Smilin' Through
“Exquisite romance!”
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.
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Norma Shearer
Kathleen / Moonyeen
Known for
The Women
He Who Gets Slapped
Fredric March
Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Leslie Howard
Sir John Carteret
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Petrified Forest
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Owen
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Ralph Forbes
Willie Ainley
Known for
Twentieth Century
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Beryl Mercer
Mrs. Crouch
Known for
The Public Enemy
All Quiet on the Western Front
Margaret Seddon
Ellen, the Maid
Known for
House by the River
Forrester Harvey
Orderly
Known for
The Invisible Man
Rebecca
Herbert Bunston
Minister
Known for
Dracula
James Bush
Young Party Guest
Also in
The Big Noise
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Mary Carlisle
Young Party Guest
Known for
Dance, Girl, Dance
Cora Sue Collins
Young Kathleen
Known for
Anna Karenina
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Sidney Franklin Director · Claudine West Writer Ernest Vajda Writer
Worldwide gross $2M · United States release September 24, 1932 · Produced in United States
Box office
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$2,033,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 24, 1932
Theatrical
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