Smilin' through
(DVD)

"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices, and may not play back in other devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.

Based on the play "Smilin' through" by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.

Director of photography, Leonard Smith ; editor, Frank Sullivan ; musical direction, Herbert Stothart.

Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, Ian Hunter.

"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. Kathleen meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger from America, Kenneth Wayne. When John hears of this he is furious, and we learn that it was Kenneth's father, Jeremy, who had killed Moonyean years before. John carries his grudge against Jeremy to the new generation, and threatens to ruin his niece's happiness ..."--,John Oswalt in IMDb, viewed July 2, 2013,http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034203/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2

Kathleen is a high-spirited young woman whose passionate nature entangles her in a blood feud--and makes her a kind of hostage to history's most savage war. Kathleen was raised by her embittered uncle, John Carteret, whose bride was murdered at the alter by a jilted, jealous suitor. John's whole life has been spent mourning her, and Kathleen is his only joy. But she falls in love with Kenneth Wayne, the murderer's son. She knows nothing of his ancestry until John forbids their love, which is made even more urgent by Kenneth's imminent departure for battle as a soldier in the first World War.

Not rated.

DVD (Mod disc) ; Region 1 ; fullscreen (4:3) presentation ; Dolby digital 2.0 sound remastered from a mono soundtrack.

In English.