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.
Director:
Frank Borzage
Writers:
Donald Ogden Stewart, John L. Balderston.
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Jeanette MacDonald as Kathleen / Moonyean Clare |
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Brian Aherne as Sir John Carteret |
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Gene Raymond as Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne |
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Ian Hunter as Reverend Owen Harding |
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Frances Robinson as Ellen, John's Housekeeper |
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Patrick O'Moore as Willie Ainley |
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Eric Lonsdale as Charles, Kenneth's Batman |
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Jackie Horner as Kathleen, as a Child |
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David Clyde as Sexton |
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Frances Carson as Lady Denham, a Dowager |
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Ruth Rickaby as Woman with Lady Denham |
| Directing | Frank Borzage | Director |
| Writing | Donald Ogden Stewart | Screenplay |
| Writing | John L. Balderston | Screenplay |
| Production | Frank Borzage | Producer |
| Production | Victor Saville | Producer |
| Sound | Herbert Stothart | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Leonard Smith | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Oliver T. Marsh | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Frank Sullivan | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gile Steele | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jane Cowl | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Jane Murfin | Theatre Play |