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FEB. 14 & FEB. 16 AT 7:00 PM

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE on NITRATE

Introduction by Deborah Stoiber, Collection Manager in the Moving Image Department at the George Eastman Museum | ‘American Cinematheque’s Nitrate Film Festival 2025’
TICKETS
DIRECTOR
William Dieterle
FORMAT
NITRATE
RUNTIME
1h 26m
RATING
NR
CAST
Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish
SYNOPSIS

Presented in partnership with Eastman Museum LA. Print from George Eastman Museum collection, gift of Selznick Properties, Ltd.

 

Valentine’s Day Screening!

 

In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl, Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones), who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. 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.


 


 

CAST
Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish
SYNOPSIS

Presented in partnership with Eastman Museum LA. Print from George Eastman Museum collection, gift of Selznick Properties, Ltd.

 

Valentine’s Day Screening!

 

In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl, Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones), who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. 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.