Jenny (1970)

An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger avoiding the draft. She now has a father for her child and he doesn't have to go to the Army. But this marriage-of-convenience leads to a romance between the two.

Director:

George Bloomfield

Writers:

George Bloomfield, Diana Gould (story),

Stars:

Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Marian Hailey

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Cast

Credited cast:
Marlo Thomas	...	Jenny
Alan Alda	...	Delano
Marian Hailey	...	Kay
Elizabeth Wilson	...	Mrs. Marsh
Vincent Gardenia	...	Mr. Marsh
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fay Bernardi	...	Woman
Philip Bruns	...	Fred
Michael Mislove
Charlotte Rae	...	Bella Star
Stephen Strimpell	...	Peter
Al Thomas	...	Delano
Fred Willard
Estelle Winwood

Storyline

An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger avoiding the draft. She now has a father for her child and he doesn't have to go to the Army. But this marriage-of-convenience leads to a romance between the two.

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Plot Keywords:

marriage of convenience | pregnant | drinking while pregnant | pregnant bride | vietnam war | 

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Taglines:

It doesn't matter who the father is. Jenny has finally found someone to love.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

M

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 January 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

And Jenny Makes Three

Filming Locations:

Tenafly, New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not to be confused with a 1970 Australian documentary film called "Jenny", which won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in the social commentary category.

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Connections

Features A Place in the Sun (1951)

User Reviews

A glimpse into the NYC filmmakers community

This is a little piece of autobiography, I suspect. It is really best for giving you a glimpse into some chapter of the screenwriter's life or the life of someone he knew. This is in part a story of New York City and the film makers's lfestyle there. It is about a contrast between the educated and sophisticated and a simpler person. Or at least this is a subtext of the movie, I think.

On the surface, this is about a young girl who gets impregnated by someone who was/is a friend of a NYC filmmaker. He makes commercials. It is an all comsuming business for him. He is knowledgeable and sophisticated. Some friend of his impregnated some country girl who made it to New York. Then this friend moves away and Alda, the filmmaker, is placed in the position of having this pregnant, naive young girl living with him. I think the impregator-friend was his roommate, and now Jenny, the pregnant young girl, is moving into the apartment, after the friend has left town. Or something like that.

Well, Alda at first does not have much sympathy or room in his life for this girl. He sort of ignores her. But they develop a relationship. And so forth.

Not bad, and sort of a window into time and into a certain subculture.