Smilin' Through | |
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Directed by | Frank Borzage |
Written by | Donald Ogden Stewart John L. Balderston |
Based on | Smilin' Through 1919 play by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin |
Produced by | Frank Borzage Victor Saville |
Starring | Jeanette MacDonald Brian Aherne Gene Raymond Ian Hunter |
Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Music by | Herbert Stothart (background music) |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | October 1941 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,105,000 [1] |
Box office | $868,000 (Domestic earnings) [1] $1,536,000 (Foreign earnings) [1] |
Smilin' Through is a 1941 Technicolor MGM musical film based on the 1919 play of the same name by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin.
The film was a remake of a previous 1932 version by MGM and was the third and final film version of the play. It starred Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, and Ian Hunter. It was filmed in Technicolor and was remade as a musical for MacDonald with several older songs interpolated into the story.
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