Smilin' Through

Sep 24, 1932

1h 38m

★ 5.8

Exquisite romance!

Overview

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Kathleen / Moonyeen

Norma Shearer

Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy

Fredric March

Sir John Carteret

Leslie Howard

Dr. Owen

O. P. Heggie

Willie Ainley

Ralph Forbes

Mrs. Crouch

Beryl Mercer

Ellen, the Maid

Margaret Seddon

Orderly

Forrester Harvey

Minister

Herbert Bunston

Young Party Guest

James Bush

Young Party Guest

Mary Carlisle

Young Kathleen

Cora Sue Collins

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