Smilin' Through

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Smilin' Through is a romantic drama film, best known in its 1932 MGM adaptation, about enduring love and loss across generations.

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instanceOf film
basedOn Smilin' Through (play)
Smilin' Through (play)
Smilin' Through (play)
Smilin' Through (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Allan Langdon Martin
Jane Cowl
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Lee Garmes
countryOfOrigin United States
United States
United States
United States
director Frank Borzage
Sidney Franklin
Sidney Franklin
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Margaret Booth
filmStudioEra Golden Age of Hollywood
genre romantic drama
language English
English
English
Silent film with English intertitles
mainTheme enduring love
intergenerational relationships
loss
narrativeFocus enduring love across generations
grief and healing
notableAdaptation Smilin' Through (1922 film)
Smilin' Through (1932 film)
Smilin' Through (1941 film)
producer Irving Thalberg
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseYear 1932
runningTimeMinutes 98
setIn England
starring Fredric March
Leslie Howard
Norma Shearer
Norma Talmadge

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Eugenie Besserer performedIn Smilin' Through
Norma Talmadge notableWork Smilin’ Through
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Sidney Franklin notableWork Smilin' Through
Sidney Franklin directed Smilin' Through
Jane Murfin notableWork Smilin’ Through
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Jeanette MacDonald notableWork Smilin’ Through
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Sidney A. Franklin notableWork Smilin’ Through
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John Carteret appearsIn Smilin’ Through
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John Carteret fictionalUniverse Smilin’ Through (film universe)
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Willy Ainley appearsIn Smilin’ Through
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