So the next Cary Grant post is on the extreme tear jerker, "Penny Serenade." It is on Netflix streaming,and on Youtube, so after you are done reading this, you need to go watch it immediately, ok? Okay.
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a young married couple. They are living in Japan when a earthquake destroys there home and causes Irene to have a miscarriage. It is revealed that she will never be able to bear children afterward. So, the couple decide to adopt a two-year old little boy. The baby turns out to be a much younger baby girl, and the first night she is with her new parents, it is quite obvious that they have no clue how to raise a child. Every time she makes a sound during the night they rush to her bedside,which, by the way, is an actual bed, that they have surrounded with pillows and chairs to ensure that the newborn (basically, the child hasnt reached toddlerhood yet, so it must be only a couple months old at the time of the adoption) doesn't fall off the bed.
The baby grows into an adorable toddler, but the couples newspaper business is not doing as well as they would hope, and the child is almost taken away from them. But Cary makes an emotional plea to the court to let them keep her, and afterward it is decided that they shall keep her. (Gosh, if Cary was like that as a father in real life, his daughter was mighty lucky haha).
She then gets to be about ten or so, and all of a sudden, she dies!!! Needless to say, the couple is traumatized, and their marriage falls apart...
Until the adoption agency tells them they have a little boy for them that matches their original request....a boy about two years old to be exact... thankfully, this saves them and their marriage...
Holy Cow, talk about emotionally charged. You definitely have to see this. It is INCREDIBLE!!!!!! Make sure you have some kleenexes with you when you watch it though...
God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!
