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In his search for realism, he directed that the picture 'be photographed on the authentic N’ew York locations of the Nathan romance.
Manp of the early scenes were filmed in Manhattan, in Central Park and city streets, where delay was caused by snow storms and icy weather when the temperature dropped as low as 14 degrees below zero.
Not once during five winter months the company remained on location in New York and New England could the stars and rew work without heavy clothing. But those hazards were overcome and Director Diertle obtained some of the finest “shots” of the film.
As in all his notable productions, Selznick has lavished creative talents and a large sum of money on “Portrait of Jennie”— the climax of which is a spectacular storm sequence reported to he the most thrilling ever filmed. These scenes were made at. historic Graves Light in outer Boston Harbor, where nature itself provided the effects lashing the sea in a spectacle which brings the drama to a close.
Another noteworthy feature of “Portrait of Jennie” is Selznick’s use for the first time of the muse of Claude Debussy for the complete score of the production.
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