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Penny Serenade is a 1941 film directed by George Stevens, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. Julie Adams (Dunne) is packing up her apartment, preparing to leave her husband Roger (Grant), a newspaper publisher. She pulls a phonograph off the …
Sep 10, 2012 · This is a classic 'women's picture' in every sense: an emotional/sentimental switchback, nostalgically framed (Dunne, on the point of leaving Grant, reminisces
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Jun 22, 1999 · George Stevens framed this entire film using flasbacks, an old phonograph playing the songs from various stages in the lives of two people who fall in love and are nearly torn apart by tragedy.
While listening to a recording of Penny Serenade, Julie Gardiner Adams (Irene Dunne) begins reflecting on her past. She recalls her near-impulsive marriage to newspaper reporter Roger Adams (Cary Grant), which begins on a deliriously happy note but turns out to be fraught with tragedy.
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.
