Penny Serenade (1941)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

George Stevens

Writers:

Martha Cheavens (story)
Morrie Ryskind (screenplay)

Release Date:

24 April 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Excitingly Re-united! Your favorites of "THE AWFUL TRUTH" in the kind of love story you have been waiting to see!

Plot:

A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.

Plot Keywords:

Recording | Marriage | Music Store | Inheritance | Christmas

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

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) (as Baby Biffle)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stanley Brown	...	Man (scenes deleted)
Jack Buchanan	...	Bit Part (scenes deleted)
Bess Flowers	...	Mother (scenes deleted)
Eddie Laughton	...	Cab Driver (scenes deleted)
Adrian Morris	...	Bill Collector (scenes deleted)
Edward Peil Sr.	...	Train Conductor (scenes deleted)
Grady Sutton	...	Man (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:G (Ontario) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | UK:U (original rating) (1941-2005) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #6848)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Irene Dunne often said that this was her favorite film because it reminded her of her own adopted daughter.

Movie Connections:

Featured in After Sex (2000)

Soundtrack:

I'm Tickled Pink with a Blue Eyed Baby

Cary Grant's best performance

One well written movie of the 40's. To this day, this movie will hold your attention even though you will find no vulgarity, nudity or violence.

Tragedy turns to comedy with tale of a writer and his newlywed desperate to settle down in a traditional American lifestyle, start a new business and have a family. Their innocence is refreshing, and the writer has such timing in the course of events that you find yourself wanting to help this couple diaper a baby!!!

Cary Grant "nails" this performance with his "heart-felt" speech in front of a judge. (Get a box of tissue for this one.) The body/language between Grant's and Dunn's character make this movie charming and realistic.

You find yourself laughing out-loud with the "every-day-problems-of-life" this couple gets themselves involved with......good for the whole family. A must see and a true classic.