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In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned 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.Read moreLess
In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned 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.
The story
In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned 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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Jennifer JonesJennie Appleton
Joseph CottenEben Adams
Ethel BarrymoreMiss Spinney
Lillian GishMother Mary of Mercy
Cecil KellawayMatthews
David WayneGus O'Toole
Florence BatesMrs. Jekes
Albert SharpeMoore
Henry HullEke
Felix BressartPete
Clem BevansCapt. CobbExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Paul Osborn
- Original Music Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Director
- William Dieterle
- Producer
- David O. Selznick
- Director of Photography
- Joseph H. August
- Screenplay
- Peter Berneis
- Writer
- Ben Hecht