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Smilin' Through (1932)
Directed by Sidney Franklin
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Norma Shearer | Fredric March | Leslie Howard | O.P. Heggie | Ralph Forbes | Beryl Mercer | Margaret Seddon | Forrester Harvey | Herbert Bunston | James Bush | Mary Carlisle | Cora Sue Collins | Claude King | David Torrence