Portrait of Jennie

In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl, Jennie Appleton, 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 and, as he meets the oddly mutable Jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny.

Cast :

• Jennifer Jones
• Jennie Appleton

• Joseph Cotten
• Eben Adams

• Ethel Barrymore
• Miss Spinney

• Cecil Kellaway
• Matthews

• David Wayne
• Gus O'Toole

• Albert Sharpe
• Moore

• Florence Bates
• Mrs. Jekes (landlady)

• Lillian Gish
• Mother Mary of Mercy

• Henry Hull
• Eke

• Esther Somers
• Mrs. Bunce (uncredited)

• Maude Simmons
• Clara Morgan

• Felix Bressart
• Pete

• John Farrell
• Policeman (uncredited)

• Clem Bevans
• Capt. Cobb

• Robert Dudley
• Old mariner (uncredited)

• Anne Francis
• Teenager in art gallery (uncredited)