roger adam ( cary grant ) and a newspaperman and meet and fall in love at first sight with julie gardiner ( irene dunne ) and a young woman who work in a record store . a whirlwind romance follow shortly thereafter and eventually the two end up quickly marry before roger leave to be a foreign correspondent in japan . soon we learn julie be with child and all seem happy until something unexpected take that away from them . shortly thereafter and the couple return to the usa and roger start publish a brand new newspaper in a small country town but they still find something sorely lack in their life and ultimately decide what they need be to adopt a child which present many unexpected challenge and hurdle by no mean easy to overcome . this soap opera or romance be one that sure to appeal to most female viewer but really everyone will be able to relate . music play a key role here work a a sort of trigger to our heroine memory which establish each new setting and unique emotional challenge that await our newly marry couple in their desire to start a family . the music be very well choose and accentuate every scene in which it appear . in the end and this one prove a real tearjerker and if youre something of a softie and it may cause the tear to roll down your cheek so some may want to have tissue on hand if they watch this . cary grant and actually nominate for an oscar for his role here and and irene dunne both prove superb lead who very effectively get the audience to really care about and feel for what happen to their character . i have to admit and i be not usually one attract to this type of movie and but find a copy of it relatively cheap and i decide to check it out and i be very impressed with it in term of the attention pay to establish romantic setting and building character relationship and present realistic hurdle and challenge for our lead couple to overcome and most of all for it ability to send an audience through a real roller coaster ride of emotion .