Penny Serenade is a 1941 film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi and Edgar Buchanan. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ... Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) Irene Dunne (born December 20, 1898; died September 4, 1990), born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky, was an American film actress. ... Cary Grant Cary Grant (Horfield, Bristol, England, January 18, 1904 – Davenport, Iowa, USA, November 29, 1986) was an English-born actor in mostly American films. ... Beulah Bondi (May 3, 1888- January 1, 1981) was an American actress. ... Edgar Buchanan (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both movies and television, but is probably most familiar as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction and Green Acres television sitcoms of the 1960s. ...

The movie was written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind, and was directed by George Stevens. George Stevens examining film from A Place in the Sun. ...

Cary Grant was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in this film. The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

The title refers to a song of the same name, which is one of several songs introduced into the film as part of Grant's reminiscences. The story is about a couple who adopt a child, but must struggle to make ends meet when the man loses his job. When the little girl dies suddenly, they are about to separate, and the songs that mark episodes in the action are the records from their collection. At the end they are offered the opportunity of adopting a little boy.