Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams

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Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams is the central role played by American actor Joseph Cotten, depicting a struggling artist whose life is transformed by a mysterious young girl in the 1948 fantasy romance film "Portrait of Jennie."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal
filmRole
appearsIn Portrait of Jennie NERFINISHED
basedOn novel "Portrait of Jennie" NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Robert Nathan NERFINISHED
centralRelationship Eben Adams and Jennie Appleton NERFINISHED
characterName Eben Adams NERFINISHED
characterType struggling artist
coStar Cecil Kellaway as Matthews NERFINISHED
Ethel Barrymore as Miss Spinney NERFINISHED
Jennifer Jones as Jennie Appleton NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director William Dieterle NERFINISHED
distributor Selznick Releasing Organization NERFINISHED
filmGenre fantasy
romance
filmReleaseYear 1948
language English
medium feature film
narrativeFunction protagonist
notableTheme artistic inspiration
romantic fantasy
time and memory
occupationInStory artist
portrayedBy Joseph Cotten NERFINISHED
productionCompany Selznick Releasing Organization NERFINISHED
settingLocation New York City
storyArc life transformed by mysterious young girl
studioProcess black-and-white with tinted and Technicolor sequences
timePeriod 1930s

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Portrait of Jennie portraysCharacter Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams