Smilin' Through (1941)
The Musical Triumph In Technicolor
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.
- Date of release
- 1941-10-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Music, Fantasy, Romance
- Director
- Frank Borzage
Casting
- Jeanette MacDonald — Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
- Brian Aherne — Sir John Carteret
- Gene Raymond — Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne
- Ian Hunter — Reverend Owen Harding
- Frances Robinson — Ellen, John's Housekeeper
- Patrick O'Moore — Willie Ainley
- Eric Lonsdale — Charles, Kenneth's Batman
- Jackie Horner — Kathleen, as a Child
- David Clyde — Sexton
- Frances Carson — Lady Denham, a Dowager
- Ruth Rickaby — Woman with Lady Denham
Interesting facts
Smilin' Through is a 1941 American Technicolor musical film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond and Ian Hunter. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is 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 was filmed in Technicolor and was remade as a musical for MacDonald with several older songs interpolated into the story.
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