What is Portrait of Jennie / The Ghost and Mrs. Muir about?

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, 1948, Disney, 86 min. Producer David O. Selznick (GONE WITH THE WIND) hired William Dieterle (THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER) to direct this ghost/love story. Artist Joseph Cotten falls for Jennie (Jennifer Jones), a young girl he meets in Central Park and slowly realizes is the spirit of a long-dead woman. With a score by Bernard Herrmann and Dimitri Tiomkin. The film won a 1949 Special Effects Oscar. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, 1947, 20th Century Fox, 104 min. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (ALL ABOUT EVE)’s perfect blend of ghost tale and love story set in 1900 England. Widow Gene Tierney and daughter (Natalie Wood) move into a seacliff house previously owned by deceased ship captain Rex Harrison. His spirit tries to scare Tierney away, but the two become fond of each other, with Tierney writing a scandalous biography of Harrison. But Harrison must stand by helplessly as Tierney’s heart is broken by earthly suitor George Sanders.

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What is Portrait of Jennie / The Ghost and Mrs. Muir about?: PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, 1948, Disney, 86 min. Producer David O. Selznick (GONE WITH THE WIND) hired William Dieterle (THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER) to direct this ghost/love story. Artist Joseph Cotten falls for Jennie (Jennifer Jones), a young girl he meets in Central Park and slowly realizes is the spirit of a long-dead woman. With a score by Bernard Herrmann and Dimitri Tiomkin. The film won a 1949 Special Effects Oscar.
THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, 1947, 20th Century Fox, 104 min. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (ALL ABOUT EVE)’s perfect blend of ghost tale and love story set in 1900 England. Widow Gene Tierney and daughter (Natalie Wood) move into a seacliff house previously owned by deceased ship captain Rex Harrison. His spirit tries to scare Tierney away, but the two become fond of each other, with Tierney writing a scandalous biography of Harrison. But Harrison must stand by helplessly as Tierney’s heart is broken by earthly suitor George Sanders.