Smilin' Through Movie Review 1933

First sound version of this melodrama/romance which Franklin had directed as a silent in 1922. Shearer is set to marry Howard when jealous rival March shows up armed at the wedding and accidentally kills the bride. March escapes and Howard spends his years as a recluse until his young niece, the image of his dead fiance (naturally, since she's also played by Shearer) arrives to live with him. She meets a young man who turns out to be March's son (played again by March) and they fall in love. Pure sentiment done with high gloss. Remade in 1941.

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Available on VHS
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Tearjerkers, Family Ties

Cast

Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie, Ralph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Margaret Seddon

Cinematography

Lee Garmes

Director

Sidney Franklin

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures