Penny Serenade | Cary Grant | Classic Romance Film | Drama | Love Movie
1,333Penny Serenade - A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Penny Serenade (1941)
Director: George Stevens
Writers: Morrie Ryskind(screen play), Martha Cheavens(story)
Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: 24 April 1941 (USA)
Filming Location: Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
As tears well up in her eyes, once-happy Julie listens to her favourite songs, reminiscing about the ups and downs of her life. Indeed, Julie and her husband, Roger, have always been there for each other through thick and thin. However, it seems that the love is gone. But, before leaving the house, Julie decides to listen to their old, memory-laden records for one last time, eager to relive all the fundamental stages of her love story with Roger. Now, a flurry of mixed emotions overcomes Julie. Is all hope lost?
Reviews:
"There is no doubt in my mind that any movie that uses old music to flash back to the points of importance in any story will be an interesting one. Old music has been often used to explore emotions in movies, and "Penny Serenade" is probably the first to do it so well. The story starts as wife Irene Dunne is about to leave husband Cary Grant, feeling that they just don't need each other anymore. Listening to "You Were Meant For Me", she flashes back to when they first met, how he bought 27 records (not even having a record player) just to meet her. They begin dating, and on New Year's Eve, he proposes. They end up in Japan where a horrendous earthquake brings on tragedy with grave consequences, leading them to decide to adopt a child.
Thanks to understanding adoption agent Beulah Bondi, they end up with a baby girl, which leads to an amusing scene where Dunne gets frustrated while the neighbors and Grant's employees from his small newspaper watch her bathe and feed the child. "Petticoat Junction's" Edgar Buchannan is Grant's kindly Uncle Apple Jack, who is their emotional support in times of trouble.
Excellent writing makes this drama touching, featuring many comic moments, not surprising considering that Grant and Dunne were in "The Awful Truth", one of the best screwball comedies of the 1930's. After divorcing and finding each other again in that movie, Grant and Dunne explore every aspect of a typical marriage. Having just made "Love Affair" (later re-made with Grant in the role played by Charles Boyer), Dunne was hot, and along with Myrna Loy and Claudette Colbert, represented what America deemed "the perfect wife and mother to come home to". Of the dozens of films she made, many of them were later re-made, but not "Penny Serenade". You can't improve on perfection.
Another famous sequence is the Christmas pageant where their young daughter Trina does double duty as a stage hand (moving clouds and stars) and singing a solo of "Silent Night" as an echo. This sequence, a favorite among Christmas movie buffs, leads into the dramatic finale that transitions the film from light comedy to tear-jerking drama which ultimately leads into a triumphant finale for Grant and Dunne with Bondi (as she is once described) as a fairy godmother of sorts."
- written by "mark.waltz" on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Penny Serenade
Argentina La canción del recuerdo
Australia Penny Serenade
Austria Akkorde der Liebe
Belgium (French title) La chanson du passé
Brazil Serenata Prateada
Denmark Penny Serenade
East Germany (complete title) Serenade für das Christkind
Finland Muistojen sävel
France La chanson du passé
Germany (DVD title) Ein Baby zu Weihnachten
Germany Akkorde der Liebe
Germany (DVD title) Serenade für das Christkind
Greece (transliterated title) Nyhta gemati erota
Greece Νύχτα Γεμάτη Έρωτα
Hungary Emlékek szerenádja
Israel (Hebrew title) Serenada B'Pruta
Italy Ho sognato un angelo
Japan (Japanese title) 愛のアルバム
Mexico La canción del recuerdo
Norway Bare To
Poland Ich dziecko
UK Penny Serenade
USA Penny Serenade
Uruguay La canción del recuerdo
West Germany Akkorde der Liebe
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