bernard herrmann, dimitri tiomkin from themes by claude debussy. This is one of the most wonderful love stories ever written.
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