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 |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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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 American Technicolor musical film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond and Ian Hunter.[2][3] Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is 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 was filmed in Technicolor and was remade as a musical for MacDonald with several older songs interpolated into the story.