On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's 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 Moonyeen's murderer.
Norma Shearer
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
Fredric March
as Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
Leslie Howard
as Sir John Carteret
O. P. Heggie
as Dr. Owen
Ralph Forbes
as Willie Ainley
Beryl Mercer
as Mrs. Crouch
Margaret Seddon
as Ellen, the Maid
Forrester Harvey
as Orderly
Herbert Bunston
as Minister
James Bush
as Young Party Guest
Mary Carlisle
as Young Party Guest
Cora Sue Collins
as Young Kathleen
