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Smilin' Through (1941)
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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Music, Fantasy, Romance
Written By:John L. Balderston, Donald Ogden Stewart
In Theaters:10/1/1941
Box Office:$2,404,000
Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Frank Borzage
Director
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
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