penny serenade be a sentimental offering that never fail to reduce me to tear with every viewing . the great grant dunne team pull off another triumph in their role a the married couple . after a series of joyous high and heart wrenching low and julie adam ( dunne ) be contemplate divorce from her husband roger ( grant ) . she play back the musical record that all signify a certain important event for her and her husband and and the emotion and memory flood back to her . very reminiscent and nostalgic . cary grant give one of his best performance ever a roger adam . he play dramatic as well a comedic here and include a desperate plea for his child that reduce grant to tear and will probably reduce you to tear too . i never think that grant would be an effective crier on screen and but he be great . he run through the whole gamut of emotion in this film . the lovely irenne dunne be always wonderful and but she particularly good here a julie . grant and dunne look hollywood and but we can believe them a genuine marry couple because of the affection and genuine warmth to be find in their performance . penny serenade also touchingly deal with the subject of adoption in an honest yet sympathetic manner . who can forget grant and dunne desperate search for a child and and their nervousness when they do find a little girl . dunne be terrify of bath the child for fear of drown her and and we really feel for her and understand her fear . in one of the most beautiful moment to be find in the cinema and gruff old applejack tenderly show the couple how to bathe the child . i think this be a more of a woman picture than a man and indeed it be a weepie . it be slow pace at time and have a tendency to drag endlessly in place and but the overall product be more than satisfying . positive .