Smilin' Through (1932 film)

Smilin' Through
Theatrical poster
Directed bySidney Franklin
Screenplay byDonald Ogden Stewart
Ernest Vajda
Based onSmilin' Through (play)
1919 play
by Jane Cowl
Jane Murfin
Produced byAlbert Lewin
StarringNorma Shearer
Fredric March
Leslie Howard
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byMargaret Booth
Music byWilliam Axt
Arthur A. Penn
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 24, 1932 (1932-09-24)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$851,000[1]
Box office$2,033,000[1]

Smilin' Through is a 1932 American pre-Code MGM romantic drama film based on the 1919 play of the same name written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin under the pseudonym of Allan Langdon Martin. It was adapted from the play by James Bernard Fagan, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda and Claudine West. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin and stars Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard and Ralph Forbes.

The film is a remake of an earlier 1922 silent version, also directed by Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge.

Smilin' Through was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1932.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.