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Penny Serenade   1941         N/R, 125 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: George Stevens   Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Ann Doran, Eva Lee Kuney, Wallis Clark, Walter Soderling, Billy Bevan, Ben Taggart, Jane Biffle, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Dick Wessel, Frank Mills, John Tyrrell   Julie Adams (Irene Dunne) listens to the song "Penny Serenade," which is the song that was playing when she first met her husband Roger (Cary Grant). That song and others cause Julie to remember her life with Roger, and the story is told through flashbacks. Their courtship, marriage, adoption of Trina (Jane Biffle), and then sudden death of Trina (now played by Eva Lee Kuney) at age six are shown through Julie's memories. Grant received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Cast Irene Dunne Julie Gardiner Adams Cary Grant Roger Adams Beulah Bondi Miss Oliver Edgar Buchanan Applejack Carner Ann Doran Dotty, "Dot" Eva Lee Kuney Trina, Age 6 Wallis Clark Judge Walter Soderling Billings Billy Bevan McDougal Ben Taggart Policeman Jane Biffle Trina, Age 1 year Fred "Snowflake" Toones Porter Dick Wessel Joe Connor Frank Mills Chubby Printer John Tyrrell Press Operator