Smilin’ Through (1941)

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Country: USA
Genres: Fantasy, Musical, War
Release: 1941-10-01
Director: Frank Borzage
Writers: Donald Ogden Stewart , John L. Balderston , Jane Cowl , Jane Murfin
Language: English
Stars: Jeanette MacDonald , Jeanette MacDonald , Brian Aherne , Gene Raymond , Gene Raymond , Ian Hunter , Frances Robinson , Patrick O’Moore , Eric Lonsdale , Jackie Horner , David Clyde , Frances Carson
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Chagrin d'amour (France, French Republic) , Chagrins d'amour (France, French Republic) , Catene del passato (Italy) , O Amor que não Morreu (Brazil) , En gång i livet (Sweden) , Im Banne der Vergangenheit (Germany) , Kerran elämässä (Finland) , Smilin' Through (United States of America) , Smilin' Through , O Amor não Morre (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Smilin' Through (United Kingdom) , Smil gennem tårer (Denmark) , Όταν ξυπνά το παρελθόν (Greece) , El amor no muere (Mexico)
Plot: 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. Kathleen meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger from America, Kenneth Wayne. When John hears of this he is furious, and we learn that it was Kenneth's father, Jeremy, who had killed Moonyean years before. John carries his grudge against Jeremy to the new generation, and threatens to ruin his niece's happiness, but he softens in the end.
IMDB:tt0034203