Jennifer Jones

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phylis Lee Isley (March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), better known by her stage name Jennifer Jones, was an American actress. A five-time Academy Award nominee, Jones won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Song of Bernadette (1943).

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Beat the Devil (1953)

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Robert Morley

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Robert Morley

Duel in the Sun (1946)

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Gregory Peck  •  Lionel Barrymore

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Gregory Peck  •  Lionel Barrymore

Gone to Earth (1950)

Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to the local pastor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  David Farrar  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Sybil Thorndike  •  Edward Chapman

Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to the local pastor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  David Farrar  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Sybil Thorndike  •  Edward Chapman

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Haley Jr.
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gene Kelly  •  Peter Lawford

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Haley Jr.
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gene Kelly  •  Peter Lawford

The Towering Inferno (1974)

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Paul Newman  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Robert Vaughn

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Paul Newman  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Robert Vaughn

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Bill Travers  •  John Gielgud  •  Virginia McKenna

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Bill Travers  •  John Gielgud  •  Virginia McKenna

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Vincent Price  •  William Eythe  •  Charles Bickford

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Vincent Price  •  William Eythe  •  Charles Bickford

Since You Went Away (1944)

While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Shirley Temple

While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Shirley Temple

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  William Holden  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Torin Thatcher  •  Isobel Elsom

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  William Holden  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Torin Thatcher  •  Isobel Elsom

Love Letters (1945)

When a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always complications. The man with no talent for writing marries the girl, confesses one night he didn't write the letters and ends up with a knife in his back. The writer of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Ann Richards  •  Cecil Kellaway

When a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always complications. The man with no talent for writing marries the girl, confesses one night he didn't write the letters and ends up with a knife in his back. The writer of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Ann Richards  •  Cecil Kellaway

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nunnally Johnson
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Fredric March  •  Marisa Pavan

Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nunnally Johnson
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Fredric March  •  Marisa Pavan

Portrait of Jennie (1948)

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Lillian Gish

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Lillian Gish

Tender Is the Night (1962)

Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is charmed by Rosemary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Jason Robards  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Tom Ewell

Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is charmed by Rosemary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Jason Robards  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Tom Ewell

Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sica
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Montgomery Clift  •  Gino Cervi  •  Richard Beymer

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sica
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Montgomery Clift  •  Gino Cervi  •  Richard Beymer

Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

The overweight debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, who take their beliefs of the American ideal to profoundly impossible heights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Thom
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Jordan Christopher  •  Holly Near  •  Lou Rawls

The overweight debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, who take their beliefs of the American ideal to profoundly impossible heights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Thom
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Jordan Christopher  •  Holly Near  •  Lou Rawls

Uncertain Verification (1965)

A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Grifi  •  Gianfranco Baruchello
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Marcel Duchamp  •  Clark Gable  •  Daniel Gélin

A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Grifi  •  Gianfranco Baruchello
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Marcel Duchamp  •  Clark Gable  •  Daniel Gélin

A Farewell to Arms (1957)

An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Vittorio De Sica  •  Luigi Barzini

An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Vittorio De Sica  •  Luigi Barzini

We Were Strangers (1949)

China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  John Garfield  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Ramon Novarro

China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  John Garfield  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Ramon Novarro

Ruby Gentry (1952)

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Charlton Heston  •  Karl Malden  •  Tom Tully

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  Charlton Heston  •  Karl Malden  •  Tom Tully

Madame Bovary (1949)

After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  James Mason  •  Van Heflin  •  Louis Jourdan

After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  James Mason  •  Van Heflin  •  Louis Jourdan
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