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Smilin' Through ()

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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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Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
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Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy Wayne
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Sir John Carteret
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Dr. Owen
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Willie Ainley
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Mrs. Crouch
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Ellen
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Minister (uncredited)
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Young Party Guest (uncredited)
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Young Party Guest (uncredited)
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Young Kathleen (uncredited)
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Richard Clare (uncredited)
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Gardener (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sidney Franklin

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Jane Cowl ... (play) and
Jane Murfin ... (play)
 
Ernest Vajda ... (screenplay) and
Claudine West ... (screenplay)
 
Donald Ogden Stewart ... (dialogue) and
James B. Fagan ... (dialogue) (as James Bernard Fagan)
 
John L. Balderston ... () (uncredited)
 
Frances Marion ... () (uncredited)
 
John Meehan ... () (uncredited)

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Albert Lewin ... producer
Irving Thalberg ... producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Lee Garmes ... (photographed by)

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Margaret Booth

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Benjamin Thau ... (uncredited)

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Cedric Gibbons

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Adrian ... (gowns)

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Harold S. Bucquet ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
Anstruther MacDonald ... sound (uncredited)

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Charles G. Clarke ... additional photographer (uncredited)
Henry Krause ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Lester White ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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William Axt ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

John has led a solitary life for 30 years since the death of Moonyean 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 Moonyean. Willie 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 Moonyean 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

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Taglines A Picture That Stirs Moonlight Memories! (Print Ad- Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, ((Poughkeepsie, NY)) 27 October 1932) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Chagrin d'amour (France)
  • Liebesleid (Germany)
  • La llama eterna (Spain)
  • Amor Que No Muere (Chile)
  • Otan xypna to parelthon (Greece)
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  • 98 min
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Budget $851,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $4,431,940

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Trivia Fredric March commented to his first cousin, Kathryn Davis, about working with Norma Shearer, that, yes, she was a great actress and very professional, but she could be difficult because she constantly expected perfection. When Davis asked what that specifically meant, March replied, "She was never satisfied, kept having us do take after take." Pausing, he continued, unabashed, "Especially our love scenes. She always wanted to redo all the love scenes, several times!" Davis wanted to ask why he supposed Shearer always wanted to retake the love scenes in particular, but thought better of it and kept silent. See more »
Goofs The bulk of the story takes place during the WWI era, 1915-1919, but all of Norma Shearer's clothes, hats, and hairstyles are strictly in the 1932 mode, the year the film was made, a typical practice of the era. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Happy Ending (1969). See more »
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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 »
Quotes Kenneth Wayne: How about a toast?
Kathleen: I know one. Here's to your health, your honor, and the health of all your descendants, great and small.
Kenneth Wayne: That's a mighty handsome toast.
Kathleen: But, Irish toasts are the best I know.
Kenneth Wayne: May you keep as young and as pretty as you are, until doomsday, and never forget the man who wished it.
Kathleen: I wonder now, as I look at you, have we never met before?
Kenneth Wayne: No, I guess we haven't. I shouldn't have forgotten.
Kathleen: Oh, could you be Irish too!
Kenneth Wayne: Yeah, I could, if I saw enough of you!
Kathleen: Oh!
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