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Penny Serenade

1941 · 120 min · Director: George Stevens ★ IMDb 7.1 · 9,016 ratings

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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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Penny Serenade (1941) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Love 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Sadness
25%Love
20%Empathy
  1. Sadness35%
  2. Love25%
  3. Empathy20%
  4. Melancholy15%
  5. Hope5%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Love, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Love and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Hope
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Humor

Love
Hope
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 33 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveHopeSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness63 %40 %12 %47 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Love60 %48 %26 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Hope61 %54 %44 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Love69 %64 %53 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Love73 %63 %48 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 33′Sadness68 %45 %38 %39 %
32.5 %≈ 39′Hope60 %36 %45 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 45′Hope61 %41 %59 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 51′Hope66 %49 %63 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 57′Love68 %58 %53 %4 %
52.5 %≈ 63′Love68 %58 %31 %1 %
57.5 %≈ 69′Humor66 %49 %16 %0 %
62.5 %≈ 75′Humor64 %49 %15 %4 %
67.5 %≈ 81′Love69 %57 %19 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 87′Sadness81 %69 %33 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 93′Love85 %78 %49 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 99′Love76 %75 %39 %26 %
87.5 %≈ 105′Love73 %61 %19 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 111′Sadness81 %53 %26 %71 %
97.5 %≈ 117′Sadness88 %57 %52 %82 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Cary Grant

ID
Irene Dunne

BB
Beulah Bondi

Edgar Buchanan

Ann Doran

EL
Eva Lee Kuney

LW
Leonard Willey

LW
Leonard Willey

Dr. Hartley

WC
Wallis Clark

WC
Wallis Clark

Judge

WS
Walter Soderling

JB
Jane Biffle

DA
Dorothy Adams

Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

McDougal (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Mother (uncredited)

DG
Dick Gordon

Party Guest (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
George Stevens
Written by
Morrie Ryskind, Martha Cheavens
Type
Movies
Released
1941
Runtime
120 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 9,016 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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