Penny Serenade
"Remember the tune they were singing the night we fell in love?..."
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A tender, melancholic portrait of a devoted couple weathering repeated heartbreak in their struggle to become parents, anchored by music and memory.
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.
Essence
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Irene Dunne
Julie Gardiner
Cary Grant
Roger Adams
Beulah Bondi
Miss Oliver
Edgar Buchanan
Applejack
Ann Doran
Dotty
Eva Lee Kuney
Six-Year-Old Trina
Leonard Willey
Dr. Hartley
Wallis Clark
Judge
Walter Soderling
Billings
Jane Biffle
One-Year-Old Trina
Dorothy Adams
Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
McDougal (uncredited)
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