What is Portrait Of Jennie / Love Letters about?

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, 1948, Disney, 86 min. Dir. William Dieterle. This wistful love story focuses on struggling artist Joseph Cotten as he gradually falls in love with Jennie (Jennifer Jones), a strange young girl he meets in Central Park. As Cotten periodically runs into her over a series of months, she seems to grow up before his eyes, and he slowly comes to understand that his new muse is the restless spirit of a long-dead woman. LOVE LETTERS, 1945, Universal, 101 min. Dir. William Dieterle. Soldier Allen Quinton (Joseph Cotten) does a seemingly harmless favor for his inarticulate friend and writes romantic letters to the friend’s lover, Victoria (Jennifer Jones). Slowly, Quinton develops intense feelings for his unlikely pen pal. When Quinton’s friend winds up dead, and a luscious amnesiac known only as Singleton arrives on the scene, it seems that a more nefarious conspiracy is at play than meets the eye. Jones scored a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role.

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What is Portrait Of Jennie / Love Letters about?: PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, 1948, Disney, 86 min. Dir. William Dieterle. This wistful love story focuses on struggling artist Joseph Cotten as he gradually falls in love with Jennie (Jennifer Jones), a strange young girl he meets in Central Park. As Cotten periodically runs into her over a series of months, she seems to grow up before his eyes, and he slowly comes to understand that his new muse is the restless spirit of a long-dead woman.
LOVE LETTERS, 1945, Universal, 101 min. Dir. William Dieterle. Soldier Allen Quinton (Joseph Cotten) does a seemingly harmless favor for his inarticulate friend and writes romantic letters to the friend’s lover, Victoria (Jennifer Jones). Slowly, Quinton develops intense feelings for his unlikely pen pal. When Quinton’s friend winds up dead, and a luscious amnesiac known only as Singleton arrives on the scene, it seems that a more nefarious conspiracy is at play than meets the eye. Jones scored a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role.