Smilin' Through (1932)
- Directed by
- Sidney Franklin
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man is haunted by the death of his true love on their wedding day. Years later, he raises her orphaned niece, who falls in love with the son of the man who caused the tragedy.
romanticmelancholicsentimentalslow-paceddreamlikebittersweetnostalgicdramatic
What happens
Smilin' Through is a 1932 American pre-Code MGM romantic drama film based on the 1919 play of the same name written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin under the pseudonym of Allan Langdon Martin. It was adapted from the play by James Bernard Fagan, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda and Claudine West. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin and stars Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard and Ralph Forbes. The film is a remake of an earlier 1922 silent version, also directed by Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge. Smilin' Through was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1932. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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A Woman Commands (1932)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.