Smilin' Through

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.

• Sidney FranklinDirector
• Ernest VajdaWriter
• Claudine WestWriter

• Norma ShearerKathleen / Moonyeen
• Fredric MarchKenneth Wayne / Jeremy
• Leslie HowardSir John Carteret
• O. P. HeggieDr. Owen
• Ralph ForbesWillie Ainley
• Beryl MercerMrs. Crouch
• Margaret SeddonEllen, the Maid
• Forrester HarveyOrderly
• Herbert BunstonMinister
• James BushYoung Party Guest
• Mary CarlisleYoung Party Guest
• Cora Sue CollinsYoung Kathleen