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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 7, 1998
• R2: 26 Jun 2000
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 59 minutes
Country USA
Studio Columbia Pictures
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Other Titles
• Penny Serenade
• Akkorde der Liebe (1949)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Suspense, Tear Jerker, Marriage, Tragedy, Cult Classic, Christmas, Melodrama
Tagline: Remember the tune they were singing... the night we fell in love?...
Plot: In one of his rare departures from the realm of comedy, Cary Grant stars along with Irene Dunne in this sentimental tale about the marriage of Roger and Julie Adams.Told in flashbacks by Julie as she considers divorce, the film limns the couple's earlier years, when her reluctant journalist boyfriend finally proposes after being posted in Japan by the newspaper where he works. When Julie joins him after a three-month delay, she announces that she's pregnant, and is greatly concerned by Roger's rash spending habits. Shortly thereafter, their house is destroyed by an earthquake, which also ends Julie's pregancy. The couple returns to San Francisco only to find that Julie will no longer be able to bear children. Hoping to cheer his wife, Roger floats the idea of buying a small-town newspaper, but she remains inconsolable. He goes ahead with his plan to buy the paper, and the twosome rent an apartment above its offices. Meanwhile, their friend Applejack (Edgar Buchanan) begins gently coaxing the couple to adopt a child. Although the film is awash in sentimentality, it remains curiously compelling, which can be attributed to Stevens restrained direction, the skillful interweaving of comic material, and excellent work by the two leads.
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Irene Dunne
The Awful Truth, My Favorite Wife, Life with Father |
 | Cary Grant
North by Northwest, Notorious, Arsenic and Old Lace |
 | Beulah Bondi
It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Robin Hood | | Ann Doran
Rebel Without a Cause, You Can't Take It with You, The Desperate Hours | | Leonard Willey
The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Prince and the Pauper | |
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