Smilin' Through (1941)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 1, 1941Release Date
Smilin' Through (1941)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 1, 1941Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Jeanette MacDonald
Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
Brian Aherne
Sir John Carteret
Gene Raymond
Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy Wayne
Ian Hunter
Reverend Owen Harding
Frances Robinson
Ellen, John's Housekeeper
Frank Borzage
Director
Patrick O'Moore
Willie Ainley
Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer
Eric Lonsdale
Charles, Kenneth's Batman
John L. Balderston
Writer
Jackie Horner
Kathleen, as a Child
David Clyde
Sexton
Jane Cowl
Writer
Frances Carson
Lady Denham, a Dowager
Jane Murfin
Writer
Ruth Rickaby
Woman with Lady Denham
Media.
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Wiki.
Smilin' Through is a 1941 Technicolor MGM musical film based on the 1919 play of the same name by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin.
The film was a remake of a previous 1932 version by MGM and was the third and final film version of the play. It starred Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, and Ian Hunter. It was filmed in Technicolor and was remade as a musical for MacDonald with several older songs interpolated into the story.