The adoptive father of a young woman is horrified to learn she plans to marry the son of the man who accidentally killed her aunt years before.
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Title: Smilin' Through (1932)
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| Norma Shearer | ... | Kathleen / Moonyeen Clare | |
| Fredric March | ... | Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy Wayne | |
| Leslie Howard | ... | Sir John Carteret | |
| O.P. Heggie | ... | Dr. Owen | |
| Ralph Forbes | ... | Willie Ainley | |
| Beryl Mercer | ... | Mrs. Crouch | |
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Margaret Seddon | ... | Ellen |
| Forrester Harvey | ... | Orderly | |
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John has led a solitary life for thirty years since the death of Moonyeen Clare. But now Owens, a close friend, insists that he care for his niece, Kathleen, orphaned when her parents were lost at sea. Kathleen is five, but the years pass and now she is a young woman who is the image of Moonyeen. Willy wants Kathleen for his wife, but Sparks fly when she meets Kenneth Wayne one dark and stormy night. John is horrified for it was Wayne's father who shot Moonyeen dead on her wedding day and John has never found him or forgiven the family. When Ken goes off to war, John forbids any marriage and Ken agrees, while Kathleen does not. When Ken returns four years later when the war is over, he is crippled. He conceals his condition and makes plans to leave for America. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
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romantic rivalry | tragic death | unrequited love | ghost | world war one |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
24 September 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Con la Sonrisa en los Labios See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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$851,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Kenneth Wayne: Oh no, I wasn't peeping. I was just looking.
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Music by Joseph Barnby
Lyrics by Dorothy B. Gurney
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Based on a play of the same title that opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St., on December 30, 1919 and ran for 175 performances until May, 1920. See more »Goofs
After Fredric March (as Jeremy Wayne) reads the wedding invitation, crumples it and throws it down, he then drinks and empties his glass twice without refilling it. See more »Quotes
Kathleen: Well, I'll be darned. A window peeper!Kenneth Wayne: Oh no, I wasn't peeping. I was just looking.
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Crazy Credits
As M-G-M would later do with "The Wizard of Oz", no mention at all is made of any of the actors having dual roles. Thus, the characters "Moonyeen" and "Jeremy Wayne" are not even mentioned in the credits, although the characters are drastically important to the story. See more »Soundtracks
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Music by Joseph Barnby
Lyrics by Dorothy B. Gurney
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In England, elderly Leslie Howard (as John Carteret) still mourns the death of blonde-trussed teenager Norma Shearer (as Moonyeen Clare). As we see in a flashback to 1868, Ms. Shearer was shot to death by Mr. Howard's alcoholic rival Fredric March (as Jeremy Wayne) while the two exchanged wedding vows. A flashback to 1898 reveals how Howard adopted five-year-old Cora Sue Collins; in 1915, she grows up to be adult Norma Shearer (as Kathleen Sheridan). Presently, Shearer falls in love at first sight with handsome American traveler Fredric March (as Kenneth "Ken" Wayne). As Mr. March happens to be the son of the man who killed his bride, Howard makes Shearer promise to stay away from their new neighbor...
MGM's box office star, named "Quigley Publications" #6 for 1932, acts giddy and girlish in soft focus. Director Sidney Franklin, who helmed both this and the earlier silent film version, does excellent work with windows.
"Smilin' Through" was originally a tremendous hit for popular stage actress Jane Cowl, who wrote the strongly romantic story with Jane Murfin (using the alias "Allan Langdon Martin"). Ms. Cowl starred in only a couple of silent films, unfortunately. Even worse, the 1922 "Smilin' Through" with Norma Talmadge in the leading roles is not available for viewing. There are prints of this film surviving in the U.S. Library of Congress and the Netherlands Film Museum. It was one of Ms. Talmadge's most successful, winning a "Quigley Publications" honor as 1922's best picture, and should be restored. The Shearer version won the 1932 "Photoplay" award. MGM did it again with less success, in a 1941 musical starring Jeanette MacDonald.
Note this version's unaccredited gardener David Torrence played Howard's pal "Owen" in the 1919 stage version; and, the 1941 version's unaccredited doctor Wyndham Standing played Howard's role in the 1922 silent version.
****** Smilin' Through (9/24/32) Sidney Franklin ~ Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie