Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through is the story of a bitter old man (Leslie Howard), whose fiancee (Norma Shearer) was killed on their wedding day by her jilted former suitor (Fredric March). Years later, the man is forced to take care of his orphaned niece (also Shearer), who looks exactly like his fiancee. Soon, the niece falls in love with the son of the jilted suitor, and Howard attempts to stop their romance from blossoming. Sidney Franklin originally filmed Smilin' Through in 1922, and the movie was later remade in 1941.