

John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5-year-old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt.
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Trailer
Smilin Through (Original Theatrical Trailer)
Cast

Jeanette MacDonald
Kathleen / Moonyean Clare

Brian Aherne
Sir John Carteret

Gene Raymond
Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne

Ian Hunter
Reverend Owen Harding

Frances Robinson
Ellen, John's Housekeeper

Patrick O'Moore
Willie Ainley
Eric Lonsdale
Charles, Kenneth's Batman

Jackie Horner
Kathleen, as a Child

David Clyde
Sexton

Frances Carson
Lady Denham, a Dowager
Ruth Rickaby
Woman with Lady Denham
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