72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Smilin' Through

Frank Borzage
     100 m.
Synopsis
Aged aristocrat Sir John grudgingly accepts to take in the niece of his beloved dead wife with the ghost of whom he has been sharing his years of reclusion. Moonyean, his wife and only love, was killed by a jealous rival right in the middle of the wedding ceremony. Delighted to discover with time that his adoptive daughter bears a remarkable resemblance to Moonyean, Sir John reacts with vehement opposition when the son of his wife's murderer meets the girl and falls in love with her.
Director
Frank Borzage
Screenplay
Donald Ogden Stewart, John Balderston
Photography
Leonard Smith
Edition
Frank Sullivan, Peter Ballbusch
Music
Herbert Stothart
Cast
Jeanette MacDonald (Kathleen Dungannon/Moonyean Clare), Brian Aherne (Sir John Carteret), Gene Raymond (Kenneth Wayne/Jeremy Wayne), Ian Hunter (Reverend Owen Harding)
Running Time
100 m.
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