Smilin' Through

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jeanette MacDonald

Kathleen / Moonyean Clare

Age : 61 | Popularity : 3%

Brian Aherne

Sir John Carteret

Age : 83 | Popularity : 5%

Gene Raymond

Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Ian Hunter

Reverend Owen Harding

Age : 75 | Popularity : 7%

Frances Robinson

Ellen, John's Housekeeper

Age : 55 | Popularity : 3%

Patrick O'Moore

Willie Ainley

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Eric Lonsdale

Charles, Kenneth's Batman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jackie Horner

Kathleen, as a Child

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	John L. Balderston Donald Ogden Stewart
	Theatre Play	Jane Murfin Jane Cowl
Art	Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons
	Set Decoration	Edwin B. Willis
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Adrian Gile Steele
Editing	Editor	Frank Sullivan
Directing	Director	Frank Borzage
Production	Producer	Frank Borzage Victor Saville
Camera	Director of Photography	Leonard Smith Oliver T. Marsh
Sound	Original Music Composer	Herbert Stothart
Department	Role	Name

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