Smilin’ Through (play)

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Broadway play romantic drama stage play

Smilin’ Through (play) is a popular early 20th-century romantic drama by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin, known for its themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion and for inspiring multiple film adaptations.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Smilin’ Through (1919 film)	1
Smilin’ Through (1922 film adaptation)	1
Smilin’ Through (1941 film adaptation)	1

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway play ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ
author	Jane Cowl NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Murfin NERFINISHED ⓘ
character	John Carteret NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathleen NERFINISHED ⓘ Moonyeen Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	melodrama ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Smilin’ Through (1919 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Smilin’ Through (1932 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Smilin’ Through (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStageMedium	live theatre ⓘ
hasSubject	enduring grief ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ romantic love beyond death ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ
mainTheme	loss ⓘ love ⓘ spiritual reunion ⓘ
notableFor	multiple film adaptations ⓘ popularity in the early 20th century ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
setting	England ⓘ
workPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smilin’ Through (1932) → basedOn → Smilin’ Through (play) ⓘ

Smilin’ Through (1932) → follows → Smilin’ Through (play) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smilin’ Through (1919 film)

Jane Murfin → notableWork → Smilin’ Through (play) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smilin’ Through (1922 film adaptation)

Jane Murfin → notableWork → Smilin’ Through (play) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smilin’ Through (1941 film adaptation)