Smilin Through (1932)

On the day of his wedding Sir John Carterets fiancée Moonyeen is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy leaving him emotionally devastated Carteret spends three decades in seclusion mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen until he learns that her niece Kathleen has become an orphan He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when as a young woman she falls in love with the son of Moonyeens murderer