Smilin' Through (1941 film)

Smilin' Through
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Written by	Donald Ogden Stewart John L. Balderston
Based on	Smilin' Through 1919 play by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin
Produced by	Frank Borzage Victor Saville
Starring	Jeanette MacDonald Brian Aherne Gene Raymond Ian Hunter
Cinematography	Leonard Smith
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Music by	Herbert Stothart (background music)
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 1941 (1941-10)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,105,000
Box office	$868,000 (Domestic earnings) $1,536,000 (Foreign earnings)

Smilin' Through is a 1941 Technicolor MGM musical film based on the 1919 play of the same name by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin.

The film was a remake of a previous 1932 version by MGM and was the third and final film version of the play. It starred Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, and Ian Hunter. It was filmed in Technicolor and was remade as a musical for MacDonald with several older songs interpolated into the story.

Plot

Kathleen is a young Irish woman in love with an American, Kenneth Wayne. The romance, however, is opposed by her adopted father John Carteret, who recalls the painful memory of his tragically thwarted love for Kathleen's aunt, Moonyean Clare.

Cast

• Jeanette MacDonald as Kathleen Dungannon/ Moonyean Clare
• Brian Aherne as Sir John Carteret
• Gene Raymond as Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne
• Ian Hunter as Reverend Owen Harding
• Frances Robinson as Ellen
• Patrick O'Moore as Willie
• Eric Lonsdale as Charles, Kenneth's Batman
• Jackie Horner as Kathleen, as a Child
• David Clyde as Sexton
• Frances Carson as Dowager
• Ruth Rickaby as Woman

External links

• Smilin' Through at IMDb
• Smilin' Through at the TCM Movie Database
• Smilin' Through at AllMovie
• Smilin' Through at the American Film Institute Catalog