Smilin' Through

Oct 1, 1941

1h 40m

★ 6.0

The Musical Triumph In Technicolor

Overview

John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5-year-old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt.

Genres

Music

Fantasy

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Smilin' Through Trailers

Cast

Kathleen / Moonyean Clare

Jeanette MacDonald

Sir John Carteret

Brian Aherne

Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne

Gene Raymond

Reverend Owen Harding

Ian Hunter

Ellen, John's Housekeeper

Frances Robinson

Willie Ainley

Patrick O'Moore

Charles, Kenneth's Batman

Eric Lonsdale

Kathleen, as a Child

Jackie Horner

Sexton

David Clyde

Lady Denham, a Dowager

Frances Carson

Woman with Lady Denham

Ruth Rickaby

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