But peter has a secret, he is really a human boy who forgot his road drill and after being hit by a coal lorry wakes up in the animal underground of london, as a cat. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan, 1940 online research. Before the film proper begins, the title is announced by the narrator after delivering a spoken prologue, he says, and now, portrait of jennie. Shes wearing old fashioned clothes and talking about things that happened long ago. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. In 1949 dieterle directed the accused, an entertaining film noir about a college professor loretta young on the run from a. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hugo archibald delivers jennie from her dying mother in the cameroons and brings her home to his american family. Portrait of jennie is a fantasy that depicts romantic love as a source of artistic inspiration. Portrait of jennie was highly unusual for its time in that it had no opening credits as such, except for the selznick studio logo. But, portrait of jennie is unique for several reasons.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. Over the years, however, i completely forgot about it until i saw it pop up on my goodreads feed a little while back. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Im sure this love story was breakthrough for the time when it was published. The portrait of jennie by robert nathan was originally published in 1940. Jennie is a novel by american author douglas preston. 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. November 16, 2015 please do not copy, print, or crop logo. 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. Eben does a sketch of her, which he sells to miss spinney. Author of such revered books as portrait of jennie, the bishop s wife, the river journey, and stonecliff, robert nathan was born in new york city in 1894 and was educated at private schools in the united states and switzerland. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan fantastic fiction.
Eben takes out the scarf to show gus and notices an advertisement for jennie s parents act on the newspaper, which is dated 1910. I made a rule never to see a film inspired by a book id read because the movies so often mangle the intent of a book, abbreviating for time it takes much longer to read a story than passively watch one translating content from literal to visual to meet demands of the medium. Nat king coles 1949 hit, portrait of jennie, music by j. His work has thus far left influential art dealers unimpressed.
This story combines romance, fantasy, mystery, and the supernatural. The aforementioned portrait of jennie and the bishop s wife, as well as one more spring, wake up and dream from the novel the enchanted voyage and color of evening. Portrait of jennie is a novel by american writer robert nathan, first published in 1940. Portraits by jennie added 8 new photos to the album. The love story featured jones and cotten, and its supernatural twist was borrowed by subsequent films. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan, first edition abebooks.
Then eben happens upon a young schoolgirl named jennie in central park. All content 2016 jennie book except for properties of their respective owners. Jennie is a cat, and her best friend, peter, is a white tom cat. This is one of the most wonderful love stories ever written. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The portrait of jennie jennifer jones used in the film was painted by artist robert brackman and is. Portrait of jennie film by dieterle 1948 britannica. The most successful of nathans books, it is considered a modern masterpiece of fantasy fiction. Portrait of jennie by nathan, robert, 1962, popular. The film was directed by william dieterle and produced by david o.
Eben adams is a young painter in depressionera new york just looking to make a living. 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. Joseph cotten has never been given his due as one of the excellent actors of his generation and it is truly a pity that he and female lead jennifer jones as jennie are not well known as one of screendoms great malefemale screen teams. He runs into jennie a few weeks later and shes aged three years.
Jennie shows peter the ways of cats and they set out on a number of colourful adventures together. When the adult jennie disappears, eben assembles clues from her stories and from jennie s teacher lillian gish that launch him in a race against a fated death. I read this book several times when i was a teenager. At the 21st academy awards, it won an oscar for best special effects paul eagler, joseph mcmillan johnson, russell shearman and clarence slifer. Robert nathan from the book by, paul osborn screen play. Join facebook to connect with jennie book and others you may know. Its mood lingers in the heart and its planes challenge the mind. Amazon really needs to hire a proofreader for its kindle books. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan, 1940 online research library. Buy portrait of jenny by robert nathan online at alibris. In portrait of jennie, joseph cotten plays an artist, eben adams, who is unable to bring any true feeling to his work.
Portrait of jennie by william dieterle joseph cotten. Its fifteen chapters are narrated in the first person from the viewpoint of the main character, eben. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading portrait of jennie. He rushes to the rocks below a stormtossed cape cod lighthouse to keep a rendezvous with his ghostly lover. I made a rule never to see a film inspired by a book id read because the movies so often mangle. Russell robinson and lyrics by gordon burdge, was not heard in the film. 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. I was unsure about reading this slim novel because the 1948 film of the book was so entrancing, surely the written work would be a letdown. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan overdrive rakuten. I first read robert nathans portrait of jennie as impressionable young man of sixteen or seventeen. The ending was by far the most excruciating pain ive ever been in, it was utterly sad and i cannot find a book which can make me weep so much as this one has. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan nook book ebook. Portrait of jennie ebook by robert nathan rakuten kobo.
Take a look back at the early roles of some of hollywoods heavy hitters. Portrait of jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novella by robert nathan. Robert nathan was the author of over fifty volumes of novels, poetry, and plays, and from this body of distinguished work he acquired a reputation as a master of satiric fantasy. This is the magical story of a struggling artist eben andrews in new york who meets a strange young girl the eponymous jennie, seemingly from an earlier time. The book has its moments where its beautifully written, but its also boring for someone like me whos younger and wants explanations. Questia read the fulltext online edition of portrait of jennie 1940. Jennie is one of my favorite novels, paul gallico being a wonderful author. Portrait of jennie by robert nathan fiction 3 stars.
Portrait of jennie kindle edition by nathan, robert. Jan 15, 2014 a portrait of jennie donald byrd duration. Portrait of jennie is one of my favorite books, written by a masterful author. According to modern sources, gregory peck and laurence olivier were considered for the role of eben adams. After he leaves, he runs into a little girl, jennie appleton. Portrait of jennie movie tiein starring jennifer jones, joseph cotten, ethel barrymore. When savant was younger he thought jennie was perfect, which it isnt. It is fraught with glaring errors that ruin the flow of the book.