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- The movie is fiction, but it draws on the lives of Jenkins and McCraney.
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On Moonlight Bay is a 1951 American musical film starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, and directed by Roy Del Ruth, which tells the story of the Winfield family at the turn of the 20th century. The movie is based loosely on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington. [3] . The sequel By the Light of the Silvery Moon was made in 1953. Plot.
On Moonlight Bay is a 1951 American musical film starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, and directed by Roy Del Ruth, which tells the story of the Winfield family at the turn of the 20th century. The movie is based loosely on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington . [3]
Nov 7, 2022 · On Moonlight Bay is a 1951 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth which tells the story of the Winfield family at the turn of the 20th century.
- 95 min
On Moonlight Bay: Directed by Roy Del Ruth. With Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith, Leon Ames. During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
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- Comedy, Family, Musical
- Roy Del Ruth
- 1952-05-19
On Moonlight Bay and its sequel film, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon is based on the Booth Tarkington Penrod stories. Billy Gray who later was Bud Anderson in Father Knows Best plays Doris's younger brother Wesley (Penrod).
On Moonlight Bay ★★½ 1951 Set in small-town Indiana in 1917 with Day as the tomboyish Marjorie who falls for college man MacRae. Her father (Ames) doesn't approve but the trouble really begins when Marjorie's younger brother gets into trouble at school.
Summaries. During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father. The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street.
