Smilin' Through

(1941)

100 minutes

Fantasy / Musical / War
 
Directed by Frank Borzage

Cast:

Jeanette MacDonald as Kathleen alias Moonyean Clare 
Brian Aherne as Sir John Carteret 
Gene Raymond as Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne alias Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne 
Ian Hunter as Reverend Owen Harding 
Frances Robinson as Ellen 
Patrick O'Moore as Willie Ainley 
Eric Lonsdale as Charles
Jackie Horner as Kathleen, as a Child 
David Clyde as Sexton 
Frances Carson as Lady Denham
Ruth Rickaby as Woman with Lady Denham  
 
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John Carteret is a lonesome and depressed man, for his soon to be wife Moonyean was killed at their wedding a while back. Her five-year old niece Kathleen moves in with him and she grows up to look just like Moonyean. Kathleen ends up falling in love with Kenneth Wayne, whose father Jeremy was the one who killed Moonyean. John despises Kenneth for this, but comes to terms with it.