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On Moonlight Bay (1951)
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6 June 1952 (Finland)
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The lovin'est musical in many a moon! more
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The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins...
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Utterly charming slice of life
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Doris Day | ... | Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield |
 | Gordon MacRae | ... | William 'Bill' Sherman |
 | Jack Smith | ... | Hubert Wakely |
| Leon Ames | ... | Banker George 'Father' Winfield (Mr. Winfield) |
| Rosemary DeCamp | ... | Alice 'Mother' Winfield (Mrs. Winfield) (as Rosemary De Camp) |
 | Mary Wickes | ... | Stella (Winfields' cook and housekeeper) |
| Ellen Corby | ... | Miss Mary Stevens (Wesley's schoolteacher) |
| Billy Gray | ... | Wesley Winfield |
| Henry East | ... | Doughboy by train |
| Jeffrey Stevens | ... | Jim Sherman (William's brother) |
| Eddie Marr | ... | Contest barker at fair |
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95 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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This movie proved to be so popular that the studio immediately filmed By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) which is a direct sequel with all the actors playing the same characters. This was very unusual at the time.
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Revealing mistakes: When William and Marjorie are in the canoe he stops paddling and the canoe stops too abruptly - it would've drifted a way further if not stopped by a member of the film crew.
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Mr. Winfield: [to Jim] Hello, what's your name? I guess were going to be neighbors.
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Mr. Winfield: [to Jim] Hello, what's your name? I guess were going to be neighbors.
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Referenced in The Majestic (2001)
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Moonlight Bay
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| Region 2 DVD release in UK April 2006 | ErnieBishop |
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This is the first of two movies about the same characters. Doris Day and Gordon MacRae play young sweethearts in this turn of the century inspired by the stories of Booth Tarkington. The story is told from her point of view and her home life with her mother, father and bratty brother are central to the film. Of the family members, the most memorable is Billy Gray ("Bud" from FATHER KNOWS BEST), as he is a terrible little brat that is a lot like Dennis the Menace and the Problem Child all rolled up into one.
The romance between the two is sweet, but in trouble because Gordon plays such a stubborn and overly opinionated "modern" man who doesn't believe in old fashioned conventions like marriage! Well, being a Hollywood film, and a very sweet one at that, you KNOW how the film will end. However, the journey there is so pleasant and so well constructed that you really don't mind at all! It's a delight for all.