Smilin' Through (1932)

5.9/10 98 min Drama 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.

Cast

Norma Shearer

Kathleen / Moonyeen

Fredric March

Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy

Leslie Howard

Sir John Carteret

O. P. Heggie

Dr. Owen

Ralph Forbes

Willie Ainley

Beryl Mercer

Mrs. Crouch

Margaret Seddon

Ellen, the Maid

Forrester Harvey

Orderly

Herbert Bunston

Minister

James Bush

Young Party Guest

Mary Carlisle

Young Party Guest

Cora Sue Collins

Young Kathleen

Claude King

Richard Clare, Moonyeen's Father

David Torrence

Gardener

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