A couple’s big dreams give way to a life full of unforeseen sadness and unexpected joy
Penny Serenade 1941 HD by George Stevens | Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi and Edgar Buchanan | Comedy & Romance Film
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Penny Serenade is a 1941 in film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan. The picture was directed by George Stevens, written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind, and depicts the story of a loving couple who must overcome adversity to keep their marriage and raise a child. Grant was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Plot Summary
While listening to a recording of “You Were Meant for Me (1929 song),” Julie Gardiner Adams (Irene Dunne) begins lecting on her past. Roger (Cary Grant) and Julie Adams suffer a tragedy when she Miscarriage in an earthquake during their 1930 stay in Japan (a remarkably realistic re-creation of an earlier Great Kanto Earthquake). They are told that she cannot have children. They request to adopt a two-year old boy, but ultimately adopt a much younger girl. They struggle to make ends meet and to retain their parental rights when Roger’s newspaper-publishing business fails. When the little girl dies suddenly, the emotional strain threatens to destroy their marriage. Songs mark episodes in the action from Gramophone records from their collection, the title refers to a song of the same name. In the end, they are offered the opportunity to adopt a little boy who matches their original request, miraculously saving their marriage.
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Julie Gardiner Adams
- Cary Grant as Roger Adams
- Beulah Bondi as Miss Oliver
- Edgar Buchanan as Applejack Carney
- Ann Doran as Dotty “Dot”
- Eva Lee Kuney as Trina (6 years old)
- Leonard Willey as Doctor Hartley
- Wallis Clark as Judge
- Walter Soderling as Billings
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