Smilin' Through

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, but the bullet hits Shearer. As she lies dying in Howard's arms, she promises him that she will always be near and that someday they will be reunited. March manages to escape and disappears. Howard spends the rest of his days as a lonely recluse grieving over his loss. Years pass, and Howard's loneliness is interru...