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.

• Release date
• September 24, 1932
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Sidney Franklin

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