Penny Serenade is a 1941 American melodrama film directed by George Stevens and written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.
Plot[]
Since marrying Roger Adams (Cary Grant), Julie (Irene Dunne) has wanted to start a family. An accident while she's visiting Japan causes a miscarriage and makes Julie incapable of having children. After they adopt a little girl, Trina (Eva Lee Kuney), Roger's small newspaper folds, and the couple has to fight in court to keep her. Even though they succeed, another tragedy strikes out of nowhere. The Adams' marriage looks headed for divorce, unless something brings them close again.
Cast[]
- Irene Dunne as Julie Gardiner Adams
- Cary Grant as Roger Adams
- Beulah Bondi as Miss Oliver
- Edgar Buchanan as Applejack Carney
- Ann Doran as Dotty "Dot"
- Eva Lee Kuney as Trina (6 years old)
- Leonard Willey as Doctor Hartley
- Wallis Clark as Judge
- Walter Soderling as Billings
- Jane Biffle (listed as "Baby Biffle" in end-credits) as Trina (1 year old)
The part of Trina was played by two pairs of identical twins at different ages.