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Smilin' Through is a american film of genre War directed by Frank Borzage released in USA on 1 october 1941 with Jeanette MacDonald

Smilin' Through (1941)

Smilin' Through
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Released in USA 1 october 1941
Length 1h40
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres War,    Fantasy,    Musical,    Romance
Rating63% 3.1938253.1938253.1938253.1938253.193825

Smilin' Through is a 1941 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.

The plot remained essentially the same as in the play and previous film versions. 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. The roles of Kathleen and Moonyean are both played by MacDonald.

Synopsis

Vieil aristocrate veuf, le solitaire John Carteret finit par adopter la délicieuse Kathleen, âgée de cinq ans, une nièce de sa femme décédée ..... Au fil des années, il retrouve dans les traits de l'orpheline grandissante, le souvenir de son amour qui fut tuée lors de la cérémonie nuptiale, par un prétendant jaloux. Et lorsque la demoiselle se sent bien des inclinaisons pour un fringant soldat Kenneth Wayne, qui s'avère être le fils du meurtrier, Carteret se braque ...

Actors

Jeanette MacDonald

(Kathleen / Moonyean Clare)
Brian Aherne

(Sir John Carteret)
Gene Raymond

(Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne)
Ian Hunter

(Reverend Owen Harding)
Wyndham Standing

(Le docteur)
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