Smilin' Through 1941

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, but he softens in the end.

Cast:

Jeanette MacDonald
Kathleen / Moonyean Clare 

Brian Aherne
Sir John Carteret 

Gene Raymond
Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne 

Ian Hunter
Reverend Owen Harding 

Frances Robinson
Ellen, John's Housekeeper 

Patrick O'Moore
Willie Ainley