smilin ' through ( 1932 film )
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smilin' through is a 1932 film directed by sidney franklin, starring norma shearer, leslie howard, and fredric march .
moving picture world, march 18, 1922, fritz tidden, review of smilin’ through .
wikimedia commons has media related to a farewell to arms (1932 film) .
smilin' through is a 1941 mgm musical film based on the 1919 play of the same name by jane cowl and jane murfin .
title drop: moonyeen sings the song
smilin' through
at the pre - wedding reception .
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titled after the song: before the play or the movies there was the 1919 song
smilin' through .
' introduced in joseph m. schenck' s motion picture version of the fantastic play
smilin' through
featuring
( with jane cowl; under pseudonym alan langdon martin) smilin’ through (play), first produced in new york, ny, 1924 .
smilin' through was an adaptation of a stage play. it had been previously adapted as a silent film in 1922 and was adapted again in 1941 as a vehicle for jeanette mac donald .
2 - sidney franklin is second without any competition for metro - goldwyn - mayer produced titles the guardsman, private lives, reunion in vienna and smilin' through .
daybreak, lilac time, and smilin’ through, were also made into movies. in fact, smilin’ through was adapted for film three different times. a tragic tale that belies the happy - sounding title, smilin’ through is about a young woman named kathleen whose adoptive uncle, john carteret, forbids her to see the man she loves; the reason for this is that kenneth wayne is the nephew of the man who killed carteret' s fiancée on their wedding day. eventually, though, young love wins, and even carteret' s heart finds some room for forgiveness in it .
smilin’ through director: sidney franklin writers: jane cowl, jane murfin, ernest vajda, claudine west, james b. fagan, donald o. stewart cinematography: lee games film editing: margaret booth art direction: cedric gibbons costume design: adrian
last spring, i caught a day of pre - hayes code films on tcm including her smilin’ through (1932), where she is naked in a bath scene. this winter, i caught the film version of one of my favorite plays, noel coward’s private lives, which i had never seen. shearer is just terrific in it; so eccentric and sexy opposite robert montgomery .
, who is known to have made some musical sketches for the score before the plan fell through .
the title smilin' through almost seems ironic, considering that this 1932 melodrama might be the weepiest weepy that ever weeped. an also - ran for the best picture academy award of 1932 / 33, this is actually the second of three adaptations of a popular 1919 play by jane cowl and jane murfin. directed by sidney franklin, who also directed the original silent film adaptation in 1922, the story still plays quite well, with only a few scattered moments feeling a bit stilted or dated stylistically .
academy award nomination for best original story (with adela rogers st. johns), 1932, for what price hollywood ?
1 - frank capra through strength of two from columbia, lady for a day and it happened one night .
review: lovely, simply lovely. smilin' through was first a stage play, then a 1922 silent film starring norma talmadge. the story begins in england in 1868, on the day of norma shearer' s wedding to leslie howard. tragedy strikes during the ceremony, when shearer' s… (more )
lovely, simply lovely. smilin' through was first a stage play, then a 1922 silent film starring norma talmadge. the story begins in england in 1868, on the day of norma shearer' s wedding to leslie howard. tragedy strikes during the ceremony, when shearer' s jealous suitor, fredric march ,
the war is out - of - place, but the rest of smilin’ through is sufficiently romantic and engaging with a passionate performance by fredric march. warner archive recently released this on dvd, so if you’re watch them be sure to send them a thanks !
smilin' through is an example of romantic melodrama at its best. a hit at the box office, the film boasts a superb production and a strong cast who handle their roles with aplomb. la norma was perhaps never better (and she never looked lovelier), and march, howard, o. p. heggie, and ralph forbes
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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 .
had its first sound - film treatment in 1932 in a version again directed by franklin and starring norma shearer, fredric march and leslie howard. (a musical version, starring jeanette macdonald and gene raymond, would appear in 1941. )
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pearl buck intended the film to be cast with all chinese or chinese - american actors .
lend sterling support. one of those rare films whose gorgeous soft - focus look and dreamy, unashamed, sentimental romantic conviction suggests the best of frank borzage, smilin' through was remade by borzage with less success in 1941, with jeanette macdonald, gene raymond and brian aherne .
borzage made a third film about german life, the mortal storm (1940), with james stewart, robert young, sullavan, and frank morgan as members of a family torn apart by the nazis’ rise to power. flight command (1940) was a blend of sentimentality and aerial acrobatics, with taylor starring as a young man who strives to excel as a navy pilot. borzage then directed smilin’ through (1941), a musical remake starring jeanette macdonald of a melodrama that had been previously filmed in 1922 and 1932 .
final thoughts: smilin' through is an excellent drama which somehow has not lingered in the greater classic - movie consciousness. hopefully, this release - - as bare bones as it is - - will reach more people in the mood for a good old - fashioned cry. highly recommended .
los angeles, ca); married laurence trimble (divorced); married donald crisp (an actor and director), 1932 (divorced, 1944) .
this hungarian film is a careful, compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience .
screenwriter, playwright, and film producer. motion picture supervisor for rko studios, beginning 1934 .
the bulk of the story takes place during the wwi era, 1915 - 1919, but all of norma shearer' s clothes, hats, and hairstyles are strictly in the 1932 mode, the year the film was made, a typical practice of the era .
the plot is a mite bit predictable for a modern audience, with the romantic fate of the young lovers hinging on sir john' s ability to forgive and forget. yet when all is said and done, and the kleenex box is empty, smilin' through is a memorable, moving little story .
in addition to the popular success of smilin’ through, murfin was also known for bringing hollywood' s first dog star, strongheart the german shepherd, to the big screen. strongheart starred in five films in the 1920s and was about as popular as rin - tin - tin at the time. a prolific writer from the 1920s through the mid - 1930s, murfin' s output eased somewhat after she was named the first woman supervisor of motion pictures at rko studios in 1934. she continued making films, however, through the early 1940s, including 1940' s pride and prejudice, an adaptation of the jane austen novel, and 1944' s dragon seed, based on the pearl buck book about chinese farmers living through the hell of japanese occupation .
using the hollywood reporter' s may 1 cut - off date as given in the first poll and the release dates posted to the imdb, wellman' s qualifying movies for 1932 - 33 would have been: love is a racket, the purchase price, the conquerors, frisco jenny (all 1932), central airport (1933) .
lovely, simply lovely. smilin' through was first a stage play, then a 1922 silent film starring norma talmadge. the story begins in england in 1868, on the day of norma shearer' s wedding to leslie howard. tragedy strikes during the ceremony, when shearer' s jealous suitor, fredric march, shows up drunk and crazed. he pulls a pistol and fires at his rival, ... read more
the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss, ” a film by daniel peddle .
premiere on january 29, 1937. the film credits stated that this was his
last great achievement
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. new york: wid' s films and film folk, inc. : 9 february 3, 1937 .
helen hayes, gary cooper and adolphe menjou in a film of hemingway' s
farewell to arms .
the 1932 - 33 report, found inside the may 22, 1933 edition of the hollywood reporter gives the better explanation of the poll, though i assume it was conducted similarly each year .
film costs hit both extremes: poverty row spends less, big studios more million - dollar features
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hit due to make appearance schallert, edwin. los angeles times (1923 - current file) [ los angeles, calif ], october 16, 1932: b13 .
also envisioned casting only chinese actors, but had to concede that american audiences were not ready for such a film. though
and used for the first time in this film. however, some of the supporting cast did include chinese american actors .
the film stars paul muni as wang lung. for her role as his wife o - lan, luise rainer won an academy award for best actress. the film also won the academy award for best cinematography for karl freund. it was nominated for best director, best film editing and best picture. its world premiere was at the elegant carthay circle theatre in los angeles .
how would you rate the leading box office directors on pictures made since may 1, 1932? your rating should be given on the basis of earned money for you on the play of the pictures .
there was no awards ceremony in 1933. the 1932 / 33 academy awards were presented on march 16, 1934 and covered a full 17 months period (august 1932 - december 1933). 1932 - 33 was the last year that eligibility for oscar nominees ran for films released from august thru july (actually december this time) - to allow the next ceremony to cover films for a single calendar year. the academy had finally decided to match the eligibility period to the calendar year, beginning in the next year, 1934. (from then on, the nominating selections and the award ceremony would cover the same calendar year. )
, the film is about a romantic love affair between an american ambulance driver and an english nurse in italy during world war i. the film received academy awards for best cinematography and best sound, and was nominated for best picture and best art direction .
( 1929) as a poor farm girl and the paralyzed world war i veteran who loves her. borzage’s final silent film ,
smilin’ through is a remake of a silent film of 1922. the main character is obviously kathleen / moonyeen, played by norma shearer, though leslie howard’s interpretation of the sir john character was praised by critics. considering the time when the film was made, the effects used to create the ghost moonyeen are remarkable. the film is rich in sentiment and leslie howard’s role is a very sad one, almost tragic; yet he is able to give the character of the old sir john some lightness and vivacity, as in the scene between sir john and the little kathleen. seeing leslie disguised as an old man always seems very sad to me and always makes me feel uneasy, as i cannot forget that his tragic fate did not allow him to become an old man .
maybe i am dead inside. . but i thought the character mister howard played got a cosmic screw job in this. it seemed wrong. . everything he went through... . .
smilin through before sleeping through, i was really disappointed in this film it lacked character and interest. jeanette' s singing is the only thing that saved me from complete boredom. gene raymond didn' t fit the character or the movie, jeanette didn' t have any chemistry with her husband on screen might as well have put nelson eddy in the film it wouldn' t have been so bad to watch. all in all the songs are nice including
drink to me only with thine eyes
it looked like she was singing that to herself instead of her loving husband if you ask me. even louie b mayor said it himself
sing to him like you love him
she was supposed to be singing to her husband with love that shouldn' t have been hard, if only she wasn' t already inlove with nelson. jeanette always looks stunning in color and black and white films if you like jeanette macdonald then watch this film other then that nothing special really .
scarface (1932) directed by howard hawks (sergeant york (1941) ) with a ben hecht (underworld (1927) ) screenplay this infamous gangster film was co - produced (with the director) by howard hughes. neither took an on - screen credit due to the controversial nature of the film which was released without the censor’s approval with the subtitle “the shame of the nation”. it stars paul muni as a capone - like hood who works his way up [... ]
the hollywood reporter also polled the film exhibitors and they came up with an annual top 10 list of the biggest earning directors in hollywood .
i really want to watch this film – when i saw that wa had released it last month, i got unusually excited! i’m a big shearer fan and i can tolerate howard, but i can’t stand march lol judging from your review, though, the film is definitely worth seeing at least once .
due to the fact that the category of special visual effects hadn' t been introduced yet, and it was released by the minor rko film studio, the adventure / horror film from co - directors merian c. cooper and ernest b. schoedsack - king kong, also failed to win any nominations !
the film' s 1936 production lasted from february 28 to july 23. thalberg died on september 14, four - and - a - half months before its
my distaste for leslie howard, norma shearer and (to a lesser extent) fredric march, are well - documented in my various reviews of their work. so color me surprised when i settled down to watch smilin’ through, a 1930s romance now available via warner archive. the direction and acting suffer from routine issues plaguing movies till about the mid - 30s (such as highly overwrought acting and soppy direction), but the sensitive telling of the story does enough to temper the movies faults .
interesting lists, huh? since we' re voting with our dollars i' d step right up and give roy del ruth my money in 1932 - 33 as often as possible, though i also love the output of that year' s winner, alfred e. green .
this film was very successful at the box office, earning mgm a profit of $ 529, 000 ($ 9. 1m in 2017) according to studio records .
when mgm inquired into the possibility of making the film in china, the chinese government was divided on how to respond. initial hostility derived from resentment of the novel, which critics charged focused only on the perceived backwardness of the country while some government officials hoped to have control which would be gone if the film work was done outside china. generalissimo
the film' s budget was $ 2. 8 million, a small fortune at the time, and took three years to make. a five - hundred - acre farm in
it’s melodramatic as hell and it plays loosey - goosey with time more than any film i’ve seen that doesn’t involve actual time travel... but, lord, it broke me .
... but time has been kind to the film. it launders out the writer' s... pessimism and replaces it with a testament to the eternal love between a couple .
unlike most pre - 1950 paramount sound features, a farewell to arms was not sold to what is now known as universal television. warner bros. acquired the rights at an unknown date with the intention to remake the film, but never did. the film would end up in the package of films sold to associated artists productions in 1956, that company would be sold to united artists two years later .
james l. neibaur of urltoken calls it :
one of the most interesting and important film books of the young year ,
adding ,
the documentation is original and significant .
full review .
new york times, august 9, 1940, bosley crowther ,
the screen in review; pride and prejudice, a delightful comedy of manners, seen at the music; h3
; march 7, 1941, bosley crowther ,
andy hardy' s private secretary adorns the capitol— another melodrama at the rialto
; december 5, 1941, bosley crowther ,
the screen in review; smilin’ through in its third reincarnation, with jeanette macdonald, at the capitol—aherne, raymond in the cast
; april 16, 1943, bosley crowther ,
flight for freedom, ; a film speculation on fate of woman flier, with rosalind russell in lead, at the music hall
; july 21, 1944 ,
dragon seed, picturization of the pearl buck novel, with katharine hepburn, walter huston, arrives at music hall .
topkapi (1964) a funny unusual caper film which (along with the pink panther (1963) ) pioneered many of the robbery stunts you’ve come to see in later films even james bond movies and ultimately inspired tv’s mission impossible. maximilian schell robert morley and melina mercouri star in this film which features peter ustinov’s oscar winning supporting actor performance. directed by jules dassin. purchase this dvd now [... ]
george cukor for little women (with three nominations and one win - best adaptation), the best of many film versions of louisa may alcott' s civil war story of the march family of four sisters .
paramount pictures, one of the first and most successful of the hollywood film studios. it became a subsidiary of viacom in 1994. paramount pictures corp. was established in 1914 by w. w. hodkinson as…
the good earth is a 1937 american drama film about chinese farmers who struggle to survive. it was adapted by talbot jennings, tess slesinger, and claudine west from the play by owen davis and donald davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by nobel prize - winning author pearl s. buck. the film was directed by sidney franklin, with uncredited contributions by victor fleming and gustav machaty .
smilin’ through is gimmicky from the first minute john starts talking to his deceased lover, moonyeen (also shearer), and from there the movie relies on howard in old - age makeup while march and shearer play dual roles. thankfully, it all works because of the script, and original play by jane cowl. the movie is a sensitive tale of love persevering through the ages and john’s blindness to the individual identities of kathleen and kenneth; they may look like people from the past, but they aren’t the same in spirit. at a brisk 98 - minutes the plot takes its time to set up john’s character more than anyone else. he’s lost a loved one, tasked with caring for a child – the scene is rather sweet – and raises kathleen the best way he knows how. eventually, kathleen grows up and falls in love, leading to a slew of subtle freudian discussions about john’s own love for kathleen although there’s no implication that john sees her as anything more than his ward .
1932 - 33 seems more earthy than 1933 - 34, doesn' t it? sure, the later year claims convention city, but' 32 - 33 counts three warner brothers' directors among its top four and the movies they worked on are all the typical working class (i. e. , gritty) movies we think of as coming from the studio .
according to mgm records the film earned $ 2, 002, 000 in the us and canada and $ 1, 555, 000 elsewhere but because of its high cost incurred an ultimate loss of $ 96, 000 .
the sweeping, episodic film, spanning over thirty years, featured an all - british cast (including clive brooks, diana wynyard, and young frank lawton) and traced the lives of the british upper - class marryot turn - of - the - century family, from an 1899 new year' s eve celebration around the time of the boer war and the death of queen victoria through the sinking of the titanic, world war i, the 1920s, the depression, and up to a second new year' s eve celebration in 1932. the effects of good and bad times and world events on the family' s lives were chronicled (wartime, the death of the queen, the husband' s knighthood, the loss of one son on the titanic and another in the great war). [ lloyd would be the director for 1935' s best picture winner, mutiny on the bounty although he lost for best director. ]
what makes this film quite touching is how natural both shearer and march play their flirting scenes. despite the play’s call for melodramatic emotions—which shearer supplies in abundance towards the end—i was impressed by the chemistry between the two of them. shearer has been dismissed as an actress by quite a few critics and film historians, and while she was never a great actress, she could be quite convincing in her limited range, particularly when it came to expressing sincerity .
remarkably, the best picture and director winner were for the same film - fox' s and director frank lloyd' s over - produced cavalcade - a portent of other british costume drama award - winners in future years. the oft - forgotten fox film, based on noel coward' s dramatic stage play (adapted by reginald berkeley), was honored with four nominations and three wins - best picture, best director, and art direction / decoration .
i' m a college student getting my master' s in english, but dreams of getting an additional degree in film. i' m a movie reviewer for several sites, but i also write classic film reviews for several other sites. i stretch myself pretty thin these days. you can usually find me at a bookstore, or a movie theater. i dream of the day when the two are combined. i base a lot of my friendships on favorite movies .
in film history class when i was a youth, all that i could muster for the work of norma shearer were cynical comments about her crossed - eyes and unusually mannered performances. but, i would later come to appreciate her special talents .
judging by the text inside the latter of those two reports, the hollywood reporter had only conducted this poll in one prior year, for 1931 - 32. that remains a mystery unless, or hopefully until, the media history digital project gets their hands on a january - june 1932 volume. if you ever see it in their possession, let me know, and i' ll add the findings to this post .
this title is grotesquely unsuitable to the film. even in full it would be misleading, but the omission of the final consonant of the first word gives it an unbearably arch air of facetiousness, while in fact the film manages to be both a sensitive and sentimental account of the conflict between young love and old feud. [ … ] up to a certain point the film succeeds in being at once rational and moving, and it owes not a little to the acting of miss norma shearer as kathleen. [ … ] only in the last few minutes does it collapse into an abyss of bathos, and for that the director is to be blamed, first, for not knowing when to stop, and, secondly, for allowing a passion for tidying up loose ends to betry him into an absurd, as well as a faintly offensive, climax. mr. fredric march, as kenneth wayne, supports miss shearer adequately, while mr. leslie howard, as john carteret, makes a highly credible pretence of being an old man, although he is actually at his best in those “flash - back” scenes which show him as a young and ardent bridegroom. (the times, november 14, 1932 )
sidney franklin directed this film, as he had the very first version in 1922, and it is all rather exquisite, very enjoyable and at a couple of points, rather touching. howard in particular is interesting to watch as he starts to crack and thaw under the joy…
mogambo (1953) directed by john ford this better than average remake of screenwriter john lee mahin’s adventure drama red dust (1932) also stars clark gable in the leading male role but replaces jean harlow with ava gardner and mary astor with grace kelly as well as altering the story. instead of gable running a rubber plantation for its owner and having an affair with the owner’s wife gable is a big game hunter who has a dalliance with one [... ]
could the hollywood reporter have left him off the lists they sent out to exhibitors? the fact that they sent out such lists seems to skew any potential accuracy of these polls. that is, unless they sent out lists of every film released by every director for each period .
praised the film as
a superb translation of a literary classic... one of the finest things hollywood has done this season or any other. while it has taken some liberties with the novel' s text, it has taken none with its quality or spirit .
the film' s storyline greatly resembles that of noël coward' s operetta bitter sweet, right down to the
frame story
surrounding the main plot. three years later, mgm filmed a technicolor version of bitter sweet, but altered the plot slightly so that audiences would not notice the similarities .
shearer was in so many hits that many of mgm’s plum roles were hers for the picking, and approved by her powerful husband. she wanted to do more adaptations of broadway plays and was given the lynn fontanne role in anti - war comedy idiot’s delight (1939), opposite gable in the alfred lunt part. she received rave reviews for other broadway transitions strange interlude (1932), again with gable, based on a play by eugene o’neill and, of course, the women (1939) .
also author of other plays, including flaming sign; collaborated with jane cowl on other plays, often under the pseudonym alan langdon martin, including lilac time; author, with anita loos, of play the women, published in twenty best film plays, edited by john gassner and dudley nichols, 1943 .
the merry widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by franz lehár. it was directed and produced by ernst lubitsch and starred maurice chevalier and jeanette macdonald. a french - language version was produced at the same time and released in france the same year as la veuve joyeuse .
he was the son of a master stonemason. borzage began acting in his teens with a theatrical troupe, doubling as a prop boy before entering films as an actor in 1912 for producer and director thomas ince. after appearing in a number of westerns and comedies, he began directing films at the american film manufacturing company in 1915. he worked as an actor and director primarily for triangle film corporation from 1917 to 1919, where in 1918 he switched to directing exclusively. in the early 1920s he worked at paramount pictures, first national pictures, and metro - goldwyn - mayer (mgm). he finally landed at fox film corporation, the scene of his greatest triumphs, in 1925. there he began with lazybones, a melancholy romance set in a small town in the american west, though he soon moved over to domestic comedies such as wages for wives (1925) and early to wed (1926) .
awhile back i took a deep peek inside several issues of harrison' s reports to get a look at which mid - 30' s era movies the film exhibitors were reporting as actually making them money. that series came to an end when i sold the collection before i could finish (whoops !) .
at her apex, shearer was lavishly gowned for her film roles, and her hair was styled in a fashion that was the essence of sophistication. it was rumored that skilled camera work hid a flaw in her beauty: her eyes were not perfectly aligned. her eyes became a delicate subject at the studio .
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it is based on the stage play in which jane cowl appeared a number of seasons ago, and the experts tell me that norma talmadge once appeared in it in a silent version. in spite of which it still remains a good story, and in sidney franklin’s capable direction and the excellent performances of miss shearer, leslie howard and fredric march, the picture at the capitol comes as a refreshing and affecting variation on the run - of - the - mill product. (thornton delehanty, new york evening post, october 15, 1932 )
she was even better in the lavish marie antoinette (1938), well - matched opposite tyrone power. it had its posh premiere at the legendary carthay circle theatre with special versailles inspired landscaping just for the event. the film was the last project of thalberg who passed away suddenly when he was just 37 - years - old while it was in pre - production. he was taken by pneumonia, but basically, he had worked himself to death. shearer remained committed to making marie antoinette even if her enthusiasm for her career was waning following his death. it’s budget of two million dollars made it the most expensive film of the 1930s, and one of the biggest money makers .
maytime is a 1937 american musical romantic drama film distributed by mgm. it was directed by robert z. leonard and stars jeanette macdonald and nelson eddy. the screenplay was rewritten from the book for sigmund romberg' s 1917 operetta maytime by rida johnson young, romberg' s librettist; however, only one musical number by romberg was retained .
calls it
not only the best film version of a hemingway novel, but also one of the most thrilling visions of the power of sexual love that even borzage ever made... no other director created images like these, using light and movement like brushstrokes, integrating naturalism and a daring expressionism in the same shot. this is romantic
, whose american education made her an advocate for cooperation. permission was granted on condition that the view of china be favorable, that chinese government would supervise and have approval of shots done in china, and the unenforced stipulation that the entire cast be chinese. the government in nanjing did not foresee the sympathy the film would create and when mgm decided to shoot on location in china officials took extraordinary steps to control the production, forcing the studio to hire a nationalist general to advise them on authentic settings and costumes (most of this footage was mysteriously lost when it was shipped home and had to be re - shot in california). there were reports that mgm distributed a different version of the film in china
jacqueline t. lynch, author of ann blyth: actress. singer. star. , says :
a prime example of a classic film fan taking the reins to produce a scholarly study of a neglected figure from the golden age of classic films in a way that i feel is refreshing, infinitely helpful to fans and students of old movies .
full review .
71 early on i thought this film was promising an interesting reincarnation story or at least some spooky ghost shenanigans, but really it’s just a mawkish melodrama in which a bitter old man stands in the way of his niece (who resembles his slain fiancée) being happy with the perfectly nice son of his fiancée’s killer (who looks just like him) lots and lots of violins .
there is one scene towards the end that made this film ultimately worthwhile for me because for the most part i wasn' t really immersed in the story. it' s the reunion scene between march and shearer, after he comes back from the war. especially march is good here, and like the sap i am, i shed a tear or two. march and shearer have good chemistry and do a great deal of kissing in this film but who can blame norma? fredric looks so kissable, even with the moustache. also noteworthy is the scene, right before march marches off to war, where shearer says :
don' t you want me, too? i want you. i' m not ashamed to say it. i' m yours. you' re…
the plot remained essentially the same as in the play and previous film versions. kathleen is a young irish woman in love with an american, kenneth wayne. the romance, however, is opposed by her adopted father john carteret, who recalls the painful memory of his tragically thwarted love for kathleen' s aunt, moonyean clare. the roles of kathleen and moonyean are both played by macdonald .
shearer’s fame was so great, and her fans were so fervent, that she helped bring attention to one young actor named clark gable just by having an on - screen affair with him even though he was playing a gangster. the film was a free soul (1931), and in it, gable gave her such a vicious slapping in one scene that it jolted audiences and outraged critics .
i saw this film at the egyptian theater in sioux falls, sd when i was 7 yrs. old. i can still remember the shooting scene. i cried all the way home. i just watched it today and cried all over again! i didn' t realize' til today what a wonderful actress norma shearer was. the photography was great, better than i remember 30' s movies being. the chemistry between norma and frederic was superb. and, of course, leslie howard always gives a stellar performance. i haven' t seen the re - makes, but can' t imagine that they could improve upon it. i' m saving this movie for my daughter to see so she can appreciate a fine film from the past, one with an everlasting theme and a great story .
classic film starter kit i typically ‘hate’ top 10 lists especially movie top 10 lists because i’ve found that it’s nearly impossible to narrow down almost any large category to such a finite number. however i have recommended afi’s original top 100 list as a good place to begin. even though i don’t agree with all the choices on the afi’s list (s) and certainly not the rankings therein there are a lot of quality titles to chose from [... ]
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there is too much sentiment and not enough strength in the pictorial conception of ernest hemingway' s novel... the film account skips too quickly from one episode to another and the hardships and other experiences of lieutenant henry are passed over too abruptly, being suggested rather than told... gary cooper gives an earnest and splendid portrayal [ and ] helen hayes is admirable as catherine... another clever characterization is contributed by adolphe menjou... it is unfortunate that these three players, serving the picture so well, do not have the opportunity to figure in more really dramatic interludes .
it is a beautiful production, too immaculate, if anything, in its scenes of the past. it is rich in sentiment, but mr. franklin has permitted sufficient gentle comedy to relieve the romance and the tragedy of bygone years. it is another venture that benefits by expert photography, particularly in those scenes in which a wraith - like figure appears and talks. [ … ] mr. march is very good, although a trifle too flippant at times. he is, however, far better than the ordinary choice for such a role. he does make the character determined and sympathetic. miss shearer is no less beautiful than she is in “strange interlude, ” but here, occasionally, she is almost too careful about her personal appearance. mr. howard’s performance is splendid, even though his voice belies his disguise of old age. he is, however, so nicely restrained during his scenes that it is a joy to witness his interpretation at all times. and his chess partner, major owen, is admirably acted by mr. heggie. (mordaunt hall, new york times, october 15, 1932 )
the video & audio: presumably cobbled together from different sources, the 1. 37: 1 standard image is inconsistent but watchable. certain sequences have quite good detail for a standard - def presentation, while others are a bit soft. many scenes are marked with scratches and specks, but nothing that completely disrupts the image. the blacks are strong throughout, though, and nothing looks terribly washed - out. the mono audio is similarly variable. there are brief moments of distortion, and the track has frequent hiss and crackle. none of it interferes with the dialogue or music, and considering the age of the film, this is in pretty good shape for something that wasn' t specifically remastered .
the film opens in 1890s england, with sir john canteret (leslie howard) communing with the ghost of his thirty - years - dead lover, moonyeen clare (norma shearer). moonyeen is wearing a wedding dress, so you know something bad happened there. also not so positive: moonyeen' s sister has just died in an accident, along with her husband. the care of their daughter kathleen (played at this age by cora sue collins) has been put to sir john. he is reticent, but he is soon won over by the adorable little moppet who first sees him and says ,
i don' t think i like you .
obviously, she must have gotten used to the old man pretty quick, because soon after, we flash forward twenty years, and kathleen (now played by shearer) has been living happily in sir john' s mansion the whole time .
charles laughton (with his first nomination) won the best actor award for alexander korda' s british picture the private life of henry viii. [ laughton was the first british actor / performer in a foreign / british film to win an acting academy award. ] he portrayed the notorious, corpulent and autocratic tudor king as a flamboyant, loud and lusty character with despicable table manners - belching while eating capon. the monarch was noted for his six marriages and wives - catherine of aragon, anne boleyn (merle oberon), jane seymour, anne of cleves (portrayed by laughton' s real - life wife elsa lanchester), catherine howard, and katherine parr. [ throughout awards history, more oscar nominations have been given for the character of sixteenth - century king henry viii (1491 - 1547) than any other historical / literary figure. robert shaw was nominated for playing henry viii in a man for all seasons (1966), and richard burton was nominated for the same character role in anne of the thousand days (1969). ]
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john has led a solitary life for thirty years since the death of moonyeen clare. but now owens, a close friend, insists that he care for his niece, kathleen, orphaned when her parents were lost at sea. kathleen is five, but the years pass and now she is a young woman who is the image of moonyeen. willy wants kathleen for his wife, but sparks fly when she meets kenneth wayne one dark and stormy night. john is horrified for it was wayne' s father who shot moonyeen dead on her wedding day and john has never found him or forgiven the family. when ken goes off to war, john forbids any marriage and ken agrees, while kathleen does not. when ken returns four years later when the war is over, he is crippled. he conceals his condition and makes plans to leave for america .
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: look at this. when jeremy wayne got it, he crushed it in his hand and threw it away. why would he do that ?
as m - g - m would later do with
the wizard of oz
, no mention at all is made of any of the actors having dual roles. thus, the characters
moonyeen
and
jeremy wayne
are not even mentioned in the credits, although the characters are drastically important to the story .
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a young woman falls in love with the son of an old family enemy .
previous reviewer a. morris says this movie is
a good story
and a
heart fart mess .
well, he or she is half right .
born april 3, 1893, leslie howard steiner was one of two sons of hungarian immigrant to england, a london stockbroker married in 1892. debonair englishman ...
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smilin ' through is a 1932 american pre-code mgm romantic drama film based on the play by jane cowl and jane murfin , also named smilin ' through . the film was nominated for the academy award for best picture for 1932 . it was adapted from cowl and murfin 's play by james bernard fagan , donald ogden stewart , ernest vajda and claudine west . the movie was directed by sidney franklin and starred norma shearer , fredric march , leslie howard and ralph forbes . the film was a remake of an earlier 1922 silent version also directed by sidney franklin which starred norma talmadge . 
smilin' through is a 1932 american pre-code mgm romantic drama film based on the play by jane cowl and jane murfin, also named smilin' through. the film was nominated for the academy award for best picture for 1932. it was adapted from cowl and murfin's play by james bernard fagan, donald ogden stewart, ernest vajda and claudine west. the movie was directed by sidney franklin and starred norma shearer, fredric march, leslie howard and ralph forbes. the film was a remake of an earlier 1922 silent version also directed by sidney franklin which starred norma talmadge.
smilin' through is a 1932 american pre-code mgm romantic drama film based on the play by jane cowl and jane murfin, also named smilin' through. the film was nominated for the academy award for best picture for 1932. it was adapted from cowl and murfin's play by james bernard fagan, donald ogden stewart, ernest vajda and claudine west. the movie was directed by sidney franklin and starred norma shearer, fredric march, leslie howard and ralph forbes. the film was a remake of an earlier 1922 silent version also directed by sidney franklin which starred norma talmadge.