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That was an excellent one.

Thanks for the memories!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

When I think of the classic actors in Hollywood, I immediately think of Cary Grant. Not only was he great at portraying that smooth and classy guys on the screen, he just seems like a great guy off screen. In Penny Serenade, Grant showed depth that I haven't seen in the close to a dozen films I had previously seen from him. I think his performance here surpasses the likes of North by Northwest, Notorious, The Philadelphia Story, and even Charade. Considering those are some of my favorite classic films, that's saying something. Penny Serenade was early on in his career too, which makes it even more impressive. The more important thing is that the film itself is also just marvelous.It tells the story of a young couple who look to take their relationship into parenthood when a serious of very fortunate and very unfortunate events start to occur. Sometimes in great classic films the one glaring issue can be that the chemistry between leads isn't good enough to be believable. But with Penny Serenade, it's just the opposite. This being my first encounter with Irene Dunne's acting, I instantly wanted to go back and dive into her other roles because of how impressive she was as Grant's wife. Both Grant and Dunne showed what seemed to be true emotion and gave this film the heart that it needed. Especially due to some of the tragic events that take place throughout the film. I never felt that I was watching actors play roles, I really felt as though I was watching a newly wed couple attempt to take on parenthood and all the joys and troubles that come along with that.The film has a Citizen Kane like flashback storytelling technique that although can be distracting at times, really gives the characters an emotional weight and stakes that may not have previously been present. This film is definitely not for everyone as it involves tragic circumstances, but there's also a tremendous amount of joy to be had here. That's all a tribute to the chemistry between leads and the really well paced script. It's a bittersweet story.+Grant's depth +Dunne and the chemistry between the cast +Bittersweet+Well paced -The ending is pretty Hollywood-ish 8.7/10

RCA Victor could have subsidized this Columbia release. It looks as if by 1941 the only recording company in business was RCA, for every single disc Irene Dunne plays for almost two hours, during this over sentimental account of a couple searching for a child, is on that label. George Stevens' film starts promisingly but becomes dull with its structure device (every time Dunne plays a record, she remembers a stage of her married life), and very silly with cute babies and smiling little girls, that the whole product loses impact. Dunne and Cary Grant are good as usual, but Grant has more opportunity to elaborate a performance, and Dunne has little opportunity to display her winning charm; while Beulah Bondi and Edgar Kennedy provide excellent support in key roles. These four performances make the film somehow worthwhile, but for me that was just it.

This was a phenomenal movie. I loved the way they portrayed the struggles of a couple who are raising their first child. George Stevens does a wonderful job directing this. If any other director tried to do what he did, the film would be a miserable tear jerker. It's unfortunate how realistic this movie really was, but yet it ends happily which is exactly how people needed their movies to end in the 40s. George Stevens really attempted to compose this film with a lot of respect to the narrative. The story here was more important than the actual film making. There are many flaws and cheap screw ups, but that's not something the audience is looking for. It's an emotional, happy, drama, and it doesn't matter how bad the movie is made quality wise. It was made badly though, it just had some flaws.

this movie was very cute but also very sad, this poor couple is very much in love and want nothing more then to have children to love as well. but there's nothing but disater for them when they loss there unborn child in a earthquake, then finally able to adopt a little girl and go through so much just to keep her only for her to fall ill and die. this tears them apart and they almost split up when they get a call that there is a two year old boy that they can adopt and they are so over joyed that all the pain they felt moments before almost vanish. some of my favorite scene's where when they first bring there baby girl home they are trying to be quite but the stairs creek and just the angle of the camera and the look on there faces as they run up the stairs so not to wake the baby is just precious.