Directed by William Dieterle
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)
Starving artist Joseph Cotten becomes inspired when he meets young girl Jennifer Jones in the park one day. The mysterious girl is living in the past, some 50 years before the present time, and only he can see her. Each time they meet she ages a few years as she tries to catch up to his age. He sells a sketch of her to art dealer Ethel Barrymore, who convinces him to paint Jennifer's portrait at their next meeting. He falls in love with the girl but she stops appearing, so he goes in search of her. This leads to the final scenes, tinted in color, which take place during a hurricane at a remote light house. The central relationship between Cotten and Jones is underdeveloped and really seems more like a father-daughter relationship, especially given the large differences in their ages at the beginning.
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