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Smilin' Through

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After his wife, Moonyean (Jeanette MacDonald), is murdered on their wedding day, John Carteret (Brian Aherne) is determined to live a life of solitude, only communing with his wife through the spirit world. He soon hears of his wife's orphaned niece, Kathleen (also MacDonald) and agrees to take her in. As she grows older she resembles Moonyean more and more. John is shocked, however, to find she's fallen in love with the son of Moonyean's murderer, and he tries to keep her from him.

Critics Reviews

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Dan Callahan Slant Magazine 07/28/2006
2/4
This material had served as a tear-milking vehicle for Norma Talmadge in the '20s and Norma Shearer in the '30s, and it was a touch threadbare even when they did it. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/04/2014
C+
Dated weepie romancer. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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steve d 07/23/2020 It fails to work now. See more 05/27/2015 a bit on the cheesy side skid this see the 1932 or 1929 versions See more 07/13/2010 This lush MGM Technicolor production, directed by sentimental master Frank Borzage, serves Jeanette MacDonald's fans well; it's also the only film she made opposite husband Gene Raymond. See more 06/17/2010 another winner from macdonald See more 02/19/2010 Solid melodrama, excellent MGM production. The cast is great, Norma Shearer is radiant and gives a fine performance. Fredric March is fine as well. Very sentimental, but its so well done. Good story, excellent art direction. See more 07/31/2007 A disappointing Borzage. Comes off as extremely silly, considering its source material. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Frank Borzage

Director

Jeanette MacDonald

Kathleen

Brian Aherne

Sir John Carteret

Gene Raymond

Kenneth Wayne

Ian Hunter

Reverend Owen Harding

Jackie Horner

Kathleen as a child
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Movie Info

Synopsis After his wife, Moonyean (Jeanette MacDonald), is murdered on their wedding day, John Carteret (Brian Aherne) is determined to live a life of solitude, only communing with his wife through the spirit world. He soon hears of his wife's orphaned niece, Kathleen (also MacDonald) and agrees to take her in. As she grows older she resembles Moonyean more and more. John is shocked, however, to find she's fallen in love with the son of Moonyean's murderer, and he tries to keep her from him.
Director
Frank Borzage
Producer
Victor Saville, Frank Borzage
Screenwriter
Donald Ogden Stewart, John L. Balderston
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Musical, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 13, 2011
Runtime
1h 40m