Penny Serenade
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Penny Serenade | |
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Directed by | George Stevens |
Produced by | George Stevens |
Written by | Martha Cheavens Morrie Ryskind |
Starring | Irene Dunne Cary Grant Beulah Bondi Edgar Buchanan |
Music by | W. Franke Harling |
Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date(s) | 24 April 1941 |
Running time | 119 min. |
Language | English |
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Penny Serenade (1941) is a film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan. It was directed by George Stevens and written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind.
Cary Grant was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
[edit] Plot summary
Roger (Cary Grant) and Julie Adams (Irene Dunne) suffer a tragedy when she miscarries in an earthquake. They are told that she cannot have children. They adopt a girl, but must struggle to make ends meet and to retain their parental rights when Roger loses his job. When the little girl dies suddenly, the emotional strain threatens to destroy their marriage. The songs that mark episodes in the action are from records from their collection. The title refers to a song of the same name. At the end, they are offered the opportunity of adopting a little boy, miraculously saving their marriage.
The movie is in the public domain.
[edit] Cast
Irene Dunne ... Julie Gardiner Adams
Cary Grant ... Roger Adams
Beulah Bondi ... Miss Oliver
Edgar Buchanan ... Applejack Carney
Ann Doran ... Dotty 'Dot'
Eva Lee Kuney ... Trina (at the Age of 6 Years)
Leonard Willey ... Doctor Hartley
Wallis Clark ... Judge
Walter Soderling ... Billings
Baby Jane Biffle ... Trina (at the Age of 1 Year) (billed as Baby Biffle)
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