1:08:00 you see, this is what happens when the entrepreneur marries a roadblock. the roadblock being the type of character who wants stability over risk. the man pitched a subscription idea and he has the secret recipes for success: enthusiasm and raw unbridled belief. anybody versed in "manifestation" or reads BOOKS on making money (that were available even at that time) knows that's all he needs. and here is this woman who literally snuffs his enthusiasm out, begs him to settle for less, settle for a paycheck. making him think he has "bad luck" (now feeling foolish about his standardly brilliant idea... i mean, its literally a sub for value info, its a working business model to this day) oh ok so i see she didnt break him down. good for him!
"Portrait of Jennie 1948" has to be one of the most endearing stories of inspiration and romance between a canvas painter on hard times in 1930s New York, and a girl, Jennie Appleton, from a bygone age (1910s), who blossoms into woman seemingly within months, and mysteriously comes and goes. She meets her end at a lighthouse, The Land's End Light, at Cape Cod, where a freak wave washes her into the sea. But the painter, Eben Adams, is left with her beautiful portrait which adorns a museum and is highly esteemed in the art community. The film is hauntingly beautiful and has to be a work of love and art. You must see it!
Thanks for posting this. I recommend it. What it lacks in -not the greatest dancing, singing, acting or songs ( by the great Mack Gordon, lyrics: "At Last", "There Will Never Be Another You" and Josef Myrow, composer "If I'm Lucky" "You Make Me Feel So Young") or choreography-everything is close, but, for me, kinda misses; it makes up for in creativity with dream sequences and delightful animation interspersed with the story..I enjoyed the cleverness of that very much, and the lighting, interiors, the COSTUMES, colors. In spite of its shortcomings, the movie manages to create a magical world for me. And that looks like Russel Wright china in the dishwashing scene which is worth watching.
We grew up with a "Madge"in our family.She was our protector from strangers and the belt of my dads.A full grown bitch Great Dane.She was Queen of the hood.😊
This is a disaster. It surely bombed at the box office. The script sucked and the plot didn't utilize or explore the conflict between mother and daughter "involved" with the same man very effectively. Lamar was a mess and the daughter was too old to be playing the part of a college girl.
Ah, the sweet golden age of Hollywood❣ Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, and sweet, young and very talented Natalie Wood, and a drama that left me in tears and very optimistic.
