Smilin' Through (1941)
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. Kathleen meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger from America, Kenneth Wayne. When John hears of this he is furious, and we learn that it was Kenneth's father, Jeremy, who had killed Moonyean years before. John carries his grudge against Jeremy to the new generation, and threatens to ruin his niece's happiness, but he softens in the end.
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Jeanette MacDonald
as Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
as Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
Brian Aherne
as Sir John Carteret
as Sir John Carteret
Gene Raymond
as Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne
as Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne
Ian Hunter
as Reverend Owen Harding
as Reverend Owen Harding
Frances Robinson
as Ellen, John's Housekeeper
as Ellen, John's Housekeeper
Patrick O'Moore
as Willie Ainley
as Willie Ainley
Eric Lonsdale
as Charles, Kenneth's Batman
as Charles, Kenneth's Batman
Jackie Horner
as Kathleen, as a Child
as Kathleen, as a Child
David Clyde
as Sexton
as Sexton
Frances Carson
as Lady Denham, a Dowager
as Lady Denham, a Dowager
Ruth Rickaby
as Woman with Lady Denham
as Woman with Lady Denham
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Frank Borzage
Director
Director
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Screenplay
Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay
Screenplay
Gile Steele
Costume Design
Costume Design
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Frank Borzage
Producer
Producer
Leonard Smith
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Art Direction
Adrian
Costume Design
Costume Design
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Frank Sullivan
Editor
Editor
Victor Saville
Producer
Producer
Jane Cowl
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Jane Murfin
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
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