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Smilin' Through

6.319411h 40mNRMovieMusicFantasyRomance

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.

DirectorFrank Borzage
WritersJohn L. Balderston·Donald Ogden Stewart
ProducersFrank Borzage·Victor Saville

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Cast · Directed by Frank Borzage

JMJeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
BABrian Aherne
Brian Aherne
Sir John Carteret
GRGene Raymond
Gene Raymond
Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne
IHIan Hunter
Ian Hunter
Reverend Owen Harding
FRFrances Robinson
Frances Robinson
Ellen, John's Housekeeper
POPatrick O'Moore
Patrick O'Moore
Willie Ainley
EL
Eric Lonsdale
Charles, Kenneth's Batman
JHJackie Horner
Jackie Horner
Kathleen, as a Child
DCDavid Clyde
David Clyde
Sexton
FCFrances Carson
Frances Carson
Lady Denham, a Dowager
RR
Ruth Rickaby
Woman with Lady Denham

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