Smilin' Through (1932) (MOD) "The Joker" - in this femme noir

- in this femme noir sensation

and Harvey Keitel

Especially if red-haired

Desire Me appealed to audiences reconstructing their lives after the horrors of World War II

With Crawford at her film-noir-queen best

Smilin' Through (1932) (MOD) "The Joker" - in this femme noirTwo generations of tragic love make Smilin' Through one of the screen's great romances. The story begins in 1868 England, when John Carteret's fiance is shot dead on the couple's wedding day by a rejected lover aiming at the groom. Flash forward to 1915, after the devoted John has raised his fiance's niece Kathleen as his own. Kathleen falls in love with an American the murderer's son and the past sweeps back to haunt the present. Film legends Norma