Penny Serenade
Starring: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi
Director: George Stevens
Writer: Morrie Ryskind
Producer: George Stevens
Penny Serenade is a 1941 American melodrama film directed by George Stevens starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant as a loving couple who must overcome adversity to keep their marriage and raise a child. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Grant was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor.
- For $25,000, Columbia Pictures purchased the rights to a story by Martha Cheavens published in McCall's and engaged Cheavens as script consultant.
- Morrie Ryskind was credited for the screenplay.
- The film depicts the passage of time through the playing of songs.
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 3 Festivals
4,512 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (June 4, 1941)
Original Run: June 4, 1941 (Wednesday - Saturday)
All runs on record (5):
- June 4, 1941 (Wednesday - Saturday)Irene Dunne, Cary Grant
- August 27 - 28, 1992 · 897 ticketsw/ My Favorite Wife
- April 19 - 25, 2002 · 2,302 ticketscg2-2002w/ Suspicion
- May 15 - 17, 2015 · 898 ticketsCary Grant every Fri-Sat-Sun Plus Ernst Lubitsch and Rouben Mamoulian every Wedsw/ I'm No Angel
- August 3 - 4, 2023 · 415 ticketsSummer 2023: The Best of Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcockw/ None But the Lonely Heart