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On Moonlight Bay (1951)

Movie"The lovin'est musical in many a moon!"
Audience Score
64
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NR 1 hr 35 minJul 26th, 1951Music, Comedy, RomancePenrod Collection PosterPart of Penrod Collection
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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. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president
StarringDoris DayGordon MacRaeJack Smith
DirectorRoy Del Ruth

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 26th, 1951
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 10th, 2007 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Warner Bros. Pictures
Movie Tags:
musicalsmall townfamily relationshipsworld war ibrother1900sindiana, usatomboysuitor

Penrod Collection

The story of the Winfield family at the turn of the 20th century, loosely based on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington.