Jenny (1970 film)

Jenny
Jenny
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Bloomfield
Screenplay by	Martin Lavut; George Bloomfield
Story by	Diana Gould
Produced by	Edgar J. Scherick
Starring	Marlo Thomas; Alan Alda; Marian Hailey; Phil Bruns; Charlotte Rae; Vincent Gardenia; Elizabeth Wilson; Stephen Strimpell; Michael Mislove; Fred Willard;
Cinematography	David L. Quaid
Edited by	Kent McKinney
Music by	Michael Small
Production; companies	ABC Pictures; Palomar Pictures
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	January 2, 1970;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,550,000
Box office	$2,825,000

Jenny is a 1970 American drama film starring Marlo Thomas, in her film debut, and Alan Alda, produced by ABC Pictures and released by Cinerama Releasing Corp. Singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson provided Jenny 's theme song, "Waiting".

Plot[]

Jenny, a young small-town woman, moves away to the city when she becomes pregnant through a one-night stand. She meets film director Delano, who has received a draft notice and does not want to be inducted into the Army. Jenny and Delano take a liking to each other. Learning that an acquaintance got out of having to serve by having a baby on the way, Delano offers to marry Jenny, claim paternity and support her baby, if she in turn will play along, and he can avoid being drafted.

In the months until Jenny's baby is born, the couple experiences the ups and downs of their in-name-only marriage, including a visit back to her family and hometown, and his ongoing relationship with another woman, as Delano and Jenny await the outcome of his draft case. At the end of the movie, Jenny goes into labor. Delano brings Jenny a little music box; as it plays a nurse brings in Jenny's new baby. Jenny lovingly holds the newborn and begins to breastfeed as Delano looks on. The movie ends with the two of them staring at the newborn, sleeping soundly in its mother's arms.

Selected cast[]

Marlo Thomas as Jenny Marsh
Alan Alda as Delano
Marian Hailey as Kay
Phil Bruns as Fred Callahan
Charlotte Rae as Bella Star
Vincent Gardenia as Mr. Marsh
Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Marsh
Stephen Strimpell as Peter

Box office[]

By 1973, the film had earned rentals of $2,010,000 in North America and $815,000 in other countries. After all costs were deducted, it recorded an overall loss of $1,170,000.^[1]

Reception[]

Roger Greenspun wrote in the New York Times:

"Jenny" is a very old‐fashioned film, gently accumulating the paraphernalia of a certain opportune modernism. All the movie memories are intellectual properties of a sort that you may discard if you wish to 'sigh' over the sad‐happy story of a girl and her guy and her baby.
But it isn't so easy to make old‐fashioned movies now, and the values and life‐styles the film plays with, keep playing with it in return—so that Jenny often stumbles into (and alas, out of) a better kind of movie than it has any right to be.^[2]

Nominations[]

The film was nominated for the Golden Globe award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female (Marlo Thomas) in 1971.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, May 31, 1973, p 3
^ Roger Greenspun (March 9, 1970). "Screen 'Jenny' Arrives". The New York Times.

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[variety-1] "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, May 31, 1973, p 3

[2] Roger Greenspun (March 9, 1970). "Screen 'Jenny' Arrives". The New York Times.

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