Smilin' Through

1h 40m
MusicFantasyRomance
6

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Frank Borzage
Director, Producer
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay
Frank Sullivan
Editor
Leonard Smith
Director of Photography
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Victor Saville
Producer
Gile Steele
Costume Design
Adrian
Costume Design
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Jane Cowl
Theatre Play
Jane Murfin
Theatre Play
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

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