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Penny Serenade
1941
When a newspaper man falls for a record store sales girl, their whirlwind courtship does not prepare him for a life of laughter, romance and tragedy. He must learn the value of true love, or face failure like he's never known. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Cary Grant. Read more
| Starring | Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan |
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| Director | George Stevens |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Penny Serenade
When a newspaper man falls for a record store sales girl, their whirlwind courtship does not prepare him for a life of laughter, romance and tragedy. He must learn the value of true love, or face failure like he's never known. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Cary Grant.
| Starring | Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Ann Doran, Wallis Clark, Edmund Elton, Walter Soderling |
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| Director | George Stevens |
| Studio | IMC VISION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins Watch now: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English Watch Online: English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Aug 2000 Watch now: 01 May 2009 Production year: 1941 |
| Watch now | Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package. |
| Format | DVD |
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In this heartbreaking romantic melodrama, Irene Dunne looks back over the highs and lows of her marriage to Cary Grant as they prepare to part. It's a story that will clutch at your heart and it's all expertly controlled by master director George Stevens, but don't watch if the deaths of young children (albeit dramatised) are upsetting to you. Grant gives a lesson in screen acting and was rightly Oscar-nominated for a superb, subtly-shaded portrayal that keeps sentimentality at bay. If you can take it, this is quite a viewing experience.
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This is a classic 'women's picture' in every sense: an emotional/sentimental switchback, nostalgically framed (Dunne,... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Not a classic
The occasionally outstanding scenes are held together by a very thin and at the end almost offensive story, which I suppose could be excused by being dated.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Not a classic
The occasionally outstanding scenes are held together by a very thin and at the end almost offensive story, which I suppose could be excused by being dated.
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Penny Serenade
When a newspaper man falls for a record store sales girl, their whirlwind courtship does not prepare him for a life of laughter, romance and tragedy. He must learn the value of true love, or face failure like he's never known. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Cary Grant....
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