Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Portrait Of Jennie (1948)

Portrait Of Jennie -- (Movie Clip) My Dear Sister Mary

Frustrated that ghostly Jennie has not appeared in New York, lovestruck artist Eben (Joseph Cotten) visits the convent she once attended, meeting her favored nun Sister Mary Of Mercy (Lillian Gish), who delivers more shocking news, in David O. Selznick's Portrait Of Jennie, 1948.

Portrait of Jennie (1949) -- (Movie Clip) One More Reason To Grow Up Fast

Enigmatic Jennie (Jennifer Jones) appears once more in Central Park, this time for a twirl on the ice with artist Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) in Portrait of Jennie, 1949.

Portrait of Jennie (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Don't You Have Anybody To Play With?

The music changes as artist Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten, narrating) meets schoolgirl Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones, her first scene) who has odd ideas about Cape Cod and time, in Central Park, in Portrait of Jennie, 1949.

Portrait of Jennie (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Winter Of The Mind

Producer David O. Selznick, atmospherics, a nice miniature of Manhattan, poetry and narration partly by Joseph Cotten drive the opening sequence of Portrait of Jennie, 1949.

Portrait of Jennie (1949) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Take The Flower

Gallery owners Mr. Matthews (Cecil Kellaway) and Miss Spinney (Ethel Barrymore) don't quite reject the works of starving artist Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten), the opening scene in Portrait of Jennie, 1949.