Smilin' Through (1941)

Directed by

Frank Borzage

Genre

fantasy film, war film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man still grieves his lost love years after her death. He raises his niece and tries to protect her from falling in love with the son of a man he blames for his tragedy.

romanticsentimentalold-fashionedmelodramatichopefulwhimsicalnostalgicmusical

What happens

Smilin' Through is a 1941 American Technicolor musical film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond and Ian Hunter. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is 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 was filmed in Technicolor and was remade as a musical for MacDonald with several older songs interpolated into the story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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