Penny Serenade(1941)
"Remember the tune they were singing the night we fell in love?..."
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.
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Roger Adams
Julie Gardiner Adams
Miss Oliver
Applejack Carney
Dotty 'Dot'
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Doctor Hartley
Judge
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