Nobody is talking about how handsome looking versatile natural actor Joseph Cotton was. One of my favourite. The perfect poise and deep voice He looks so handsome in every character even as a criminal or villain. He has very expressive face. This film is so moving I think because of JC and his marvellous acting. Thank you for posting classic movies and for your effort.
In the mid to late 90s I was a teenager. To be more specific I was a teenage skater/druggie. I was suffering from severe deppression and didn't understand what I was going through so my life revolved around easy pleasures. One day as I was in my usual stupor something spoke to my heart. I can only assume it was God. He said instead of just doing what I always do I should look for something better. I responded without thinking that if there was anything interesting to do I would do it, but there wasnt. As I said this I was walking by one of my parents bookcases and saw an old dusty Readers Digest. I picked it up and it fell open to "A Portrait of Jennie". I decided to read it. A 16 year old skater druggie sat down that day and read this beautiful story. I wish I could say that lead to me sobering up and changing my life, but that didn't happen for many years. But somehow this story and that experience stuck with me. It was as if a Greater Power said, "Look, you're going through alot of darkness but there's beauty here too." I never forgot that. The story or the simple act of love that lead me to it.
Good! If there's one thing you can say about life, it's... "you never know"! People have transcendent epiphanies all the time, they just go indiscussed. Keep asking for them, and, more come into your life, often to the point that they become so out of this world, they are unsharable, you would be perceived hallucinatory, as others have no frame of reference from which to judge. At the same time, they are something of a reward for a life well lived.
I eventually had such experiences Douglas. I eventually found God and went into missionary work for awhile where He made it clear to me that He is real and that those things talked about in the scriptures still do happen. I'm convinced even many Christians would turn on someone that claimed to have the types of experiences found in the Bible but they do in fact still happen. And God is no respecter of persons, He will speak to anyone who wants badly enough to hear Him.
By the way, pardon the spiritual digression, posters! The important thing to keep in mind is that this world is really like a projection, all of it, including you. So, read what Vivekenda and Ramana Maharshi said, live out your life, with passion, but remember To trust 100% in God, for literally everything. To find him, you have to look outside of the projection for him, tricky but possible. That is where you will find your own soul as well. Then the epiphanies come, like the ability to see the light of God in all things.
It is EVIL EVIL FILTH OF THE UNDEAD THE UNDEAD HATE AND FEAR ALL LOVE THAT IS WHY THEY GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO DESTROY ALL LOVE IN THE WORLD THE UNDEAD HAVE BEEN POISONING AND DESTROYING LOVE EVER SINCE LOVE WAS CREATED
Similar movies which can still enrapture our minds .I do not have the same feeling when I walk out of a movie theater these days .Hollywood's here at its best .
Love both of these since a child. I was born in December 1957. Watched so many movies with my Maman & this was a favorite, as well as “Raintree County”
l first saw the movie in 1978 on TV in Iran. It was dubbed in Farsi. I loved it and it haunted me for many years. I saw it on TV a few years ago and it affected me and made me long for such a beautiful love. It just crossed my mind today to check UA-cam. Thank you for this timeless movie. So genuinely romantic and beautiful. For those of us believing in time travel, this is a great and believable way of going back in time.
If this was remade it would be about Jennie karate kicking this weak painter who dared to draw her. She would then have a tender moment with a lesbian lover whilst Joe Cotton was in jail saying how wrong he was for finding a young woman attractive.
AAAAA-MEN!!! I don’t even watch TV anymore......maybe the news? But I love these old innocent films. If there was sexual liaisons involved, you STILL GOT IT! Geeze! Nobody had to be nude or throw the F-bomb around! God bless all here, in the Tender Mercy and Love of Jesus’s Name......Amen.🕊❤️🙏💜✝️✡️🙋♀️🌹
Once the Church was holy back in nineteen thirty three Men were strong on the road along the path to liberty America was moral the meek would fight the strong Congress passed production codes just to right the moral wrong In nineteen hundred thirty four their time had all run out Hollywood was not allowed the mortal codes to flout blasphemy brought infamy and modesty was assured Buggery and Bigamy In court rooms were abjurd Hollywood made pictures and innocence did grow Nudity was banished from the weekly picture show The movie was a symphony of beauty in the news It harmonized enobled lives for Christian and forJews Now the Church is empty the Sheep have gone astray The Rabbi in his Synagog just promotes the FDA The networks are war mongering The internet spreads porn our Congress is like Ninevey on the planes of Babylon Goliath is big Pharma what David arms his sling I can almost see him now as the angel choirs do sing
@@deborahleone4351 ONE THING I WONT TOLERATE IN MOVIES IS THE VULGAR F WORD. I LOOK NEWER MOVIES UP MADE PAST THE 70S TO SEE IF THEY CONTAIN VULGAR LANGUAGE AND IF THEY DO I WONT WATCH THEM. IVE GOT A REAL THING ABOUT THE VULGAR F WORD, I CANT STAND IT.
I just had to watch this movie again its one of my favorites. I'm a big Shirley Temple fan and one I like a lot is when she was older with these two actors are in it. I recommend Since You Went Away 1944 Jennifer Jones is the older sister and Joseph Cotten is an older man she is infatuated with a friend of her parents. Thank you for sharing with us here on youtube. I have loved old Black and white films forever.
“Have you taken the grass as bed And the space as blanket Humbled of what’s coming Forgetting what has passed? Give me the flute and sing And forget the illness and the medicine For people are lines, Written, but by water” - *Lyrics:* Khalil Gibran | خليل جبران *Artist:* Fayrouz | فيروز | Fairouz *SongTitle:* Give me the flute - أعطني الناي وغنِّ
Joseph Cotton is my favourite film actor. I always liked him teamed up with Miss Jones. In this film and Love Letters, you would swear the two are truly in love.
Superb yet odd movie ......and great to see a film made on location in New York , it adds hugely to the atmospheric quality of the film .....absolutely beautiful cinematography by Joseph H August.
Saw this movie as a young girl and now at the age of 70 I too had to see this movie again. Loved it then and love it now. Thank you for sharing this beautiful movie.
Happy Birthday Estella! It is a very beautiful movie, I watched it 30 times maybe. I was in NYC back in January 2020, walking around in Central Park and stumbled upon that bridge by accident almost instinctively and I was stunned, the movie then flashed like a vision. I wasn't even thinking about the movie before then found myself right there by Jennie's bench, still there and intact. I walked the bridge and sang that song in that same little voice, I sound like a kid. :)
@@pennypiper7382 To ta ławka Jenny istnieje do dziś. Trzeba przebadać tą historię i wyruszyć śladami Jenny po realnym świecie: teatr Hammerstein, później Rialto, latarnia morska Lindsay Light, ewentualnie konwent zakonny w którym przebywała Jenny.
I'm 69, saw this so many years ago, can't remember when. Didn't speak to me then, but it does now. Bittersweet, saddens me that it could only be spiritual, never fulfilled completely in marriage, building a home and family with such great love to go forth into the future. 😥😒
I saw this as a young man. I Am 70 now. It great to see these old movies. I just saw Topper with Carey Grant and The Charge of The Light Bergaid with Errol Flynn. Just like old times.
+Robert G yes, i watched these movies late at night, 40-45 years ago, on tv. they were 'old movies' then, but they had a vitality and beauty that has stayed with me all my life. it's great seeing them again. thanks and greetings from Tokyo.
+Robert G Don't forget Errol Flynn in Captain Blood and His Gal Friday with Rosalind Russell and Carey Grant. I always had a thing for Ros, such a classy lady!
I grew up watching old movies and I`m happy that they are available and I agree that some young people do not find these gems interesting. Joseph Cotton was one of my favorite actors and all the actors in this movie were the best.
This was my favorite movie as a child growing up. Thee mystique in it was awesome for that time of technology . Although I would love to see it made again with the technology today this movie can not be topped as I see it. Seeing New York in its prior scenery is always a comfort to look back on as I age. Thanks for posting this...
I am watching this movie on the 25th anniversary of the death of my husband. He died suddenly. I never had the chance to say goodbye. We loved each other very much. But then as we see in this story love is eternal. Goodbyes are not necessary. The beauty of The Portrait of Jennie once seen is never forgotten.
Each time you see it, you can find something new; it has very rich imagery. This time I noticed the shot of the lighthouse spiral staircase as the image of a nautilus, an image of eternity. The story leaves a lot of room for your own thoughts and speculations.
I’m constantly drawn to this movie because it is something so special and different that holds me wishing for something unattainable and divine that has no boundaries and lies within Heaven and Earth. ❤
This 💙is 💓 my💙third 💙time 💙watching 💙this 💙 very💙marvelous 💙 yet💙very 💖 sad💙 movie.💙 I 💙 am💙trying 💙to 💙 read💙 all ❤ of ♥ the ♥ comments. 💙Believe 💙it 💙 or not when I watched this masterpiece last night there were no comments. Today there's so so so so so so many and it's taking me all day to get through them. I ❤love ❤reading ❤ what ❤my ❤co ❤watchers ❤have ❤to ❤say. ❤I ❤just ❤found ❤ this 💙 morning 🌄 that ❤ Jennifer Jones died in 2009 at the age of 90. I ❤greatly ❤appreciate ❤reading ❤the ❤comments. ❤ I ❤wonder ❤in ❤ this ❤miraculous ❤movie ❤how ❤did ❤Jennie ❤ find out where Edmond lived? A ❤mystery ❤that ❤I ❤suppose ❤I ❤will ❤never ❤find ❤out ❤ because ❤it ❤isn't ❤mentioned ❤in ❤ this ❤never ❤ ending ❤ movie or a movie that I refuse to let end. With ♥ much ♥ love ♥ and ❤ adoration. Minister 💗Donna 💗Camille 💗Eckhardt 💗 Founder 💗of ♥ Effectual 💗 Fervent 💗Prayer 💗Ministry 💗.💗To 💗all 💗of ♥ those💗 who took the time to leave a comment. I ❤sincerely ❤thank ❤you.❤Please ❤keep ❤me ❤in ❤ your ❤prayers ❤as I will keep you in my prayers 🙏 ❤. Amen
The space is flowing with the time like in a Dali painting in this movie. Time exists, but past present and future are together. Sadly we can't control them.
This was one of my favorite films from childhood. The impact on me was profound. I have lost so many memories after my brain injury, this one however has lasted. It was in the 50's or 60's I first saw it. Thanks for the joy of seeing it again. God bless you.
What a sad beautiful lovely film. What dreams men have, filled with visions of life and love. What desires men want never fufilled, but with love men may have both even only for a brief tick of the clock, and isnt that what we all want. Thank you for this film mr.selsnick.😢🎉❤
Wonderful movie, Lillian Gish as Mother Supieror, Mary of Mercy, always liked her and Ethel Barrymore. They always had such a presence on screen .Thank you for sharing this touching movie. Our lives are woven together like strands., And neither time, nor the world can break them. Beautiful.
I saw this when I was a child on BBC 2 about 1963? I LOVED it and used to have it on video tape. What a cast! And the music is wonderful,, One of my all-time favourites.
I loved this movie. Joseph. Cotten was superb in it !!!! He was so gorgeous creole his father was. His lips nose hair !!! Jennifer. Jones was mixed also first. Rockett.in. Harlem. I loved in. Sing of. Bernadette she saw the immaculate conception. She was a nun.Rhonda. Prater 🌹🎚️🙏🏿 thanks for sharing this precious master piece.
This is one of the most unusual films I've ever seen, a film that takes its time to develop its 2 main characters as 'real' people and not 'cookie-cutter', one-dimensional, stereotypical characters that you see in a lot of contemporary movies, and to explore such a deeply profound question as to whether our Life here on earth is all that there is. I have long heard of this film before without knowing what it was about or its storyline. I am a 'film buff' and have seen just about all of the old studio 'classic films' and am rarely surprised by a film I haven't seen before. This film completely surprised me in its thought-provoking original theme and storyline. It is truly a one-of-a-kind gem of a movie!
I remember seeing this movie at a very young age. I searched and searched for it. Even the Laura movie with Clifton Webb.. no that wasn't it. So I thought I imagined it. But NO! HERE IT IS!! WHAT JOY!
What is the Laura movie with Clifton Webb? Check out Peter Ibbitson! Another good one. I saw this ages ago too, I'm in my 70s. I got to video tape it years later and when I went to show it to a friend, I started to cry so had to leave the room so as not to spoil the movie. Another HUGE tear jerker: Back Street with Susan Hayward and John Gavin - THAT one. OMG, double tear jerker. OH, The Enchanted Cottage also very good!
My mother told me that she named me after Jennifer Jones. When I was in elementary school in the late 1950's--through to 1970. Kids used to ask me where my "odd-sounding" name came from, "Giggle-giggle..." Very few were named "Jennifer or Jenni" (as my mother taught me to write my nickname ), and sometimes I was teased fairly mercilessly. In my young years in the '50's, marvelous films such as this were not yet seen on the TV. And, they rarely played in movie houses. Even if some had, my parents would not have taken me to see a film like this thinking that I was "too young" to enjoy/appreciate a sophisticated film such as PORTRAIT OF JENNIE...🤔??? They liked Disney films for my siblings and me, Lol. I'm glad that these are available to enjoy and revel in now!! And I've come to like my name now. THANKYOU, Jennifer Jones!!! You are beautiful and an excellent actor!!!!
Merciful hour! Ive literally just said to my husband that l'd love to see this film again, it haunted me happily when l watched it as a child. And here it is on UA-cam! Thank you so much for posting it.
i was confused at first because the skyline looks so different! then i remembered the date the film was shot. but yes, the scenes looking like paintings was a really cool effect.
I was taken to see this film when I was merely 10 years old and it left such an impression on me that I am glad to see it again. Thank you for posting!
The music of Claude Debussy,the artist life,a parallel universe and a sense that God is in back of it all..its almost too much to ask for all at once in a movie,yet there it is..a 'one of a kind' that I never get tired of.
I saw this movie when I was 5 years old and never forgot it. I've seen it only a few other times since then. It's interesting how many of the comments are from people who saw this film when they were children.
They just don’t make em like this anymore. Great classic. I’m only in my 30s. I saw this when I was younger on TV and it’s taken me forever to find it. I couldn’t recall the name but the story I remembered well. Thank God for google.
I watched this movie as a young girl. It made an impression on me. This is the first time I have watched this since sometime possibly in the late 1950's.
I have always enjoyed the older movies especially the B&W''s. I don't know how I missed this one! They don't tell stories like this anymore. Thanks sooo much for the upload!!!!
Wow...what a Great Movie...I was born 10 year's after this movie was made...when I was about 12...I watched this movie with my Mom...I could never remember the name of it...my Mom past away just over 10 year's ago...so I couldn't ask her...I had only stumbled across it a month ago...it brought back the memories of my yesteryears with My Mom...
I'm 44, I mostly only watch older films and history based movies/documentaries. Love these films from a different time...where cgi, gore, and hyper sexual themes weren't needed to tell a great story.
There may be no “cgi”, but it’s heavily dependent on what were then called “special effects”-or did you think they sent Joseph Cotton out in a real hurricane?
oh you must be an old soul....you are so correct in your statement ...sad but true..."where cgi, gore, and hyper sexual themes weren't needed to tell a great story..."
A great movie with a timeless message. Most any film of Cotten's from the 40s through the early 50s is well worth watching. His acting is so natural and effortless, and his voice during this period is suffused with a subtle depth and knowledge beyond his years. When one considers the number of truly great pictures he starred in, one wonders why he is not celebrated more as a great actor.
Cotten was one of the original Mercury Players, alongside the wonderful and likewise golden-tongued Orson Welles. Listen carefully and you'll hear a distinct similarity in tone, diction, and vocal delivery.
Thank you for posting this wonderful movie. I've started binge-watching Jennifer Jones' movies. What a beautiful and talented actor! @47:05 "Come Holy Ghost" a hymn still sang in Mass today! +++
I am watching it fot the third time in a month in case i missed anything i am nearly bed ridden with pains in my feet so films like this fulfill my day.
@@derekwallace7863 I've spent most of 2 months in bed with pain due to the results of a doctors ordonnace! I'm hopefully coming right. I have no idea what is wrong with you but at least try acupunctre and perhaps see a good osteopath. I've spent forever watching films and docs on youtube. It's great company when you are in no state to be sociable.
So haunting. Cotten is perfect as the disappointed artist who is in danger of becoming cynical, and a failure..until he meets a strange young girl, (Jones) who appears..moving through time and space... seeming to belong..nowhere..and they form a friendship.. Over the years (I am now 72, and retired) I have seen this film many times. And it always touches me deeply. It is also clear from all these glowing comments that others hold 'Portrait' dear in memory, as well...
Simply magical....I love these old black and white movies. There's and innocence and as someone else remarked, there's a soothing feeling. In this present situation of the covid 19 with all the sadness and uncertain it's great that we still have these movies. Thanks for uploading!
Was there ever a Selznick film that wasn't beautifully poignant, and heartwarming? He made perfect pictures. A true artist. As a thirty something who was raised on these old movies, I can't tell you how much it means to be able to see them freely, anytime I want. There's such hope in these old stories. There were no special effects or overtly sexual storylines. Just well written scripts, and brilliant acting. Thanks for sharing. Loved every minute!
I'm 73, first time to see this story, loved it and will watch it again, and again; as I have with the movie Seventh Heaven, Jimmy Stewart and Simone Simon.
Wonderful powerful film thank you so much for posting I don't know how I missed this one. Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotton and Ethel Barrymore are superb. Was right on the edge of my seat, the green storm effect was so effective. I adore the old films , the subtlety of the acting ...not much seem now sadly. Thank you it saddened me but strangely gave me a sense of peace at the end .
I love this movie because I am also an artist. Today, I have the great fortune to watch it again once more ! George Wu, AIA, ARCHITECT, NCARB 2017-10-5
@@georgewu5 Sorry George but anyone I have met who has openly advertised themselves as being an architect has been anything but or has no sense of good design. Keep it quiet and your light will shine if its bright enough.
I was a waiter when I came to New York from Hong Kong in 1956. I did not want to be a starving artist and I was scared to be one. So I became an architect. I would not advertise being a waiter but very proud to be able to work for the world's best architects, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, I.M.Pei, Gwathmey Ulrich Franzen and Edgar Tafel, the project architect for the Falling Water. George Wu, ARCHITECT, A.I.A., NCARB 2019-2-3
@@georgewu5 OK you are the real thing but I've meet a few in France that make a lot of noise but have little of value to show! Falling water...I'm impressed.
No,its not just the oldies watching. I started watching the old movies as a teenager on TV. I love the fashion, the elegance and the values. I've converted my friends and they enjoy them as much as I do. It doesn't take long for the stories to hook them in so they don't even notice it's not color (even though that's part of the charm!)
The 3 young girls at the end of the film are Nancy Davis (soon to be Nancy Reagan), Nancy Olsen (soon to be nominated for supporting actress in Sunset Blvd) and Anne Francis (soon to be in Forbidden Planet).
wow amazing i've watched this movie a 100 times the first with my mom and many times since i've never known who those three beautiful girls are Thank You
And the driver, friend with Joseph Cotten, was David Wayne soon to be seen with Marilyn Monroe in two films "How to marry a millionaire" and "we are not married"
Yes, this is a normal movie to relax !!! Romantic, no nude, no tattoo’s, no violent, a real silent movie before to go too sleep !!! Thank you !!! More please ??? ❤❤❤😊😊😊 L.M.
Adams was right, you know. She does have beautiful eyes...and a sense of longing and sadness like few artists could portray. Ethel Barrymore was wonderful.
I feel madly in love with this movie and Joseph Cotton when I was a teenager. I'm now 56. Love it still. One of the most romantic movies ever...along side "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Now Voyager" Wow....Hollywood knew how to make movies! Thank you so much!!!!
well done selznick/jones. amazing how jennifer jones transformed from young girl to grown woman, even the voice change. this movie captures hauntings scenes that rival even today haunting scenes.too much tech. the frozen pic of jones posing when she was asleep. haunting. great job with this movie. i watch it from time to time, cant forget the fab MR. COTTON.
This was my Mothers favorite movie. IFeel like she's here with me now when I watch it. Love you and miss you Mom😢❤
I lost my Mom a year ago, she too loved this movie. I thought about her all the while, as I watched this film. I miss you Mom!
You can't beat the old black and white movies, I use to watch them with my mum when I was a young girl.
A film like this can only be done in black and white.
Nobody is talking about how handsome looking versatile natural actor Joseph Cotton was. One of my favourite. The perfect poise and deep voice He looks so handsome in every character even as a criminal or villain. He has very expressive face. This film is so moving I think because of JC and his marvellous acting. Thank you for posting classic movies and for your effort.
Just say "Joseph Cotton was..." instead of "Nobody is talking about.." You can expect people to talk about anybody.
In the mid to late 90s I was a teenager. To be more specific I was a teenage skater/druggie. I was suffering from severe deppression and didn't understand what I was going through so my life revolved around easy pleasures. One day as I was in my usual stupor something spoke to my heart. I can only assume it was God. He said instead of just doing what I always do I should look for something better. I responded without thinking that if there was anything interesting to do I would do it, but there wasnt. As I said this I was walking by one of my parents bookcases and saw an old dusty Readers Digest. I picked it up and it fell open to "A Portrait of Jennie". I decided to read it. A 16 year old skater druggie sat down that day and read this beautiful story. I wish I could say that lead to me sobering up and changing my life, but that didn't happen for many years. But somehow this story and that experience stuck with me. It was as if a Greater Power said, "Look, you're going through alot of darkness but there's beauty here too." I never forgot that. The story or the simple act of love that lead me to it.
Some say there are no accidents or coincidences; l hope you're finally doing well.
Good! If there's one thing you can say about life, it's... "you never know"! People have transcendent epiphanies all the time, they just go indiscussed. Keep asking for them, and, more come into your life, often to the point that they become so out of this world, they are unsharable, you would be perceived hallucinatory, as others have no frame of reference from which to judge. At the same time, they are something of a reward for a life well lived.
I eventually had such experiences Douglas.
I eventually found God and went into missionary work for awhile where He made it clear to me that He is real and that those things talked about in the scriptures still do happen. I'm convinced even many Christians would turn on someone that claimed to have the types of experiences found in the Bible but they do in fact still happen. And God is no respecter of persons, He will speak to anyone who wants badly enough to hear Him.
By the way, pardon the spiritual digression, posters! The important thing to keep in mind is that this world is really like a projection, all of it, including you. So, read what Vivekenda and Ramana Maharshi said, live out your life, with passion, but remember To trust 100% in God, for literally everything. To find him, you have to look outside of the projection for him, tricky but possible. That is where you will find your own soul as well. Then the epiphanies come, like the ability to see the light of God in all things.
Beautiful.
First time watching this. At 63, I've seen a LOT of old movies. Can't believe this gem escaped me. What a treat!
I love how every comment here is so personal and deeply romantic.
i do too ❤️
73 yrs since this was made, always remember watching when l was a kid around 71ish, Jennifer Jones sure was Beautiful.
A beautiful film. Thank you for sharing with us AND without ads!
Yes!! Ads would completely ruin the mood and long-ago-ness of the movie!! 😊
@@megan2176How the World has Changed in Just a Single Life Time 😞
I first saw this movie in 1958 when I was 9. I named my only daughter Jenny after it. I've probably watched it a hundred times.
You had jenny when you was 9? 😂😂😂😂🏃🏃🏃🏃🚻🌃🌃🙌
@Lil'*Red*Writing* Poet* 💄📝🙌🙌🙌🚻🚻🍷😀
@@TheKonga88 She was 9 and years later she was older, so strange, isn't it?
@ Your stupidity is astounding..LMMFAO
It is EVIL EVIL FILTH OF THE UNDEAD
THE UNDEAD HATE AND FEAR ALL LOVE
THAT IS WHY THEY GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO DESTROY
ALL LOVE IN THE WORLD
THE UNDEAD HAVE BEEN POISONING AND DESTROYING LOVE
EVER SINCE LOVE WAS CREATED
If you love ' The Ghost and Mrs Muir' then you will love this film also.
Similar movies which can still enrapture our minds .I do not have the same feeling when I walk out of a movie theater these days .Hollywood's here at its best .
Love both of these since a child. I was born in December 1957. Watched so many movies with my Maman & this was a favorite, as well as “Raintree County”
"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" is in my top 10 and has the best soundtrack (courtesy of Bernard Hermann) of any movie ever!
l first saw the movie in 1978 on TV in Iran. It was dubbed in Farsi. I loved it and it haunted me for many years. I saw it on TV a few years ago and it affected me and made me long for such a beautiful love. It just crossed my mind today to check UA-cam. Thank you for this timeless movie. So genuinely romantic and beautiful. For those of us believing in time travel, this is a great and believable way of going back in time.
I hope Creator has blessed u with the love that u longed for. God bless u with peace, health, security and joy.
Once upon a time, Hollywood actually made beautiful, imaginative, evocative heartfelt movies. Not anymore.
Heartsick nowadays. 😣😒
If this was remade it would be about Jennie karate kicking this weak painter who dared to draw her.
She would then have a tender moment with a lesbian lover whilst Joe Cotton was in jail saying how wrong he was for finding a young woman attractive.
AAAAA-MEN!!! I don’t even watch TV anymore......maybe the news? But I love these old innocent films. If there was sexual liaisons involved, you STILL GOT IT! Geeze! Nobody had to be nude or throw the F-bomb around! God bless all here, in the Tender Mercy and Love of Jesus’s Name......Amen.🕊❤️🙏💜✝️✡️🙋♀️🌹
Once the Church was holy
back in nineteen thirty three
Men were strong on the road along
the path to liberty
America was moral
the meek would fight the strong
Congress passed production codes
just to right the moral wrong
In nineteen hundred thirty four
their time had all run out
Hollywood was not allowed
the mortal codes to flout
blasphemy brought infamy
and modesty was assured
Buggery and Bigamy
In court rooms were abjurd
Hollywood made pictures
and innocence did grow
Nudity was banished
from the weekly picture show
The movie was a symphony
of beauty in the news
It harmonized enobled lives
for Christian and forJews
Now the Church is empty
the Sheep have gone astray
The Rabbi in his Synagog
just promotes the FDA
The networks are war mongering
The internet spreads porn
our Congress is like Ninevey
on the planes of Babylon
Goliath is big Pharma
what David arms his sling
I can almost see him now
as the angel choirs do sing
@@deborahleone4351 ONE THING I WONT TOLERATE IN MOVIES IS THE VULGAR F WORD. I LOOK NEWER MOVIES UP MADE PAST THE 70S TO SEE IF THEY CONTAIN VULGAR LANGUAGE AND IF THEY DO I WONT WATCH THEM. IVE GOT A REAL THING ABOUT THE VULGAR F WORD, I CANT STAND IT.
I just had to watch this movie again its one of my favorites. I'm a big Shirley Temple fan and one I like a lot is when she was older with these two actors are in it. I recommend Since You Went Away 1944 Jennifer Jones is the older sister and Joseph Cotten is an older man she is infatuated with a friend of her parents. Thank you for sharing with us here on youtube. I have loved old Black and white films forever.
Since You Went Away is a wonderful movie!!
“Have you taken the grass as bed
And the space as blanket
Humbled of what’s coming
Forgetting what has passed?
Give me the flute and sing
And forget the illness and the medicine
For people are lines,
Written, but by water”
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*Lyrics:* Khalil Gibran | خليل جبران
*Artist:* Fayrouz | فيروز | Fairouz
*SongTitle:* Give me the flute - أعطني الناي وغنِّ
Ethyl Barrymore......loved her! and Cecil Hardwick also.....some of my favorite old school actors. Classic!
Uh, it's Cecil Kellaway ---- you're thinking of Cedric Hardwick, also a top-drawer actor.
Joseph Cotton is my favourite film actor. I always liked him teamed up with Miss Jones. In this film and Love Letters, you would swear the two are truly in love.
absolutely agree- Joseph Cotten was a very great actor.
He surely was, a very classy and suave actor
Superb yet odd movie ......and great to see a film made on location in New York , it adds hugely to the atmospheric quality of the film .....absolutely beautiful cinematography by Joseph H August.
Saw this movie as a young girl and now at the age of 70 I too had to see this movie again. Loved it then and love it now. Thank you for sharing this beautiful movie.
Happy Birthday Estella! It is a very beautiful movie, I watched it 30 times maybe. I was in NYC back in January 2020, walking around in Central Park and stumbled upon that bridge by accident almost instinctively and I was stunned, the movie then flashed like a vision. I wasn't even thinking about the movie before then found myself right there by Jennie's bench, still there and intact. I walked the bridge and sang that song in that same little voice, I sound like a kid. :)
Me too . Watched it as a young man and today as 71 years old. Was made 1948 my birth year
DELPHINE TESLA ..30x? That all? 😉🌸😄
@@pennypiper7382 To ta ławka Jenny istnieje do dziś. Trzeba przebadać tą historię i wyruszyć śladami Jenny po realnym świecie: teatr Hammerstein, później Rialto, latarnia morska Lindsay Light, ewentualnie konwent zakonny w którym przebywała Jenny.
I'm 69, saw this so many years ago, can't remember when. Didn't speak to me then, but it does now. Bittersweet, saddens me that it could only be spiritual, never fulfilled completely in marriage, building a home and family with such great love to go forth into the future. 😥😒
I saw this as a young man. I Am 70 now. It great to see these old movies. I just saw Topper with Carey Grant and The Charge of The Light Bergaid with Errol Flynn. Just like old times.
+Robert G yes, i watched these movies late at night, 40-45 years ago, on tv. they were 'old movies' then, but they had a vitality and beauty that has stayed with me all my life. it's great seeing them again. thanks and greetings from Tokyo.
+Robert G Don't forget Errol Flynn in Captain Blood and His Gal Friday with Rosalind Russell and Carey Grant. I always had a thing for Ros, such a classy lady!
+Old Man from Scene Twenty Four My Uncle married one of Rosalind's cousin, she was a BEAUTY! Died with mouth cancer, early age.
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I grew up watching old movies and I`m happy that they are available and I agree that some young people do not find these gems interesting. Joseph Cotton was one of my favorite actors and all the actors in this movie were the best.
This was my favorite movie as a child growing up. Thee mystique in it was awesome for that time of technology . Although I would love to see it made again with the technology today this movie can not be topped as I see it. Seeing New York in its prior scenery is always a comfort to look back on as I age. Thanks for posting this...
I am watching this movie on the 25th anniversary of the death of my husband. He died suddenly. I never had the chance to say goodbye. We loved each other very much. But then as we see in this story love is eternal. Goodbyes are not necessary. The beauty of The Portrait of Jennie once seen is never forgotten.
I loved this movie i have just subscribed i hope to see more movies like this thank you So much
I have watched this film many, many times over the years and never tire of it - each time its as if I am seeing it for the first time.
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Each time you see it, you can find something new; it has very rich imagery. This time I noticed the shot of the lighthouse spiral staircase as the image of a nautilus, an image of eternity. The story leaves a lot of room for your own thoughts and speculations.
ME TOO. JENNIFER JONES KILLED. A MOVIE TO LOVE FOREVER 🎉❤🎉Zc
I’m constantly drawn to this movie because it is something so special and different that holds me wishing for something unattainable and divine that has no boundaries and lies within Heaven and Earth. ❤
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
Never tire of watching this film. Such a beautiful story brought to life in this troubled time. Gives you hope.
What a beautiful and mesmerising movie. Thank you for uploading it.
This is the first time Ive seen this movie. I'm an artist so I enjoyed this movie very much.
Thank you for uploading. This is a fabulous movie. I have loved old movies since I was a kid, This is one of my favorites.
mine too since i was a child
This 💙is 💓 my💙third 💙time 💙watching 💙this 💙 very💙marvelous 💙 yet💙very 💖 sad💙 movie.💙 I 💙 am💙trying 💙to 💙 read💙 all ❤ of ♥ the ♥ comments. 💙Believe 💙it 💙 or not when I watched this masterpiece last night there were no comments. Today there's so so so so so so many and it's taking me all day to get through them. I ❤love ❤reading ❤ what ❤my ❤co ❤watchers ❤have ❤to ❤say. ❤I ❤just ❤found ❤ this 💙 morning 🌄 that ❤ Jennifer Jones died in 2009 at the age of 90. I ❤greatly ❤appreciate ❤reading ❤the ❤comments. ❤ I ❤wonder ❤in ❤ this ❤miraculous ❤movie ❤how ❤did ❤Jennie ❤ find out where Edmond lived? A ❤mystery ❤that ❤I ❤suppose ❤I ❤will ❤never ❤find ❤out ❤ because ❤it ❤isn't ❤mentioned ❤in ❤ this ❤never ❤ ending ❤ movie or a movie that I refuse to let end. With ♥ much ♥ love ♥ and ❤ adoration. Minister 💗Donna 💗Camille 💗Eckhardt 💗 Founder 💗of ♥ Effectual 💗 Fervent 💗Prayer 💗Ministry 💗.💗To 💗all 💗of ♥ those💗 who took the time to leave a comment. I ❤sincerely ❤thank ❤you.❤Please ❤keep ❤me ❤in ❤ your ❤prayers ❤as I will keep you in my prayers 🙏 ❤. Amen
When I watch this I feel like I'm dreaming.
Here two years later, love this movie.
@@richardkronberg4925 That is true...
My favourite movie of all times! Thanks for sharing.
The space is flowing with the time like in a Dali painting in this movie. Time exists, but past present and future are together. Sadly we can't control them.
One of my favorite classic films! I’m so happy I found it on here
First time seeing this and It was as beautiful a story as my favourite film " The Enchanted Cottage" with Dorothy Macquire. Thank You.
I was born in 1948, the year this movie was made. Love movies about love across time.
A beautiful and magical film, with great cinematography and location filming. Thank you for uploading.
This was one of my favorite films from childhood. The impact on me was profound. I have lost so many memories after my brain injury, this one however has lasted. It was in the 50's or 60's I first saw it. Thanks for the joy of seeing it again. God bless you.
What a sad beautiful lovely film.
What dreams men have, filled with visions of life and love. What desires men want never fufilled, but with love men may have both even only for a brief tick of the clock, and isnt that what we all want.
Thank you for this film mr.selsnick.😢🎉❤
Wonderful movie, Lillian Gish as Mother Supieror, Mary of Mercy, always liked her and Ethel Barrymore. They always had such a presence on screen .Thank you for sharing this touching movie. Our lives are woven together like strands., And neither time, nor the world can break them. Beautiful.
A beautiful film. Love anything with Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten in.
What an Extraordinary Love Story!How True Love transcends time &space! Thank you for sharing this Gem of a movie!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I absolutely LOVE this movie!! I've seen it many times and it is so beautiful, right down to the classical Debussy Music. TYSM for this!!
I saw this when I was a child on BBC 2 about 1963? I LOVED it and used to have it on video tape. What a cast! And the music is wonderful,, One of my all-time favourites.
I loved this movie. Joseph. Cotten was superb in it !!!! He was so gorgeous creole his father was. His lips nose hair !!! Jennifer. Jones was mixed also first. Rockett.in. Harlem. I loved in. Sing of. Bernadette she saw the immaculate conception. She was a nun.Rhonda. Prater 🌹🎚️🙏🏿 thanks for sharing this precious master piece.
Superbly written, directed, acted and filmed. "Portrait of Jennie" is, in many respects, a masterpiece.
This is one of the most unusual films I've ever seen, a film that takes its time to develop its 2 main characters as 'real' people and not 'cookie-cutter', one-dimensional, stereotypical characters that you see in a lot of contemporary movies, and to explore such a deeply profound question as to whether our Life here on earth is all that there is. I have long heard of this film before without knowing what it was about or its storyline. I am a 'film buff' and have seen just about all of the old studio 'classic films' and am rarely surprised by a film I haven't seen before. This film completely surprised me in its thought-provoking original theme and storyline. It is truly a one-of-a-kind gem of a movie!
Just the most beautiful about love and time I ever saw.
One of the most beautiful movies of all time
NEW York looks fantastic and Jennifer Jones is truly otherworldly ~420
I remember seeing this movie at a very young age. I searched and searched for it. Even the Laura movie with Clifton Webb.. no that wasn't it. So I thought I imagined it. But NO! HERE IT IS!! WHAT JOY!
What is the Laura movie with Clifton Webb? Check out Peter Ibbitson! Another good one. I saw this ages ago too, I'm in my 70s. I got to video tape it years later and when I went to show it to a friend, I started to cry so had to leave the room so as not to spoil the movie. Another HUGE tear jerker: Back Street with Susan Hayward and John Gavin - THAT one. OMG, double tear jerker. OH, The Enchanted Cottage also very good!
My mother told me that she named me after Jennifer Jones. When I was in elementary school in the late 1950's--through to 1970. Kids used to ask me where my "odd-sounding" name came from, "Giggle-giggle..."
Very few were named "Jennifer or Jenni" (as my mother taught me to write my nickname ), and sometimes I was teased fairly mercilessly.
In my young years in the '50's, marvelous films such as this were not yet seen on the TV. And, they rarely played in movie houses. Even if some had, my parents would not have taken me to see a film like this thinking that I was
"too young" to enjoy/appreciate a sophisticated film such as PORTRAIT OF JENNIE...🤔???
They liked Disney films for my siblings and me, Lol.
I'm glad that these are available to enjoy and revel in now!! And I've come to like my name now. THANKYOU, Jennifer Jones!!! You are beautiful and an excellent actor!!!!
🦋Knowing a person is like music, what attracts us to them is their melody, and as we get to know who they are, we learn their lyrics!
Merciful hour! Ive literally just said to my husband that l'd love to see this film again, it haunted me happily when l watched it as a child. And here it is on UA-cam! Thank you so much for posting it.
Thank you for putting up this marvelous movie!!
I love the effect that many scenes look like they are painted on canvas.
i was confused at first because the skyline looks so different! then i remembered the date the film was shot. but yes, the scenes looking like paintings was a really cool effect.
So sad she didn't know how much she is still loved
I was taken to see this film when I was merely 10 years old and it left such an impression on me that I am glad to see it again. Thank you for posting!
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Thank you for contribution! 🙏🏻
The book Portrait of Jenney is right up there with the Great Gatsby. Beautifully written. Love this. Thanks for uploading.
Just wonderful, thank you for taking us back to a time when real movies were made in Hollywood.
Absolutely wonderful to see Jennifer Jones. I recall her sterling performance in 'The Song of Bernadette.'
The music of Claude Debussy,the artist life,a parallel universe and a sense that God is in back of it all..its almost too much to ask for all at once in a movie,yet there it is..a 'one of a kind' that I never get tired of.
I saw this movie when I was 5 years old and never forgot it. I've seen it only a few other times since then. It's interesting how many of the comments are from people who saw this film when they were children.
What a beautiful story. Thank you!!. 👼💖
They just don’t make em like this anymore. Great classic. I’m only in my 30s. I saw this when I was younger on TV and it’s taken me forever to find it. I couldn’t recall the name but the story I remembered well. Thank God for google.
I watched this movie as a young girl. It made an impression on me. This is the first time I have watched this since sometime possibly in the late 1950's.
I deeply enjoyed this movie, kept me enthrawled from the start to finish. Thankyou for sharing
I have always enjoyed the older movies especially the B&W''s. I don't know how I missed this one! They don't tell stories like this anymore. Thanks sooo much for the upload!!!!
Wow...what a Great Movie...I was born 10 year's after this movie was made...when I was about 12...I watched this movie with my Mom...I could never remember the name of it...my Mom past away just over 10 year's ago...so I couldn't ask her...I had only stumbled across it a month ago...it brought back the memories of my yesteryears with My Mom...
At 39 minutes in... there were sheep grazing in the Sheep Meadow until sometime in the 1950s. Good film. Thank you for posting.
Watched this film many times in the past. Excellent movie. The older movies are so much better to watch. ❤😂😊
I'm 44, I mostly only watch older films and history based movies/documentaries. Love these films from a different time...where cgi, gore, and hyper sexual themes weren't needed to tell a great story.
Ebonee Joseph totally agree with . I'm the same age as you are .
You are me to a tee.
There may be no “cgi”, but it’s heavily dependent on what were then called “special effects”-or did you think they sent Joseph Cotton out in a real hurricane?
oh you must be an old soul....you are so correct in your statement ...sad but true..."where cgi, gore, and hyper sexual themes weren't needed to tell a great story..."
Quite true, it has much to do with a well written script and something called PROFESSIONAL acting...
Thanks for posting
Magic..poetry...beauty... All on one.
What a lovely film. So beautiful
A great movie with a timeless message. Most any film of Cotten's from the 40s through the early 50s is well worth watching. His acting is so natural and effortless, and his voice during this period is suffused with a subtle depth and knowledge beyond his years. When one considers the number of truly great pictures he starred in, one wonders why he is not celebrated more as a great actor.
Cotten was one of the original Mercury Players, alongside the wonderful and likewise golden-tongued Orson Welles. Listen carefully and you'll hear a distinct similarity in tone, diction, and vocal delivery.
So true..very true.
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Excellent analysis
@@alvindlee1 Thank you.
I have often thought the same...unique and memorable!
Thank you for posting this wonderful movie. I've started binge-watching Jennifer Jones' movies. What a beautiful and talented actor! @47:05 "Come Holy Ghost" a hymn still sang in Mass today! +++
One of my ALL time favorites!
One of my all-time favorites. I first loved this story when I read the book in high school.
I saw it on TV in 1976 and I stay in love of that picture, absolutely wonderful.
Thank you for sharing this, such an awesome classic!
One of the most romantic films all times! A wonderfull film!
Carlos Jorge Stöckel I'm not sure if there's something wrong with me but I can't cope with anything else but happy endings 🙏🏻🙌🏻❤️🌹
I am watching it fot the third time in a month in case i missed anything i am nearly bed ridden with pains in my feet so films like this fulfill my day.
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Carlos Jorge Stöckel. Another one is " some where in time" with Jean Seymour and Steve Reeves.
@@derekwallace7863 I've spent most of 2 months in bed with pain due to the results of a doctors ordonnace! I'm hopefully coming right. I have no idea what is wrong with you but at least try acupunctre and perhaps see a good osteopath. I've spent forever watching films and docs on youtube. It's great company when you are in no state to be sociable.
What a beautiful film! The last time I saw it was as a child in Brooklyn! Thank you for showing it again!-Ann Monsen Beebe.
So haunting. Cotten is perfect as the disappointed artist who is in danger of becoming cynical, and a failure..until he meets a strange young girl, (Jones) who appears..moving through time and space... seeming to belong..nowhere..and they form a friendship.. Over the years (I am now 72, and retired) I have seen this film many times. And it always touches me deeply. It is also clear from all these glowing comments that others hold 'Portrait' dear in memory, as well...
My first time to see this movie gem. Thanks for posting it. Enjoyed it immensely.
Simply magical....I love these old black and white movies. There's and innocence and as someone else remarked, there's a soothing feeling. In this present situation of the covid 19 with all the sadness and uncertain it's great that we still have these movies. Thanks for uploading!
one of the great, timeless movies. thank you sooooo much for posting this. it tugs at the soul in all of us!
Was there ever a Selznick film that wasn't beautifully poignant, and heartwarming? He made perfect pictures. A true artist.
As a thirty something who was raised on these old movies, I can't tell you how much it means to be able to see them freely, anytime I want. There's such hope in these old stories. There were no special effects or overtly sexual storylines. Just well written scripts, and brilliant acting.
Thanks for sharing. Loved every minute!
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The cinematography and special affects is really amazing for this time in film history! Thank You!
Fell in love with this movie as a young girl. Now at fiftyseven still find it delightful. It is responsible for my love of paintings and romance.
I'm 56 and watched this movie every year on tv
I’m 56 and saw it in my 20’s and have loved it since then
When I see a favorite it's like Movie Therapy, I just feel great for 55!
Nice to know that I am not the only one who remembers this movie from my teens and I am now 57 and still love it...
I'm 73, first time to see this story, loved it and will watch it again, and again; as I have with the movie Seventh Heaven, Jimmy Stewart and Simone Simon.
Wonderful powerful film thank you so much for posting I don't know how I missed this one. Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotton and Ethel Barrymore are superb. Was right on the edge of my seat, the green storm effect was so effective. I adore the old films , the subtlety of the acting ...not much seem now sadly. Thank you it saddened me but strangely gave me a sense of peace at the end .
My father and I watched this movie together said it was my movie, my name is Jenny
I love this movie because I am also an artist. Today, I have the great fortune to watch it again once more ! George Wu, AIA, ARCHITECT, NCARB 2017-10-5
@@georgewu5 Sorry George but anyone I have met who has openly advertised themselves as being an architect has been anything but or has no sense of good design. Keep it quiet and your light will shine if its bright enough.
I was a waiter when I came to New York from Hong Kong in 1956. I did not want to be a starving artist and I was scared to be one. So I became an architect. I would not advertise being a waiter but very proud to be able to work for the world's best architects, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, I.M.Pei, Gwathmey Ulrich Franzen and Edgar Tafel, the project architect for the Falling Water. George Wu, ARCHITECT, A.I.A., NCARB 2019-2-3
@@georgewu5 OK you are the real thing but I've meet a few in France that make a lot of noise but have little of value to show! Falling water...I'm impressed.
A truly beautiful haunting story♥
Thank you for posting this movie. I have heard of it often but never saw it. I feel it is a beautiful production.
No,its not just the oldies watching. I started watching the old movies as a teenager on TV. I love the fashion, the elegance and the values. I've converted my friends and they enjoy them as much as I do. It doesn't take long for the stories to hook them in so they don't even notice it's not color (even though that's part of the charm!)
One of my favourite films. I have watched it so many times. Thank you for sharing
The 3 young girls at the end of the film are Nancy Davis (soon to be Nancy Reagan), Nancy Olsen (soon to be nominated for supporting actress in Sunset Blvd) and Anne Francis (soon to be in Forbidden Planet).
Dennis Schultz ~ I thought I recognized Nancy but I wasn’t sure.
I was wondering who the blonde girl was! Such a beauty.
wow amazing i've watched this movie a 100 times the first with my mom and many times since i've never known who those three beautiful girls are Thank You
So Nancy Reagan is on the left? I mean in the shot, the first kid on the left
And the driver, friend with Joseph Cotten, was David Wayne soon to be seen with Marilyn Monroe in two films "How to marry a millionaire" and "we are not married"
Yes, this is a normal movie to relax !!! Romantic, no nude, no tattoo’s, no violent, a real silent movie before to go too sleep !!! Thank you !!! More please ??? ❤❤❤😊😊😊 L.M.
Adams was right, you know. She does have beautiful eyes...and a sense of longing and sadness like few artists could portray. Ethel Barrymore was wonderful.
absolutely loved Portrait of Jennie.
Loved her in 'Madame Bovary' with James Mason too......
This evening is my first viewing of ' Portrait' . It will be unforgettable.
I have seen the film at list 8 times! A wonderful film!
me too-one of the first films i saw when i was a child coming from europe post-war after the holocaust. a favorite of mine. i too am an artist.
Kristina Lugo the movie. somewhere in time . same elements as this
I feel madly in love with this movie and Joseph Cotton when I was a teenager. I'm now 56. Love it still. One of the most romantic movies ever...along side "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Now Voyager" Wow....Hollywood knew how to make movies! Thank you so much!!!!
You've just named several of my favorite films. "Now Voyager" always spoke to me on a deep level, and I feel it's one of best films ever made.
And don't forget "Random Harvest" with Greer Garson and Ronald Colman.
I appreciate that this has the tinted segments as well as the final full-color shot of the portrait.
I first watched this in Middle school. Definitely a great film! Chilling but epic.
well done selznick/jones. amazing how jennifer jones transformed from young girl to grown woman, even the voice change. this movie captures hauntings scenes that rival even today haunting scenes.too much tech. the frozen pic of jones posing when she was asleep. haunting. great job with this movie. i watch it from time to time, cant forget the fab MR. COTTON.