tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post7393775174860985361..comments2024-03-27T23:06:28.849+13:00Comments on Matte Shot - a tribute to Golden Era special fx: Portrait of Jennie: Clarence Slifer takes home the OscarNZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-68870197901814301822018-10-14T04:30:44.082+13:002018-10-14T04:30:44.082+13:00Just finished viewing PORTRAIT OF JENNIE for the u...Just finished viewing PORTRAIT OF JENNIE for the umpteenth time and enjoy it each viewing as though it were the first. It is a stunning film which holds me from the first frame til the last. Cotten and Jones are, of course, outstanding, but, being a big Ethel Barrymore fan, I find her in this film to be exceptional. Anyway, I came upon this site while wondering what might have happened to the Brackman portrait of Jones for the film. The coverage you have provided on so many aspects of the film is excellent and so illuminating. Rest assured, I will revisit your blog again and again to explore more of your blog entries. Keep up the good work. And in the words of the immortal Frank Sinatra, "I shall return." Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033086639485160970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-67804915553722162892018-08-05T09:34:27.513+12:002018-08-05T09:34:27.513+12:00I really appreciate this post, Pete! Having been a...I really appreciate this post, Pete! Having been a spellbound viewer of POJ for 13 years, these rare artifacts are a treasure trove for someone like me! One of my most treasured possessions is an original publicity poster of the great Brackman portrait that proudly hangs in my house. Thanks LOTS for sharing these!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231599312384323003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-64830284695801089502018-01-17T10:24:46.695+13:002018-01-17T10:24:46.695+13:00(Sorry for my English) I was thinking about it too...(Sorry for my English) I was thinking about it too and the answer is the bench. When Jennie reaches Eben, we see his back at the right side of the screen, and Jennie takes place on the left: look at the bench, has three planks and a lot of space between the planks. On the next shot they start walking but we still see the bench: now he has four planks and no space. Well, by itself it means nothing but I am pretty sure that at the first shot the bench was raised up from the floor a little bit and the planks were supposed to see a little Jennie coming to it (that's why there are more space between planks): Jones was far away from the camera, Cotten closer. On the other scenes when she is little we don't use to see them side by side.Moiséshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855816784151351851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-74906160152431092792016-09-22T22:09:21.709+12:002016-09-22T22:09:21.709+12:00Hello! This post couldn’t be written any better! R...Hello! This post couldn’t be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my previous room mate! He always kept chatting about this. I will forward this page to him. Fairly certain he will have a good read. Thank you for sharing!<br />____________________________<br /><a href="http://www.effectmatrix.com/mac-appstore/corel-draw-for-mac.htm" rel="nofollow">Coreldraw for Mac</a>hemmymissionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833905950663989511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-56733821020097025792012-04-15T13:34:08.217+12:002012-04-15T13:34:08.217+12:00Thank you so much for that positive response, it i...Thank you so much for that positive response, it is indeed appreciated.<br />All the best<br /><br />PeterNZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-31500542419759089352012-04-14T20:07:25.701+12:002012-04-14T20:07:25.701+12:00Dear Sir.. Id be so overwhelmed to see your collec...Dear Sir.. Id be so overwhelmed to see your collection! I know the film so well, and been raised on Debussy and Keats, and everything DOS! This weekend they are naturally focusing on the centennial of TITANIC,people have taken trips of a Lifetime to the wreck, but to me, the ultimate would be to be in the same room as these paintings! <br />I respect you very much for safeguarding these. Presently I too am under a like quest, as I have many of Carole Lombards personal possessions including a portrait that hung over Mr Gable's bed after her death in 1942.(Her life example got me thru 2 cancers ond diabetic complications. She was a rare lady..) Anyway the portrait, It also has his cigar smoke stained on the frame..I think of them and 1939 and the GWTW premiere in ATlanta with Selznick and Irene and everyone else..(I didnt mean to go on, its just that I understand what it means to be an archivist. )Thank u for publishing the pictures here. Such ART stays with you, and the "TRADITION OF QUALITY" in ALL things SELZNICK, is unforgettable!<br />My sincere BEST to you!bakebakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089716094566711370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-87312112419686295512012-02-13T19:51:35.397+13:002012-02-13T19:51:35.397+13:00I just finished viewing the wonderful "Portra...I just finished viewing the wonderful "Portrait of Jennie" for the first time, recorded on my DVR from a recent airing on Turner Classic Movies. Having worked as a Hollywood visual effects cameraman myself over the years, I was tremendously impressed by the swirling, hurricane cloud effect at the end of the picture. It looks like it was probably created in a cloud-tank, a glass walled water-tank filled with swirling water as white or colored pigments are injected under pressure into the surface of the water. Considering that this visual effect in the 1948 "Jennie" predates the same type of effects in 1958's "The Ten Commandments", I'm wondering if "Jennie" might be the first time it was ever used? Does anyone know of even earlier examples of cloud-tank effects in movies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-68614611873155395902012-01-12T17:50:31.558+13:002012-01-12T17:50:31.558+13:00I've no idea - probably careful camera angles ...I've no idea - probably careful camera angles and Cotton standing on a box as Alan Ladd used to do perhaps? Whatever it was, the notion of Jones as a teen was ludicrous and must have raised chuckles back in the day.<br /><br />PeterNZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-72623447825853066442012-01-12T16:36:32.973+13:002012-01-12T16:36:32.973+13:00How did they get Jennifer Jones' height to cha...How did they get Jennifer Jones' height to change from that of a short child (she came up to Cotten's shoulder) to a full-height adult (almost his height)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-7980004637729085982012-01-05T09:37:36.446+13:002012-01-05T09:37:36.446+13:00Publicity at the time of filming mentioned the Clo...Publicity at the time of filming mentioned the Cloisters as the location of the filmed scenes set at St. Mary's Convent.<br />The images here are a great find for fans of the film. Well done. I really love this film but I've always thought that the portrait really doesn't look much like Jennifer Jones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-5029112051787362132011-05-11T11:30:16.542+12:002011-05-11T11:30:16.542+12:00Hi Steve
You may be right, though it definitely ha...Hi Steve<br />You may be right, though it definitely has the hallmarks of painted augmentation with sky, light rays and some foreground to my eye. I have some other pics of POJ artifacts which are very poor and indistinct - sort of a wide group snapshot of many mattes etc and this view looks to be among them - but it's hard to tell.NZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-13675524867278901672011-05-10T23:30:08.173+12:002011-05-10T23:30:08.173+12:00Just wondering if the monastary is really a matte ...Just wondering if the monastary is really a matte shot as that seems to look like footage of the Cloisters (part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)up in the Bronx in Fort Tryon Park.Stevenoreply@blogger.com